Hatch Innovation’s COMCAP Conference – Portland

Hatch Innovation and its statewide initiative Hatch Oregon announce early bird ticket pricing and early program information for ComCap, an annual gathering designed to help city and state leaders grow community capital by leveraging new intrastate securities crowdfunding laws. ComCap16 dates: April 26-28, 2016 in Portland, OR.

Hatch Innovation’s Executive Director, Amy Pearl, invites leaders from across the country to experience this “unique conference that shares knowledge, skills and ideas for implementing the new state-based investing laws, in order to strengthen state economies and local communities.”

COMCAP16 SPEAKERS INCLUDE LOCAL, STATE & NATIONAL EXPERTS:

• Michael Shuman, Author, 4 books on local economies; recent: The Local Economy Solution

• Amy Cortese, author of Locavesting, New York Times journalist

• Ruth Miles, Small Business Advocate, Oregon’s Secretary of State Office,

• Jefferson Smith, founder of XRAY.fm and The Bus Project, host of Thank You Democracy

• Marco Vangelisti, Economist, local investor, Slow Money

• Michael Pieciak, Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Securities Division

• Chris Miller, Econ. Development for City of Adrian & founder of Michigan crowdfunding law

• John Katovich, Attorney, Cutting Edge Counsel

• Noah Brockman, Capital Access Team Lead, Oregon SBDC Network

• Charles “Chip” Massie, Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce

• Amy Pearl, Executive Director, Hatch Innovation

• Heather Stafford, Asst Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Business Oregon

• Stephen Michael, State Director, Main Street Alliance of Oregon

• Katrina Scotto-di-Carlo, Founder, Supportland & Portland Made

• Representative Tobias Read, Oregon House of Representatives, District 27

• Se-ah-dom Edmo, Coordinator, ‘Indigenous Ways of Knowing’, Lewis & Clark

This two-and-a-half day conference includes a Tuesday evening kick-off reception with special guests  at Hatch Lab, and two full days of sessions at Ambridge Event Center, located in Portland’s Central Eastside. Wednesday brings “The National Conversation” to Portland when attendees can learn about trends and get updates from national experts, helping create a shared vision for local investing across the country. Thursday continues with “Implementation at the State Level,” a focused look at how to improve state-based efforts, from economic and community development to local investor education. Oregon’s 2015 initiative will serve as a case study alongside other states’ efforts.

TOPICS & DISCUSSIONS IN STORE:

• Changes in law from the SEC

• Investment crowdfunding laws across the USA

• State-by-state reports: what’s working and what isn’t

• Local stockmarkets: What’s old is new

• The JOBS Act updates

• Creation of a national coalition

• Community Public Offering success stories

• How to prepare entrepreneurs for community capital raises

• How to build a strong statewide support network

• Creative ideas for local government and city leader involvement

• Saving social enterprise – the future of change agencies

• How are national agencies getting involved in nurturing innovation?

• Building an equitable pipeline for all entrepreneurs, from inner cities to main streets

• Powering early innovation. Launching the manufacturing and tech entrepreneur

• How to cultivate your crowd before, during, and after your raise. Why it’s really Crowdraising.

• What makes rural regions unique? Strategies for strengthening where “the other half” live.