CILP Panel Discussion - Equity Crowdfunding: Boon or Bust?

The Ontario Securities Commission has issued a consultation paper asking whether the practice of equity crowdfunding should be permitted in Ontario.   The University of Toronto Faculty of Law's Centre for Innovation Law and Policy and Centre for the Legal Profession have invited a panel of distinguished experts to discuss whether equity crowdfunding will stimulate economic growth – or the business of fraud.

Speakers include:

·         — Professor Anita Anand, U of T

·         — Brian Koscak, Exempt Market Dealers Association of Canada

·         — Professor Jeffrey MacIntosh, U of T

·         — Ermanno Pascutto, FAIR Canada

·         — James Turner, Vice Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission

·         — Darren Westlake, CEO of Crowdcube (via Skype, from the UK)

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place, Toronto

A Reception Will Follow

This conference is open to the public, but registration is requested here.