IBAT Annual Convention

October 5-8, 2024  |  San Antonio

IBAT’s Annual Convention is a four-day event that takes an in-depth look at key issues impacting the banking industry, specifically those related to community banks. Join us at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk, October 5-8, for everything you’ve come to expect from an IBAT event: great keynote speakers, unmatched educational breakout sessions, regulatory updates, awards, peer-to-peer resource sharing opportunities and networking and entertainment options, including the Chairman’s Opening Party, PAC Auction/Dinner and Songwriters’ Showcase.

This year’s 50th Annual Convention is packed with brand-new actionable insights and practical takeaways on some of the most important topics in community banking you won't want to miss.

2024 Keynote Speakers


Kevin Brown

Motivational Speaker and Author
The HERO Effect®

 

Dr. Julie Bell

Founder and President of The Mind of a Champion
Succession Planning: Consulting for Today | Coaching for Tomorrow

Kevin’s unconventional path to business and personal success has taught him that winning in business and in life requires anything but conventional thinking. He is passionate about helping people expand their vision, develop their potential and grow their results. The HERO Effect® is a simple philosophy that separates world-class organizations and high-performance people from everybody else.
 
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  Dr. Julie Bell has worked with a variety of individuals, teams and organizations to improve their mindset through principles she developed to help business professionals and athletes deliver their best performance when it matters most. Combining 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur with lessons from coaching top athletes and executives, Dr. Bell is able to help organizations through leadership assessment and succession planning.

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Sunday Night Entertainment: Cody Canada & The Departed


   

    
Bring the family on Sunday evening to enjoy some of the finest music you’ll hear all year, performed by Cody Canada & The Departed in an intimate show exclusively for IBAT.
 
American rock/country group Cody Canada & The Departed released a new single, "Elle," late last year, adding to the six albums the band has recorded, several hitting various Billboard charts. Canada was a founding member of Cross Canadian Ragweed and formed The Departed in 2010. The band’s first album, This Is Indian Land, is a tribute to Cody Canada’s homegrown musical roots, featuring songs written by the Oklahoma songwriters who inspired him: J.J. Cale, Leon Russell, Kevin Welch and legends from the region that birthed the "Red Dirt Sound."
 
"For me, the Red Dirt Sound fits into the older style of country—Merle, Willie, etc.," Canada says. "The thing about Red Dirt is it can be soul, rock, folk, country… It’s really about the honesty of the lyrics, nothing fake about it."

2024 AGENDA

 
Saturday, October 5
 
11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Registration
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Chairman's Reception
   
Sunday, October 6
7:30-8:00 a.m. Devotional
7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Registration
7:45-9:00 a.m. Grab-and-Go Breakfast
8:00-10:00 a.m.  Associate Member and Banker Networking Event
9:00-10:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions and Tracks:

  • Credit & Lending: Preparing for a Potential Economic Downturn: Credit Administration Action Items
  • Leadership & Strategy: CEO Succession: Do you have a depth chart you believe in?
  • Operations: Financial Firm Implications of GPT and Large Language Models
  • Risk Management: Building a Data Privacy Program
  • Wildcard: Banking Differently
10:00-10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:15-11:15 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions and Tracks:

  • Credit & Lending: Why Getting More From Your Loan Review is Now Critical
  • Leadership & Strategy: Immunity to Change: Focused Leadership Strategies to Help You Drive Personal and Organization Performance   
  • Operations: Emerging Payment Trends
  • Risk Management: Compliance Management for the C-Suite
  • Wildcard: Future-Proofing Deposits: Strategies for Retaining the Next Generation of Depositors
12:00-2:15 p.m. Opening General Session and Lunch: Keynote by Kevin Brown
2:15-6:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
6:00-9:00 p.m. Evening Free
9:00-11:00 p.m.
Sunday Night Entertainment: Cody Canada & The Departed
   
Monday, October 7
 
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00-10:00 a.m.
General Session and Breakfast: Keynote by Dr. Julie Bell
10:00-11:30 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
Awards Luncheon & General Session
(includes Best of Community Banking Awards celebration)

