Registration Code for this event: MBCAELEVATE26
The banking industry is navigating a period of unprecedented change. Artificial intelligence, fraud, payments modernization, automation, cybersecurity, evolving customer expectations, regulatory demands, and economic uncertainty are all competing for the same scarce resources—capital, talent, management attention, and organizational capacity.
The challenge facing our institutions is no longer simply identifying what needs to be done. Every bank has a list of worthy initiatives. The harder questions are:
- Which investments matter most?
- How do we prioritize among competing demands?
- How do we align technology, operations, finance, risk, and security around a common strategy?
- And, perhaps most importantly, how do we consistently translate strategy into execution?
Those questions are particularly important for mid-size banks. We don't have unlimited budgets or armies of specialists. Every investment is a tradeoff. Every major initiative competes for the same people, the same dollars, and the same executive attention. Making the right decisions—and executing them well—has never mattered more.
That is why we created Elevate.
Rather than organizing the program around functional silos, we have built a cross-functional experience that reflects how decisions are actually made inside our banks. CIOs, COOs, CROs, CFOs, CISOs, and other senior executives will learn not only from peers in their own discipline, but from one another.The program opens with a cross-functional C-suite panel featuring leaders from different banks discussing a challenge every institution is facing: How do you translate strategy into execution when capacity is constrained and technology—particularly AI—is reshaping the operating model?
From there, the conversation moves from strategy to application through:
- Practical case studies from First National Bank of Omaha, Old National Bank, BankUnited, and Hancock Whitney Bank
- Peer-led discussions exploring payments modernization, fraud, automation, and enterprise prioritization
- Structured cross-bank networking that pairs executive teams from one bank with those from another, fostering cross-functional relationships
As compelling as we believe the agenda will be, the greatest value won't come from the stage. It will come from the conversations around (and after) it—executives sharing with one another, asking questions, comparing approaches, and helping each other navigate some of the most important decisions facing our institutions.
If you are responsible for helping shape your bank's future operating model, we hope you will make plans to join us in Orlando on November 18–19. We also encourage you to consider bringing other members of your executive leadership team. Many of the discussions are intentionally designed to benefit from multiple functional perspectives.
Registration Code for this event: MBCAELEVATE26