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 | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 | Chair’s Welcome & Keynote Speaker Introduction |
| 9:15 | Opening Keynote Address by VIP Speaker Brief description of topic of keynote address, tying it into overall conference theme. |
| 10:00 | Panel: Macro overview of IPO history and recent trends Moderator: Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 11:00 | Networking Coffee Break. |
| 11:30 | “How to IPO. Democratizing The Model” by Swiss Financiers. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 12:30 | Networking Luncheon. |
| 1:30 | Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 2:30 | Preparing PE for IPO. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 3:15 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 3:30 | Investor Roundtable: “How Do Investors Evaluate IPOs?” Moderator: |
| 4:30 | Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 5:30 | Networking Cocktails. |
Day Two: IPO Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 | Continental breakfast. |
| 8:30 | Educational Presentation from a sponsor. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 9:30 | Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 10:30 | Networking Coffee Break. |
| 11:00 | Panel: IPO Problems Experienced and Overcome. Moderator: |
| 12:00 | Luncheon with Speaker Presentation by VIP Speaker / Key Sponsor. |
| 1:00 | Investor Roundtable: What Are Investors Seeking Today? Moderator: |
| 2:00 | Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 3:00 | Networking Coffee Break |
| 3:30 | Educational Presentation from a sponsor. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 4:30 | Scheduled 1-on-1 Breakouts – must be pre-booked via conference app. |
| 5:30 | Networking Cocktails. |
Day Three: IPO Alternatives Thursday, September 26th, 2024 | |
|---|---|
| 8:00 | Continental breakfast |
| 8:30 | Educational Presentation from a sponsor. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 9:30 | Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 10:30 | Networking Coffee Break. |
| 11:00 | Educational Presentation from a sponsor. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance |
| 12:00 | Networking Luncheon. |
| 1:00 | Investor Roundtable: Investors’ Failures/Successes & Lessons Learned. Moderator: |
| 2:00 | Meet the Contenders. Pre-IPO Issuer Breakout Presentations. Brief description of this segment explaining purpose and relevance. |
| 3:00 | Networking Coffee Break. |
| 3:30 | Closing Address by VIP. |
| 4:30 | Scheduled 1-on-1 Breakouts – must be pre-booked via conference app. |
| 5:30 | Closing Networking Cocktails. |