RAISE Conference Company Launches with RAISE at the STAMPEDE

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 19, 2016 / RAISE Conference Company, a Vancouver-based event management and conference company, launches today announcing its inaugural event, RAISE at the STAMPEDE, July 7-8 in Calgary, AB.

The conference will host up to 60 presentations from private and small cap public companies that are currently raising capital, are planning to raise capital, or have recently raised capital and want to attract market support. RAISE at the STAMPEDE will attract a broad range of investors looking for opportunities, both public and private, in diverse sectors such as technology, health sciences, energy, products and services, and natural resources. The conference plans to deliver over 20 speaker presentations and will host over 1,000 one-to-one investor-company meetings over the two days.

“Our goal is to bring value to presenting companies and give investors a rare opportunity to participate in financings they do not often have access to,” says Neil Lock, Conference Director. “The agenda will be loaded with a range of sector-specific opportunities for investors to evaluate and they will have the unique opportunity to meet with management one-to-one in the meeting room.”

In his career, Lock has organized 39 investor events in Canadian, US & European markets representing close to 2,000 companies with more than 20,000 investor participants. Over the last five years, his conferences have facilitated over 11,000 investor-to-company one-to-one meetings.

Come for RAISE, stay for the Stampede

The Calgary Stampede, “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth,” attracts over one million visitors each year (1.2 million in 2015), mostly from Alberta (74%), other provinces in Canada (18%), with the rest from the US and Europe.

The conference is to be held at The Westin Calgary, a 10-minute walk to the Stampede. Early Bird Registration runs until the end of May.

RAISE at the STAMPEDE
www.raiseconference.com
info@raiseconference.com
604-380-4888

Media contact:
Knox Henderson, VP Sales and Marketing
knox@raiseconference.com
604-551-2360

SOURCE: RAISE Conference Company

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