2017 ACA Summit in San Francisco

The event agenda is listed below and includes all speaker and session materials provided to ACA. We will include more materials as they are made available. 

Event Resources:

Wednesday, April 26:

Thursday, April 27:

  • Breakfast Briefing: Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock Demystified – Presentation
  • 2016 Halo Report – Presentation – Troy Knauss, Catherine Mott
  • Ahead of the Curve: Opportunities for Investing in Science and Technology – Presentation – Swati Chaturvedi
  • Update on National Institutes of Health – Presentation – Jodi Black
  • Group and Platform Management Track: The Unique Job of Running an Angel Group – Presentation – Michael Kindrat-Pratt
  • Advanced Angels Track: After the Check — Tactics to Boost Your Returns – Presentation – Handouts and Various Materials – Jim DeCarlo, John Huston
  • New Models, New Ways of Investing Track: Hybrid Models for Angel Groups: Venture, Angel, Other – Presentation – Kim Folsom, Lisa Frusztajer, Loretta McCarthy, Rob Robinson
  • Advanced Angels Track: Navigating the Legal Cannabis Boom – Presentation – Troy Dayton
  • Angel Fundamentals Track: Valuation 101 – Presentation – Kevin Learned, Rachel Sheinbein, Bill Payne
  • Advanced Angels Track: Being An Effective Board Member – Presentation – Marcia Dawood, Meredith Haviland, Mary Jo Potter
  • Ten Hot Topic Roundtables  
  • Vital Vio Showcase – Presentation
  • ACA Annual Meeting – Presentation – Christopher Mirabile, Dick Reeves

Friday, April 28:

  • Group and Platform Management Track: Refreshing Your Angel Group: How a Strategy Shift Can Set the Stage for Future Growth – Presentation – Steve Baggott, Sue Baggott, Tony Shipley
  • Angel Fundamentals Track: Due Diligence — What’s Needed Now and What’s Next? – Presentation – Bill Halama, Pat LaPointe
  • Advanced Angels Track: Growing Your Portfolio – Presentation – Suse Reynolds, Marcel van den Assum
  • Advanced Angels Track: New Tax Breaks for America’s Innovation Community – Presentation – Jeff Haskett, Alicia Robb, Jeff Sellner
  • Group and Platform Management Track: Building a Strong Ecosystem to Grow Your Group or Platform – Presentation – Kathie Priebe, Kevin Moore, Parker MacDonnell, Jim Sacherman
  • New Models, New Ways of Investing Track: Collaborative Impact Investing – Presentation – Alexandra LaForge, Alicia Robb
  • Fireside Chat with Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein – Presentation – Moderated by Christopher Mirable
  • The Resource Efficiency Revolution: How It’s Changing the Global Economy – Presentation – Steve Westly

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