Conferences
Conferences provide annual updates on hot topics, emerging trends, current and pending legislation, new products and services, and innovative ways to enhance profitability and reduce risk. They provide an invaluable opportunity to network with peers and stay current on important issues affecting our rapidly changing industry.
AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association
Agricultural lenders from across the state gather for the annual Agricultural Conference. Covering farming, business, and banking issues, the program keeps Ag lenders up-to-date on what their customers face, legislative and regulatory issues of particular concern to agriculture, and credit issues faced by banking in general.
Date May 4-5, 2010
Location Red Lion Hotel, Richland, WA
Duration 1½ days
Audience Lenders with Ag-business customers
CEO/BANK DIRECTORS CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Washington Financial League
The CEO/Bank Directors Conference is an opportunity for community bank leaders to discuss banking issues in general and those specific to community banking. With an intensive educational program covering issues such as strategic planning, federal and state legislation, the economy and bank management, the conference is a working event for CEOs, presidents, senior management team members, and community bank directors. During this event, bank director specific sessions will run concurrently to CEO specific training.
Date December 2-3, 2010
Location Seattle Waterfront Marriott Hotel
Duration 1½ days
Audience CEOs, bank presidents, bank directors, senior management
CFO CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association
Extreme market volatility continues to impact the financial services industry. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference is designed to provide a local forum where CFOs can expect to hear from key bank strategists and take advantage of networking opportunities.
Date November 5, 2010
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle
Duration 1 day
Audience CFOs, auditors, controllers
COMPLIANCE CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association
Compliance officers meet yearly for this two-day compliance seminar. With the ever-increasing, always-changing compliance burden, these bankers rely on this conference for comprehensive updates on important regulatory issues, focusing on both lending and operations compliance. Speakers include local and national compliance experts.
Date October 4-5, 2010
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
Duration 2 days
Audience Compliance officers, auditors, risk managers, BSA officers, loan compliance staff,
deposit compliance staff, operations staff, lending staff
DIRECTORS FORUM
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association
This program is designed for outside directors, directors with limited tenure, and all directors that would like either a refresher or more details on important bank management issues. The WBA Directors Forum is co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association and Idaho Bankers Association and supported by the FDIC. This year's master of ceremonies will be David Kemp, President, Bank Management Inc.
Date August 20, 2010
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
Duration 1 day
Audience Bank directors
HUMAN RESOURCES/EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association, Washington Financial League
The Human Resources/Education Conference focuses on human resource and training issues specific to the banking industry. Areas of interest for HR professionals include: regulation reviews, compensation, retention and rewards and legislative updates. Training officers and WBA Field Advisors discuss key issues related to training and education. Roundtable sessions and panels allow participants to meet other bankers and discuss challenges particular to their banking responsibilities. This conference also includes a pre-session specific to WBA Field Advisors.
Date April 2011
Location TBA
Duration 1½ days
Audience HR professionals, training officers, and WBA Field Advisors
MARKETING CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association
A simple change in language can quickly strengthen and produce better marketing results. Working with your industry peers, sessions will focus on tools you can immediately implement in your bank. Branding, market analysis, products, bank regulations, and other issues important to bank marketing officers are included as topics of discussion.
Date March 2011
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle
Duration 1 day
Audience Marketing officers, marketing assistants, retail officers
NORTHWEST SECURITY OFFICERS CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association and Idaho Bankers Association
Criminals are searching for creative new ways to obtain money from financial institutions through scams, fraud, or robbery. This annual event covers security, fraud and crime issues in our current financial environment.
Date June 2010
Location TBA
Duration 2 days
Audience Security, operations, and technology staff
SENIOR CREDIT CONFERENCE
Designed for chief credit officers, senior lenders, and others who oversee the lending process at their banks, attendees will benefit from the comprehensive panel discussions and in-depth issue coverage, as well as the chance to network with fellow bankers from across the state. Topics include critical credit regulations, economic review, financial analysis, hot lending topics, credit products, and services of benefit to banks.
Date Winter 2011
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
Duration 1 day
Audience Chief credit officers, senior lenders, credit analysts and those who
oversee the lending process at their banks
TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Oregon Bankers Association
The Technology Conference addresses the newest IT challenges facing bankers and aims to provide solutions and resources available in the industry. The event concentrates on financial technology management, leading-edge payment systems technologies, technological security, and risk management.
Date October 18, 2010
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle
Duration 1 day
Audience Technology officers, IT staff
NORTHWEST TRUST CONFERENCE
Co-sponsored by Corporate Trustees Association and Oregon Bankers Association
Given today’s rollercoaster market changes, how have non-traditional investment options fared? This event focuses on the current issues faced by trust departments. It is organized into general sessions and break-out workshops for basic and advanced participants.
Date Spring 2011
Location Seattle, WA
Duration 1 day
Audience All levels of trust personnel including trust officers, trust administrators,
and wealth management staff
WOMEN IN BANKING CONFERENCE
The Women in Banking Conference focuses on strategic planning and visioning for progressive women in the banking arena. Speakers aim to empower attendees to realize their full potential in the workplace, and typically include: keynote speakers with inspirational and proven messages; a panel of executive level women bankers sharing real-life experiences; and roundtables moderated by a variety of executive women bankers.
Date November 19, 2011
Location Washington Athletic Club, Seattle
Duration 1 day
Audience All women in banking
