AGENDA: With a philly twist
This isn’t your typical conference agenda — it’s Philly-style.
From M&A to tech to talent, these sessions cover the strategies and trends reshaping the industry. Get sharp takeaways from the leaders who aren’t just watching the changes, they’re making them.
The full agenda, including speakers and times, will be available soon.
Session 1: Banking in 2025: A Declaration of Independence
Independence from regulators, independent thinking in tech and innovation, independence from the burdens of high interest rates.
Session 2: Technology Phanatics: Innovation in Banking
What does the next wave of technology innovation look like in banking? We will give you a hint: automation, machine learning, cybersecurity and much more.
Session 3: Jazz Up Your Balance Sheet with a Fee Revenue Stream
Rising rates have brought to question the revenue dependency on spread income and transactional interactions, so how are banks building recurring, sustainable fee revenue sources?
Session 4: Channelling Your Inner "Rocky"
Three C-Suite leaders reveal how smaller banks are outmaneuvering larger competitors with bold strategies and sustainable growth models.
Session 5: Trust the Process: Hiring and Retaining Top Talent
Community banks are under tremendous pressure to attract and retain top talent. This recruiting and compensation playbook is can't-miss for bank executives.
Session 6: The Right to Keep and Bear Capital
Off of a multi-year dearth of M&A and capital raising activity in the bank industry, what can get us to sustain consolidation activity and return to a more offensive growth posture?
Session 7: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Tech-Forward Bank Strategy
Novel banking has risen from the grave in 2025. How the future of banking will be impacted by banking-as-a-service, stablecoins, payments and other novel strategies driving growth today.
Session 8: Building Brotherly Love: Ira Robbins, CEO of Valley Bank and Brent Beardall, CEO of Washington Federal
Friends from opposite coasts and two of the most influential bank CEOs in the country share their experiences leading with purpose, shaping culture, and building a growth bank mentality in a constantly changing world.