Conferences & Education

Annual Conference

49th Annual Conference for Bank Presidents, Senior Officers & Directors

March 18-22, 2006
Marriott Camelback Inn
Scottsdale, Arizona

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Program | Directors Program | Schedule | Optional Activities | Guest Program 
Exhibits & Showcases | Sponsorship & Ads | Hotel & Travel | Registration

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As a leader of the bank, you face very real challenges in your efforts to lead your bank to profitability. Industry information, know-how and peer experiences shape the way in which you act upon new opportunities.

This conference will address key aspects of regulatory issues, leadership techniques, strategic processes and management development utilizing keynote speakers, presentations and peer-group roundtables.

Take away the know-how to:

  • Act on techniques that will fund your loan and investment portfolios
  • Identify the eight types of risk inherent to banking
  • Conduct robust “credit shocking” analyses of your loan portfolio
  • Produce realistic, action-oriented growth and profitability for emerging businesses
  • Create a business recovery plan to minimize the likes of Hurricane Katrina damage
  • Design effective succession plans to ensure the viability of the bank
  • Develop your top performers using concrete steps 

2006 Conference Advisory Committee

  • John Gaynor, Bank of Nevada, NV, Chair
  • Michal Cann, Whidbey Island Bank, WA
  • Robert Daugherty, AmericanWest Bank, WA
  • John Fahrendorf, Jr., Desert Hills Bank, AZ
  • Terry Frydenlund, 1st Bank of Yuma, AZ
  • Don Judson, Mid-Valley Bank, OR
  • Wayne Keddy, Paymentech, CA
  • Stuart Keirle, America California Bank, CA
  • Park Price, Bank of Idaho, ID
  • Ellen Sas, Northstar Bank, WA
  • Nancy Sheppard, Western Independent Bankers, CA
  • Jesse Tam, Regal Financial Bank, WA
  • Glen Terry, Vintage Bank, CA
  • Gary Youmans, Community National Bank, CA

Thanks to our sponsors:


Ferrari Sponsors

Keefe Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

WIB Service Corp. 

 

Porsche Sponsors

Clarke American, Inc.

Financial Guaranty Insurance Brokers

Inmatrix, Inc.

Paymentech

Sandler O’Neill & Partners

 

Cadillac Sponsors

American Reporting Company

BENMARK West

BMA Management Support Corp.

Clark Consulting

Datatronix Financial Services, Inc.

Instant Cash Services

Open Solutions, Inc.

Pinnacle Financial Strategies

Plansmith Corporation

Strunk & Associates, L.P.

Sunwest Document Technologies

The Seidler Companies

UMS Banking Payment Processing Services

T-Bird Sponsors

Bank of the West

Fidelity Information Services

Metavante Corporation

S1 Corporation

SecureWorks, Inc.

TIB-The Independent BankersBank

Mustang Sponsors

Independent Bankers Insurance Services

Kesler Associates

Key Bank

Pacific Coast Bankers' Bank

Pacific Coast Banking School

Raddon Financial Group

Union Bank of California Financial Institutions Dept.

Wells Fargo Bank Correspondent Banking Group

WIB & WIB Service Corp. Boards of Directors

Mini Cooper Sponsors

California Envelope Printing, Inc.

Frandzel, Robins, Bloom & Csato, L.P.

Progressive Casualty Insurance Co.

RLR Management Consulting, Inc.

First Data Debit Services

Tetra Corporate Services, LLP

US Bank-West Coast Correspondent Banking

Zions Bank Correspondent Banking Group

Zurich North America Financial Enterprises