Agenda Announced for Feb 9 Palm Beach CorpGov Forum with Vinson & Elkins and NYSE

The second annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum will be held on Thursday, February 9 (following a hurricane-related postponement from November), featuring a full day of panels and fireside chats followed by a cocktail reception at the rooftop ballroom of The Ben Hotel in West Palm Beach, FL. The in-person event will include over 200 attendees including corporate directors and C-suite executives, institutional investors, pension funds, attorneys, investment bankers, key advisors, select financial media and other prominent members of the financial community.

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Agenda

8:30 am – Registration

9:00 am – IPOs: Waiting for a Window and Alternative Sources of Growth Capital

Tara Dziedzic, Head of Listings – US Sectors, New York Stock Exchange
Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel
Don Duffy, President, ICR
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, IPO Edge and CorpGov (Moderator)

9:40 am – Women in Technology, Media and on Corporate Boards

Ashley DeSimone, Partner, Media, Sports & Entertainment, ICR
Brandee Daly, CEO and Co-Founder, Knightswan Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: KNSW)
Gail Glazerman, Senior ESG Integration Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Casie Connolly, Principal, Longacre Square

10:20 am – Morning Coffee Break

10:35 am – The Retail Investor: Meme Stocks and Beyond

Charles Gradante, Co-Founder, Hennessee Group LLC
Jason W. Alexander, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners
John Ferguson,Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting
Jeff Zavattero, CEO, Goodfill LLC
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, IPO Edge and CorpGov (Moderator)

11:15 am – Green Energy: From Solar to Rare Metals

John DeMaio, CEO, Graphex Technologies and President, Graphex Group (NYSE: GRFX)
Ronald W. Pickett, CEO, KiNRG, Inc
J.T. Starzecki, Chief Marketing Officer, 5E Advanced Materials Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM)
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, IPO Edge and CorpGov (Moderator)

11:55 am – Lunch Served

12:35 pm – A Message from Take Stock in Children Palm Beach

Nancy Stellway, Executive Director, Take Stock in Children Palm Beach

12:45 pm – Bear Market Investing – Fireside Chat

Jenaro Cardona-Fox, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, North Ground Capital
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, IPO Edge and CorpGov (Moderator)

1:00 pm – Contested M&A

Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners
Lawrence Elbaum, Partner, Co-Head of Activism Defense, Vinson & Elkins
Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, Glass Lewis (Moderator)
Chris Young, Managing Director and Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies
Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans LLP

1:40 pm – ESG Meets Activism: from Exxon to Chevron

David Pogemiller, CEO, Boardroom Alpha
Andrew Freedman, Partner, Co-Head Activist & Equity Investment Group, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Keith Rosenbloom, Founder, Cruiser Capital
Adam Kommel, Senior Activism Analyst, Bloomberg LP (Moderator)

2:20 pm – Afternoon Coffee Break

2:35 pm – Sustainable Real Estate Investing

Anna Malhari, Chief Operating Officer, Veris Residential (NYSE: VRE)
Danica Holley, Chief Operating Officer, Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE: GMRE)
Tara Dziedzic, Head of Listings – US Sectors, New York Stock Exchange (Moderator)

3:05 pm – Universal Proxy

Jordan Kovler, Managing Director, Harkins Kolver (Moderator)
John Grau, President, InvestorCom
Keith Rosenbloom, Founder, Cruiser Capital
Chris Young, Managing Director and Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies
Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, Glass Lewis
Andrew Freedman, Partner, Co-Head Activist & Equity Investment Group, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP

3:45 pm – SPACs: SEC Rules and Liquidation Deadlines

John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher
Alysa Craig, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions and SPACs, Stifel
Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins
Nicholas Petruska, Executive Vice president & CFO, Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V and VI (Moderator)

4:20 pm – ESG: Investor Demands and GOP Resistance

Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO of The Montgomery Strategies Group, Counselor at ACG Analytics, and former Chief Spokesman & Policy Director at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, Glass Lewis
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, IPO Edge and CorpGov (Moderator)

4:40 pm – Taking Truth Social Public – Fireside Chat with Patrick Orlando

Patrick Orlando, CEO, Digital World Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DWAC)
Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins (Moderator)

5:00 pm – Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres

Speakers and Sponsors:

Lawrence Elbaum, Partner, Co-Head of Activism Defense, Vinson & Elkins
Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins
Tara Dziedzic, Head of Listings – US Sectors, New York Stock Exchange
Suzanne Brown, Program Manager, NYSE ESG Initiatives, New York Stock Exchange
Chris Young, Managing Director and Global Head of Contested Situations, Jefferies
Alysa Craig, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions and SPACs, Stifel
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Equity and Equity-Linked Capital Markets, Stifel
Don Duffy, President, ICR
Anton Nicholas, Managing Partner, ICR
Ashley DeSimone, Partner, ICR
Charles Gradante, Co-Founder, Hennessee Group LLC
Patrick Murphy, Head of NYSE Market Making & Listing Services, GTS
Bruce Goldfarb, President and CEO, Okapi Partners
Chuck Garske, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners
Jason W. Alexander, Senior Managing Director, Okapi Partners
Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goodmans LLP
David Pogemiller, CEO, Boardroom Alpha
Keith Rosenbloom, Founder, Cruiser Capital
Carlo Cannell, Founder, Cannell Capital
Jake Walko, Director of ESG Investing and Global Investment Stewardship, Thornburg Investment Management
Dan Zacchei, Managing Partner, Longacre Square
Greg Marose, Managing Partner, Longacre Square
Charlotte Kiaie, Partner, Longacre Square
Casie Connolly, Principal, Longacre Square
Scott Deveau, Managing Director, Longacre Square
John Ferguson, Senior Partner, Saratoga Proxy Consulting
J.T. Starzecki, Chief Marketing Officer, 5E Advanced Materials Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM)
John DeMaio, CEO, Graphex Technologies and President, Graphex Group (NYSE: GRFX)
Ronald W. Pickett, CEO, KiNRG, Inc
John Marchisi, National Director, SPAC Segment, Gallagher
Jordan Kovler, Managing Director, Harkins Kolver
Peter Harkins, Managing Director, Harkins Kolver
Peter Harkins, Jr., Managing Director, Harkins Kolver
Anna Malhari, Chief Operating Officer, Veris Residential (NYSE: VRE)
Danica Holley, Chief Operating Officer, Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE: GMRE)
Brandee Daly, CEO and Co-Founder, Knightswan Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: KNSW)
Gail Glazerman, Senior ESG Integration Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Adam Kommel, Senior Activism Analyst, Bloomberg LP
Jeff Zavattero, CEO, Goodfill LLC
Andrew Freedman, Partner, Co-Head Activist & Equity Investment Group, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Mark Grothe, Senior Research Analyst, Glass Lewis
Jenaro Cardona-Fox, Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer, North Ground Capital
John Grau, President, InvestorCom
Meredith Marks, Communications Strategist, Issuer Direct (NYSE: ISDR)
Jake Catalioto, Business Development Manager, Issuer Direct (NYSE: ISDR)
Nicholas Petruska, Executive Vice president & CFO, Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V and VI (Nasdaq: HCIC, HCVI)
Patrick Orlando, CEO, Digital World Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: DWAC)
Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO of The Montgomery Strategies Group, Counselor at ACG Analytics, and former Chief Spokesman & Policy Director at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov and IPO Edge (Moderator)
John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov and IPO Edge (MC)