
by John W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
at the 35th Annual Securities Regulation Institute, San Diego, California
Good morning. Thank you David [Van Zandt]. I'm very pleased to welcome all of you to the 35th Annual Securities Regulation Institute. It is my privilege and honor to be chairing the program for the first time this year, and I thank each of you for being here. I believe we've put together a great series of panels for you over the next few days and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make this all happen. Our highlight will be at lunch today, when former Chairman of the SEC, David Ruder, who has been so closely associated with the Institute for many years, will give the Alan B. Levenson Keynote Address and offer his insights in a speech entitled "Challenges Facing the SEC in the Year 2008 and Beyond."
Wanting to get a jump on David's remarks, I will first mention a quote of Alan Levenson, one of my predecessors as Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, that we repeat year-after-year at this conference.
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