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Small Cap Nation to Host The Family Office & Life Science Symposium at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York on February 21, 2017

Thursday, 16 February 2017 12:42 PM

Small Cap Nation

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / February 16, 2017 / Small Cap Nation™ (SCN), a New York based financial media and content distribution platform, will host an invitation-only event - The Family Office & Life Science Symposium (the Symposium) - at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, to connect highly-vetted private and public companies with select family offices and other qualified investors through presentations, one-on-one meetings and other exclusive networking opportunities.

"We are very excited to kick off our ongoing 'Best of Breed' series with The Family Office & Life Science Symposium," said Hugh Austin, Chief Executive Officer of SCN. "Through SCN's strong family office and investor network and our access to top-quality companies, we have assembled an excellent roster of presenters and attendees."

Confirmed public and private companies who will be presenting at the Symposium, include: AcelRX (NASDAQ: ACRX), Amyris (NASDAQ: AMRS), Cellular Biomedicine Group (NASDAQ: CBMG), Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: DRNA), Geneius Biotechnology (PRIVATE), Hemispherx Biopharma (NYSE MKT: HEB), Lung Therapeutics (PRIVATE), MYnd Analytics, Inc. (OTCQB: MYAN), Myomo (PRIVATE), PreScience Labs (PRIVATE) and Sensus Healthcare (NASDAQ: SRTS).

According to Austin, the use of technology will also play an important role in the Symposium. "We thought a lot about how to best highlight our impressive list of presenting companies, while also creating an unparalleled experience for our investor audience. With that in mind, we'll be providing investor attendees with portable, complimentary tablets pre-loaded with customized presentation material and video content about each of the presenting companies that will be right at the fingertips of prospective investors at the event and after."

Additional technology resources will be provided by one of the Symposium's strategic partners, The Trout Group, whose partnering app will be utilized to offer seamless one-on-one meeting scheduling. Other Symposium strategic partners who have provided valuable industry insight and support for the event include: BioInvest, Catalyst, Citigate Dewe Rogerson Ltd, CrowdfundX, Harvest, Investopedia, Investor Torque, Manhattan Capital, Rx Communications Group LLC and Seed Invest.

The Symposium's Family Office strategic partners supporting the event include: Family Office Networks, Family Office Insights and Cavendish Global. Media partners who will be covering the Symposium, include: Financial Buzz, Insider Monkey, Internet Stock Review, Ladydrinks, and SnappConner PR. The Symposium will also be broadcast on Facebook Live.

The Symposium's program will offer an educational and thought leader component with panels led by host and co-moderator, financial and business journalist, Jane King, and co-moderator Michael J. Levas, Co-Founder, Senior Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer, Asclepius Life Science Fund, LP. The panels will include top KOL's, research analysts, banking and investment professionals in discussions regarding industry hot topics and key considerations when investing in the life science space.

About The Family Office Investment Symposium

The Family Office Investment Symposium is an ongoing series that identiļ¬es superior transition-stage private and public biotech, life science, healthcare and medical technology companies. These highlighted companies are focused on the latest disruptive technologies and relevant industry trends. The SCN symposiums are designed to connect a curated group of highly vetted companies with a carefully selected group of sophisticated investors.

Small Cap Nation, Thursday, February 16, 2017, Press release picture

About Small Cap Nation

Small Cap Nation (www.smallcapnation.com) is a New York based financial media and content distribution platform that develops and delivers breaking, on-demand news and information from our studios at the New York Stock Exchange, and the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. SCN’s focus is on the multi-billion dollar small cap sector, both domestically and internationally. This video-centric programming is distributed across digital channels including social media, broadcast, and newsletters. SCN's distribution consists of a proprietary network of more than 5 million active investors, Funds, Institutions and more than 4000 Family Offices through our strategic alliance with Family Office Networks, Cavendish Global and Family Office Insights. Financial news and trading sites that feature SCN's content include; Harvest Exchange™, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, SCN YouTube Channel, StockWatchIndex, FoxBusinessNews, Business Insider, and more.

For inquiries regarding Small Cap Nation and The Symposium, please contact:

Karen VanOveberghe - Vice President, Client Services
Small Cap Nation
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (631) 513-0232

SOURCE: Small Cap Nation

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