Pacific Crest Brings Together Industry Leaders to Discuss Impact of Tech Disruption on Consumer Sectors

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Pacific Crest Securities, the premier investment bank for technology, announced the lineup and agenda for its invitation-only Consumer Innovations Forum, to be held Nov. 12, at the Omni Berkshire Hotel in New York.

As new technology-powered products, services and delivery models are driving digital transformation, consumer markets are reaching a tipping point in both innovation and disruption. The forum will discuss the emerging opportunities for growth and market share as a result of this evolution.

This year's program will highlight changing consumer behavior, key growth drivers for digital commerce, new battlegrounds for delivery and payments, how offline retailers are leveraging technology to drive growth, and the emergence of marketing tech.

“Companies and investors who understand the influence of technology on traditional consumer markets are poised to benefit from these tremendous convergence opportunities,” said Scott Sandbo, chief executive officer of Pacific Crest Securities. “This year's event in New York will bring together leaders from consumer businesses who are at the forefront of leveraging today's technology and inform attendees on how to stay ahead of this curve.”

The day-long event will feature keynotes, company presentations and interactive panels. Agenda highlights include presentations from executives representing leading companies such as Yelp, Zillow, Visa, LifeLock, Pandora, Ubisoft and ChannelAdvisor.

Pacific Crest will also host its 10^th Annual Emerging Technology Summit on Mar. 3-4, 2015, in San Francisco. The event is invitation-only.

About Pacific Crest Securities

Pacific Crest Securities is the premier investment bank for technology, operating at the leading edge, where global connectivity is fueling an unprecedented expansion cycle. The firm applies its knowledge of the drivers of value creation and its global network of relationships to technology's high-growth sectors, such as global Internet, mobility, software as a service, cloud and big data, next-generation infrastructure, and energy and industrial technology. As a result, Pacific Crest's clients – technology's foremost institutional investors and market-leading companies – rely on it to achieve superior returns and gain competitive advantage from the seismic shifts occurring in technology.

Pacific Crest is headquartered in the United States, with offices in Boston; New York; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco; and Stamford, Connecticut, along with a representative office in Beijing; and a wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Crest Securities, UK, Ltd., in London. The firm was founded in 1990.

Learn more at www.pacific-crest.com or follow on Twitter @PacCrestSec.