Three days of leadership development, regulatory insight, and meaningful connections.
Here's everything that's on the schedule for Spring Conference 2026.
Sunday, April 19
2:00–3:00 pm
Registration & Refreshments with Exhibitors
3:00–4:00 pm
Elevate Your Leadership: Leading on Purpose with Passion
Mike Oster
4:00–5:00 pm
Director Responsibilities and CRE Issues
Ken Pennington, Deputy Commissioner, Kentucky Dept. of Financial Institutions
5:00–6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception – Olmstead Prefunction Dinner on your own.
Monday, April 20
7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 am
Navigating Succession
Charlie Riggs, Supervisory Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
9:00–10:00 am
Washington Legislative Update
Blake Earley, SVP Congressional Relations & BankPac, ABA
10:00–10:15 am
Break
10:15–11:15 am
Today's FDIC
Teresa Sabanty, Deputy Regional Director, FDIC
Lunch on your own.
1:00 pm
Golf Tournament – Champions Pointe Box lunches provided for registered golfers.
6:00–7:00 pm
Reception with Exhibitors – Olmstead Prefunction
7:00–9:00 pm
Banquet – Olmstead
Entertainment by the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music
Tuesday, April 21
7:00–8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 am
Corporate and Risk Governance
Chris Blau, Assistant Deputy Comptroller & Paul Wydler, Assistant Deputy Comptroller Analyst, OCC
9:00–10:00 am
2026 Economic Outlook: Trying to Find Some Certainty in an Uncertain World
Tom Fitzgerald, South State Securities
10:00–10:15 am
Refreshment Break
10:15–11:15 am
Charting the Course: Third-Party Vendor Due Diligence
Speaker TBD
11:15 am–12:15 pm
Fireside Chat
Eric Wood & Tim Schenk
12:30–3:00 pm
Leadership Division Meeting
*Agenda subject to change
Board & Officer Training That Counts
At the conclusion of Spring Conference, attendees will receive a Certificate of Completion
to present to regulators, and will also be eligible for continuing education credits.