ICBA Kicks Off 2016 National Convention
New Orleans, La. (PRWEB) March 06, 2016 -- Beginning today, 3,000 community bankers, industry leaders and financial experts will gather together for the 2016 Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) national convention, ICBA Community Banking LIVE®, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
This conference, which runs through Thursday, March 10, is the largest, most comprehensive educational event for community bankers in the country. Attendees will learn about the latest top-of-mind community banking issues from more than 60 educational workshops and explore state-of-the-art technology and product solutions from hundreds of community bank focused service providers.”
“I’m thrilled to welcome community bankers from across the country to ICBA’s national convention, where they will have the opportunity to learn, network and be inspired by likeminded community bankers and industry experts who believe in this great industry and understand its enormous positive impact on communities throughout the nation,” said ICBA Chairman Jack A. Hartings, president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio. “This premier educational event is one no community banker should miss.”
Providing inspiring industry remarks and perspective at the convention include Hartings; ICBA Chairman-elect Rebeca Romero Rainey, chairman and CEO, Centinel Bank of Taos, N.M; and ICBA President and CEO Camden R. Fine.
Other exciting and inspiring convention speakers include Tony La Russa, Hall of Fame baseball manager and chief baseball officer for the Arizona Diamondbacks; Josh Linkner, four‐time tech entrepreneur and hyper‐growth CEO, New York Times bestselling author and venture capitalist; and John Stossel, Emmy Award-winning journalist, host and commentator on the Fox Business Network, and former ABC News correspondent and co-anchor of “20/20.”
Attendees can receive up-to-the-minute convention information with the ICBA 2016 Mobile App and by following #ICBALive16 on Twitter.
Visit http://www.icba.org for more information.
About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America®, the nation’s voice for more than 6,000 community banks of all sizes and charter types, is dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and its membership through effective advocacy, best-in-class education and high-quality products and services. For more information, visit http://www.icba.org.
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Aleis Stokes, Independent Community Bankers of America, +1 (202) 821-4457, [email protected]
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