2:00-3:00 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions and Tracks:

  • Credit & Lending: Thriving in Turbulence - Credit Risk Related High Interest Rate Strategies
  • Leadership & Strategy: Best Practices for Interest Rate Risk
  • Operations: How to Intelligently Bring AI to Your Bank
  • Risk Management: Check Fraud on the Rise - Ways to Protect Your Customers and Bank
  • Wildcard: Session Coming Soon
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:15-4:15 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions and Tracks:

  • Credit & Lending: Consumer Spending, a Driving Force to Commercial Lending
  • Leadership & Strategy: Under Pressure: Cost of Funds Strategies in a High Rate Environment
  • Operations: Optimizing Onboarding & Cross-Selling in Banking: A Roadmap to Deeper Relationships       
  • Risk Management: Attorney Panel
5:00-6:30 p.m. Hospitality Suites
6:30-9:00 p.m. PAC Auction and Dinner
9:00-10:30 p.m.
Nightcap Hospitality Suite
   
Tuesday, October 8
 
8:30-10:15 a.m.
Closing General Session and Brunch: Regulator Panel; Annual Meeting and New Chairman's Address

2024 EVENT SPONSORS


Strategic Sponsor




Diamond Sponsors

                            

Gold Sponsors


                   
                

          
                         

            
          

Silver Sponsors

ADVANTAGE, Powered By JMFA
b1BANK
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP)
CollateralEdge
CP Insurance Associates
Diebold Nixdorf


Eide Bailly LLP
Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP
Glory Global Solutions

   Holland & Knight LLP
IntraFi
KlariVis
 
Kristopher James Company
R&T Deposit Solutions
Stephens Inc.
The Bankers Bank

Bronze Sponsors

5ironCyber
Data Business Equipment, Inc. (DBE)
Digital Onboarding, Inc.
FinGoal
   

ICI Consulting, Inc.
Ironcore, Inc.
revio.
Strategic Resource Management, Inc.



SW Graduate School of Banking - SMU
Travelers
Whitley Penn LLP

Blue Ribbon Sponsors
   
Henry & Peters, P.C.
Kameo Marketing LLC
 


2024 EXHIBITORS


5ironCyber
AccuBranch
Advantage Health Plans Trust
ADVANTAGE, Powered By JMFA
BAFS - Business Alliance Financial Services, LLC
Baker Asset Management
Bankers Mortgage
BCC
Bedel Security
BMA Banking Systems
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP)
CollateralEdge
College Ave Student Loans
Comco Systems
Community Capital Technology Inc.
Computer Services, Inc. (CSI)
Condley and Company, LLP
CP Insurance Associates
Data Business Equipment, Inc. (DBE)


DCI (Data Center Inc.)
DEI Incorporated
Deluxe Corporation
Deluxe Merchant Services
Diebold Nixdorf
Digital Onboarding, Inc.
Eclipse Brand Builders, LLC 
Eide Bailly LLP
Farmers National Company - Energy
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
FORVIS Mazars
Glory Global Solutions
Gulf Coast Business Credit
Haberfeld
Hamilton Vaultronics
HC3
IBT Apps
ICBA CRA Solutions
Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA®)


ICI Consulting, Inc.
InfoAgora Inc.
Integris
IntraFi
Ironcore, Inc.
Kasasa
KlariVis
Kristopher James Company
La Macchia Group
LemonadeLXP
MG Architects
Moss Adams LLP
Ncontracts
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
PhaseOne Design Builders
PULSE, a Discover Company
Purple Wave Auction
R&T Deposit Solutions
revio.


San Antonio College
S&P Global Market Intelligence
SHAZAM
Schreiner University
Spry Inc.
Strategic Resource Management, Inc.
Stratman Solutions
SWGSB - SMU
Teslar Software
Texas A&M University Mays Business School Commercial Banking Program
Texas Department of Banking
Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending
Texas Tech School of Banking
The James Paul Group
TransFund
Travelers
USDA Rural Development
Verge Network Solutions