Main Session – High Performance Idea Exchange
Facilitated by Neil Stanley, CEO & Founder, The CorePoint
The High Performance Idea Exchange provides CEOs with a unique opportunity to discover best practices and to learn from the bankers who are implementing these ideas. Attendees will share their innovative thoughts and ideas in a roundtable format. In addition, we will utilize pre-meeting attendee survey results to focus on the topics of greatest interest to all. This session will: Encourage the free exchange of ideas among bankers …
Breakout Session – Turning Strategy into Results: How Leadership Teams Create Focus, Alignment, and Execution
Facilitated by Chris Hanson, Director | Managed IT, Cloud and Infrastructure Services, RSM US LLP
Most banks are not short on strategy. The real challenge is turning strategic priorities into consistent results. In many organizations, progress stalls because leadership teams struggle to focus limited capacity on the few initiatives that matter most. In this interactive session, participants will explore why execution breaks down and what high-performing leadership teams do differently…
Breakout Session – Industry and Bank Pricing Trends
Facilitated by John Adams Principal & Head of Investment Banking, Sheshunoff & Co Investment Banking
How will recent geo-political turmoil, new direction at the Fed, and general legislative easing impact community bank earnings, asset quality, growth and values? A study of recent bank financial performance and valuations of public banks as well as M&A transactions reveals many positive trends which bode well for the uncertainties that lie ahead. Bank stocks and M&A prices enjoyed a rebound …
General Session – Economic Update
Facilitated by Dr. Ed Seifried
Dr. Ed will lead a lively look at the economic issues that bankers will be talking about most in Fall 2026: inflation, interest rates, FOMC policy, GDP growth, credit conditions, consumer behavior, and the direction of the broader economy. With Kevin Warsh stepping in as the new Fed Chair …