Janis Koyanagi CA, CFA is Vice President, Business Development & Strategy at Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. She is responsible for international business development activities and strategy for both exchanges. With over 10 years of experience at the TSX, she has provided advisory services to companies that are looking to go public and has worked with companies across all industry sectors from mining, diversified industrials to technology and biotech.

Tim Pitoniak, CPA is Chief Financial Officer at C4 Capital Markets, LLC. He provides placement agent services for US and Canadian listed issuers in order to facilitate private placements of equity and debt linked securities specifically with US institutional investors. With over 14 years of experience, he is able to both relate and advise issuer clients on all things associated with completing a financing.

Ralph Shay is a Partner and Head of the Securities Law Group at Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in Toronto. He has been recognized in the International Financial Law Review's IFLR 1000: The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms as a leading lawyer in mergers and acquisitions and by Lawday as a leading lawyer in securities law and mining law. He is a frequent speaker at continuing education conferences and has written several published papers, book chapters and commentaries on those subjects.

Mark Wood is Co-Chair of the Securities Practice of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, concentrating his practice in corporate and securities law. Mr. Wood represents U.S. and Canadian issuers and investment banks in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities and in other securities matters. He also represents clients in complex corporate transactions and counsels public companies on securities law compliance, disclosure, corporate governance and compensation-related issues.