[ By Howard Haykin ] MSRB AND CDIAC TO CO-HOST EDUCATION AND OUTREACH SEMINAR IN SAN FRANCISCO The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission (CDIAC) will co-host an education and outreach seminar for municipal market professionals on July 24, 2012 in San Francisco, California.  This seminar will provide market participants and, in particular, public agencies, with information about how regulation of the municipal securities market is changing and the MSRB’s long-range plan for greater market disclosure and transparency. The keynote luncheon speakers will be Alan D. Polsky, MSRB chair, and the Honorable Bill Lockyer, California state treasurer. The San Francisco seminar will be held Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.  Representatives from the MSRB and California public finance professionals will discuss regulatory changes affecting municipal securities issuers, the duties of municipal advisors and dealers in the municipal market and the current and future capabilities of the MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA®) website. The seminar will conclude with a roundtable discussion during which the panelists will solicit input from public agencies and market participants on how municipal market information obtained through initial and continuing disclosure filings is used to improve rulemaking, pricing and open markets.  View the agenda. The seminar is open to all members of the municipal securities community;  however, capacity is limited.  There is no cost to attend; however, pre-registration is required. Click here to register.  The deadline to register is July 13, 2012. http://www.msrb.org/News-and-Events/Press-Releases/2012/MSRB-and-CDIAC-to- Co-Host-Education-and-Outreach-Seminar-in-San-Francisco.aspx Date: May 15, 2012.