CJS Securities convenes its 26th Annual New Ideas Summer Conference on July 9, 2026, in White Plains, New York, bringing together small- and mid-cap management teams for a day of formal presentations and one-on-one investor meetings. The event has become a fixture on the summer conference calendar for names that sit below the coverage threshold of the bulge-bracket circuit but above the radar of retail investors.
The confirmed presenter list spans a deliberately wide sector mix rather than a single thematic bet. Teamshares (NASDAQ: TMS), the tech-enabled acquiror of small and mid-sized businesses, sends CFO Brian Gaebe and Head of Capital Markets Nile Corso to present at approximately 2:00 p.m. ET, days after a double-digit stock decline that management will likely be pressed to address. Novanta (NASDAQ: NOVT), the precision technology supplier to medical and advanced industrial OEMs, is represented by CFO Robert Buckley and COO Chuck Ravetto, fresh off a $300 million private placement and the Riverpoint Medical acquisition. Balchem (NASDAQ: BCPC), the specialty ingredients manufacturer, brings its full leadership triangle of CEO Ted Harris, CFO Martin Bengtsson, and IR head Allison Baurichter. Standex International (NYSE: SXI), the diversified industrial manufacturer spanning electronics, aerospace and defense, and engraving and hydraulics, sends President and CEO David Dunbar.
None of the confirmed names carry direct semiconductor or AI infrastructure exposure, which places this conference outside the current momentum narrative driving the SOX complex. What it offers instead is a cross-section of durable, cash-generative small-caps whose management teams are using the platform for the same reason every year: visibility with institutional allocators who otherwise have little reason to look. For CJS, the value proposition has not changed in 26 years. For the companies presenting, the test is whether a day of investor meetings moves anything beyond sentiment.