NAVIGATING THE PUBLIC COMPANY READINESS JOURNEY
Going public is more than a transaction, it’s a transformation. In today’s complex market and regulatory environment, companies must time their moves strategically while ensuring operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and effective investor engagement.
The 2025 Public Company Readiness Conference unites PwC’s capital markets leaders and industry experts to equip finance teams for every stage of the IPO journey. Through four targeted sessions, you’ll learn how to evaluate readiness, navigate execution, craft a compelling equity story, and align infrastructure, systems, and controls to perform as a successful public company.
Not planning an IPO right now? This conference is still a powerful opportunity for private companies to evaluate overall organizational health. By benchmarking against public company standards, you’ll uncover best practices in financial reporting, governance, and systems that strengthen resilience and position your company for long-term growth—whether or not you ever pursue the public markets.
JOIN US FOR FOUR HIGH-IMPACT SESSIONS
- Assessing IPO Readiness – Evaluate organizational, operational, legal, and financial readiness against public company standards, and identify and close key gaps in people, processes, and systems.
- Executing the IPO – Choose the right transaction pathway, prepare and file the SEC registration statement, coordinate with legal counsel, auditors, and underwriters, and manage the SEC comment letter process.
- Crafting the Equity Story – Align your company’s narrative with investor expectations and broader market dynamics, structure effective roadshows, engage with analysts, and unify internal messaging to support IPO execution.
- Public Company-Ready from the Inside Out – Address Reg S-X and PCAOB compliance considerations, compile historical financial information, implement technology upgrades for scalable reporting, and strengthen internal controls.
Earn up to 4 CPE credits while hearing from PwC’s capital markets leaders, seasoned transaction advisors, technical specialists, investor relations professionals, SEC legal counsel, and executives from recent IPO companies.
LEARN ALONGSIDE AN INFLUENTIAL COMMUNITY OF FINANCE LEADERS
This conference draws an influential audience of CFOs, CAOs, legal and compliance leaders, investor relations professionals, and rising finance professionals from private organizations of all sizes.
REGISTER NOW
Register now to explore what it takes to go public, and excel as a public company, with confidence.