IPO Conference Program

Inaugural Edition Theme: Women Leading Wall Street

Agenda Categories

The three day event will center on plenary sessions with keynote speakers and moderated panels on a variety of topics across a broad range of disciplines, all relevant to the IPO process in some way.

The content presented has been organised into three complementary streams that are color coded in the agenda and conference materials to easily guide attendees towards the elements that are most valuable to their needs. All networking events are labelled in grey.

Content Category
Color Code
Description
INNOVATIONS Green Trends, insights, and education covering commercial, regulatory, legal, structuring, and other specialized elements.
ISSUERS Red Company, industry, comparative & analytical assessment. Issuer experiences.
INVESTORS Blue Capital sourcing, trends, preferences, targeting and approaching. Investor experiences.
NETWORKING Grey Breakfast, coffee, lunch, drinks and other breakout networking elements.

Sample Conference Agenda

The agenda is a live work in progress, the latest version of which is available on the IPO Conference website where its is updated regularly. Below is outline of expectations at time of printing this document to provide an understanding of how sponsors may wish to actively engage with the agenda to drive value in their own objectives.

Day One: Pre-IPO Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

8:00Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00Chair’s Welcome & Keynote Speaker Introduction
9:15Opening Keynote Address by VIP Speaker
Brief description of topic of keynote address, tying it into overall conference theme.
10:00Panel: Macro overview of IPO history and recent trends
Moderator: Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
11:00Networking Coffee Break.
11:30“How to IPO. Democratizing The Model” by Swiss Financiers.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
12:30Networking Luncheon.
1:30Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
2:30Preparing PE for IPO.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
3:15Networking Coffee Break
3:30Investor Roundtable: “How Do Investors Evaluate IPOs?”
Moderator:
4:30Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
5:30Networking Cocktails.

Day Two: IPO Wednesday, September 25th, 2024

8:00Continental breakfast.
8:30Educational Presentation from a sponsor.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
9:30Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
10:30Networking Coffee Break.
11:00Panel: IPO Problems Experienced and Overcome.
Moderator:
12:00Luncheon with Speaker Presentation by VIP Speaker / Key Sponsor.
1:00Investor Roundtable: What Are Investors Seeking Today?
Moderator:
2:00Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
3:00Networking Coffee Break
3:30Educational Presentation from a sponsor.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
4:30Scheduled 1-on-1 Breakouts – must be pre-booked via conference app.
5:30Networking Cocktails.

Day Three: IPO Alternatives Thursday, September 26th, 2024

8:00Continental breakfast
8:30Educational Presentation from a sponsor.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
9:30Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
10:30Networking Coffee Break.
11:00Educational Presentation from a sponsor.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance
12:00Networking Luncheon.
1:00Investor Roundtable: Investors’ Failures/Successes & Lessons Learned.
Moderator:
2:00Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations.
Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance.
3:00Networking Coffee Break.
3:30Closing Address by VIP.
4:30Scheduled 1-on-1 Breakouts – must be pre-booked via conference app.
5:30Closing Networking Cocktails.