38th Annual Connecting Leaders Conference
June 21-24, 2023 | Margaritaville Lake Conroe

IBAT’s Connecting Leaders Conference gives up-and-coming community bank leaders the opportunity to network, learn from and develop personal relationships with their peers and tenured leaders in the industry—all while enjoying family time in an informal setting. Members and staff both enjoy the unique aspects of this conference that make it unlike any other event throughout the year.

Keynote Speakers

 
  

Julie Ness Bell, Ph.D

The Mind of a Champion
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Billy Riggs, MRE, MDIV

The Dr. Phil of Magic
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2023 Tentative Agenda

 
Wednesday, June 21
  
3:00-5:00 p.m. Conference Registration
   
Thursday, June 22
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Conference Registration
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Breakfast
10:00-11:30 a.m. Opening General Session (Keynote: Julie Ness Bell, Ph.D)
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Legislative Update Panel
1:00-2:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions             
2:15-3:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
3:15-6:00 p.m. Free for Family Afternoon
7:00 p.m. IBAT Beach Olympics
   
Friday, June 23
  
7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m. General Session
10:00-10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:45-11:45 a.m. Breakout Sessions
12:00-1:30 p.m. Closing General Session and Lunch (Keynote: Billy Riggs, MRE, MDIV)
1:30-2:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions
2:30-5:30 p.m. Free for Family Afternoon
5:30-6:30 p.m. Hospitality Suite
6:30-10:00 p.m. Family Fun Night w/Music & Dinner

Saturday, June 24
  
8:00-9:30 a.m. Grab-and-Go Breakfast
9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Fishing Outing


Friday Family Fun Night

Featuring Musical Guest Jack Ingram


   Jack Ingram is a Texas-born country singer whose records have earned both critical and peer adoration and spawned massive hit singles. Throughout a recording career that has spanned more than 20 years, Ingram has maintained a reputation for uncompromising, personally charged song craft and energetic, charismatic performances, earning him prominent stature in a prestigious tradition of iconoclastic singer-songwriters. 

The modern-day honky tonker’s records have won him a fiercely devoted fan base with hit singles including, "Lips of an Angel," "Measure of a Man," “Barefoot and Crazy” and most recently, his latest collaborative album with Miranda Lambert and Jon Randall called “The Marfa Tapes.” 

There's no better way to savor summer than spending an evening with family and friends listening to Texas Country music!

2023 Event Sponsors

Strategic Partner
 
Diamond Partner

           
Gold Sponsors

                            
Silver Sponsors

BHG Financial
CLA
CP Insurance Associates
Eide Bailly LLP
Fenimore Kay Harrison LLP
Glory Global Solutions
Holland & Knight LLP
JMFA
KlariVis
Bronze Sponsors

AccuBranch
Agent IQ
Crowe LLP
Data Business Equipment, Inc. (DBE)
Haberfeld
Qualtik
SEI Sphere
Strategic Resource Management, Inc.