THE WESTERN STATES DIRECTOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM

November 13 - 15, 2011 at the Intercontinental Montelucia Resort & Spa Paradise Valley, Arizona

"Crossroads in Community Banking"

 

Sunday, November 13, 2011

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Symposium Registration
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Board Meeting
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Opening Reception
Dinner on Your Own
   

Monday, November 14, 2011

7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Breakfast with spouses/guests
7:45 AM - 8:15 AM
Symposium Registration
8:15 AM - 2:30 PM
GENERAL SESSION
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Opening Remarks, John M. Davis, President
Davis Management & Consulting
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
"Just How Far Have the White House and the Fed Blundered on the Economy?"
Dr. Stephen Happel, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
BREAK
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
"Current Conditions in Community Banking"
Bob Walters, Chairman, The Bank Advisory Group, LLC, Austin, TX
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch with spouses/guests
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
"Breakthrough Strategies of Smart Bankers"
Roxanne Emmerich, President & Founder, The Emmerich Group, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
2:30 PM
Adjourn
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception with spouses/guests
Dinner on your own
   

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast with spouses/guests
8:00 AM - 11:45 AM
GENERAL SESSION
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
"Solving the Identity Theft Epidemic"
Robert Siciliano, author of "The Safety Minute:01"
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Panel Discussion - "Building Size and Profits Without Cashing out: Mergers in this Community Banking Environment"

Wes Brown, Managing Director St. Charles Capital, LLC, and I Thomas Bieging, Partner, Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP
10:45 AM - 10:55 AM
BREAK
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM
"The Upside of Down"
Joe Malarkey, CSP, CPAE, Oklahoma City, OK
11:55 AM
Closing Comments
12:00 pM
Adjourn
**THIS AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

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Roger Reiling at rrreiling@comcast.net