Speaking Engagement

Technology and the Equipment Finance Sector

Blank Rome Partner Stephen T. Whelan will be a speaker at the 18th Annual Investors’ Conference on Equipment Finance, being held Wednesday, March 20, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in New York, NY. A cocktail reception will follow.

Steve’s panel, “Technology and the Equipment Finance Sector,” will take place from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m., and will address the following:

• DLT, IoT, Cloud, AI: What is needed to improve uses for equipment leasing in the digital economy?
• Preparing for the Lease Accounting Standard—2019
• What level of technology standard is needed?
• E-docs—are they commonplace yet?
• Online lending: challenges, opportunities, and best practices?
• Are there industry-specific barriers that have prevented issuers from accessing these advances and its enthusiastic investors? How might those barriers be addressed/overcome?

Steve’s co-panelists will be:

• Moderator: Bill Verhelle, Chief Executive Officer, Innovation Finance USA LLC
• Charles Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Currency Capital
• Deborah Reuben, ELFA Board Member & Workgroup Chair, ELFA Technology Innovation Workgroup
• Christian A. Haesslein, Director, DZ Bank AG

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to be a sponsor of this event.

About the Annual Investors’ Conference on Equipment Finance

This conference, hosted by Information Management Network (“IMN”) and the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (“ELFA”), focuses on educating investors and equipment finance companies about the latest industry trends and developments.

For more information or to register, please visit the conference webpage.