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 – Economic Update For 2026
Facilitated by Dr. Ed Seifried
Dr. Ed will discuss just what 2026 is likely to look like for the U.S. economy—cutting through the noise to focus on what really matters for decision-makers. The discussion will cover the outlook for economic growth, inflation, and the labor market, with a practical, plain-English assessment of where GDP is headed and why. He will highlight the key risks that could push the economy off course, and identify the economic indicators bankers should be watching most closely as the cycle evolves. Dr. Ed will also spend time demystifying Federal Reserve policy and FOMC decision-making in 2026 …
General Session – How Much Could Customer Centric Digital Transformation Data Cost You?
Facilitated by Danielle Damon, Senior Manager, Wipfli LLP and Traci Lohse, Manager, Wipfli LLP
Loans are typically the largest assets on a Bank’s balance sheet. The information generated through the core system is relied on for financial reporting, making business decision, and evaluating the Bank’s performance. In this session, you will identify common loan data issues and the impact on key performance indicators. We will discuss common financial reporting challenges related to misalignment with core systems and discover how to build core system loan structures to align with common financial and regulatory reporting requirements …