Monday, April 14

• Blue Ocean Strategies – Navigating Headwinds & Charting Unique Paths to Success with Chris Black, CEO (Thread Bank) & Scott Gupton, EVP/COO (INSBANK) | Click here for slide deck.
  
• Reading the Tea Leaves: Anticipating Crypto, DeFi & CBDC in 2025 with Kevin Tran, Partner (Nelson Mullins) | Click here for slide deck.
  
• Regulatory & Legislative Update with Colin Barrett, President/CEO (Tennessee Bankers Association/TBA)
  
• AI: Practical & Safe Uses for Anyone with Nick Schuster, National Sales Director (Cash Transactions, LLC) | Click here for slide deck and click here for the AI Prompting Guide.
• Lunch & Learn | Focus: Prioritizing What Matters Most in Cybersecurity with Jeremy Hopwood, President/CEO (5ironCyber) | Click here for slide deck.
• Third Party Partnerships for Strategic Growth & Innovation with Jen Saylor, Senior Director (Credit Karma); Joe Webb, Managing Partner (The SERO Group); Rob Ruff, Vice President (Strongpay)
• Breakouts 1
  • ERM: Developing a Risk-Aware & Culture-Driven Risk Management Framework with Ginger Devine, EVP/Chief Risk Officer (Citizens First Bank) & Regina Phillips, Compliance Director (Raymond James Bank) | Click here for slide deck.
  • Interest Rate Risk – Strategy/Impact of Proper Loan & Deposit Call Report Coding with Jake Thurman, Senior Consultant; Michael Finley, Manager; Julie Longabach, Manager; Josh Strickland, CPA, Shareholder (Saltmarsh)  | Click here for the call report codes worksheet.
• Breakouts 2
  • Credit Cycle Roundtable – Impact of the Election with Michael Finley, Manager; Paul Allen, CPA, CGMA, Director; Josh Strickland, CPA, Shareholder (Saltmarsh)
  • TPRM Roundtable: Which Vendors Do You Love? (bankers only) with Jason Keith, CIA, CISA, Senior Technology Risk Consulting Manager & Kristen Stogniew, Esq., CFE, Shareholder (Saltmarsh)

Tuesday, April 15

• Breakouts 1
  • Beyond Compliance: Essential Strategies for Community Development Identification & Reporting (CRA) with Lorraine Faust, CRCM, Director of Fair Lending/Fair & Responsible Banking (Saltmarsh) & Brian Waters, President/COO (findCRA) | Click here for slide deck.
  • Regulatory Future Proofing with Jason Keith, CIA, CISA, Senior Technology Risk Consulting Manager (Saltmarsh)
• Breakouts 2
  • Fair Lending: You Ran the Analysis, Now What? with Lorraine Faust, CRCM, Director of Fair Lending/Fair & Responsible Banking (Saltmarsh); Ginger Devine, EVP Chief Risk Officer (Citizens First Bank); Josh Beasley, VP/Compliance Director (Wilson Bank & Trust) | Click here for slide deck.
  • Securing Payments: Strategies to Combat Fraud and Errors with Susann Goar, CAFP, Sallie O’Brien, AAP, APRP & Michael Maricelli, CIA, CISA, AAP, Senior Consultants (Saltmarsh); Madison Beale, Fraud Manager (Wilson Bank & Trust)
• Building Your Team: Lessons and Tools for Growth and Succession Planning moderated by Kristen Stogniew, Esq., CFE, Shareholder & Paul Allen, CPA, CGMA, Director (Saltmarsh); Tim Skelton, BSA Officer (Wayne County Bank); Natasha Simmons, BSA Officer (PCB Bank); Ginger Devine, EVP/Chief Risk Officer (Citizens First Bank); Carrie Birkie, VP/Risk Operations Officer (Commercial Bank & Trust Co); Colleen Brinker, SVP/BSA Officer (Republic Bank & Trust)
  
• MasterClass: Inside the Fraudster’s Mind (A Strategic Deep Dive into Deception & Defense) with Jonathan Turner, ACFE Regents, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer (Avanos Medical) | Click here for slide deck.
  
• The Future of Risk Management & Auditor/Consulting Partnerships in Banking moderated by Kristen Stogniew, Esq., CFE, Shareholder (Saltmarsh)