Main Session – High Performance Idea Exchange I
Facilitated by Julia Hernandez, Executive Vice President, The CorePoint
The High Performance Idea Exchange provides an open forum for senior lending and senior credit officers to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing community banks today. Facilitated by an industry expert, the session allows attendees to actively contribute and determine the topics of discussion. This unique format gives participants the chance to shape the session dialogue and fosters the free exchange of information among peers. Ideas shared typically focus on hot topics in the industry, including the various loan strategies, risk management tactics, services and products that have proven successful for today’s community banks …
Main Session – High Performance Idea Exchange II
Facilitated by John Hurlock, SMARTER Risk Management
Where are the opportunities? Uncertainty is not always a friend to the community banker. And we continue to be in a state of uncertainty. For example, while deposit/funding costs are expected to decrease, the growth of deposits is expected to be sluggish. And lending opportunities are expected to be slow to moderate. Regulations are expected to be reduced. Will the FDIC be eliminated? What about AI? These are many of the same issues we have faced throughout time; Uncertainty provides a heightened need to understand how to successfully operate and grow …
General Session – The Showdown
Facilitated by KC Mathews, CFA, Chief Market Strategist, Commerce Trust
The economy is entering a period defined by critical confrontations — showdowns that will shape the trajectory of growth, stability, and confidence. From inflation pressures to labor market resilience, from central bank policy battles to market valuation tensions, the stakes have never been higher. This engaging and thought-provoking session will explore how these forces could impact economic activity in the months ahead — and what it means for you …