2026 CDBA Peer Forum: Grid

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Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.

We’d like to thank our growing list of 2026 Sponsors:
Diamond: IntraFi; FICO; Baker Tilly US, LLP; FICO
Gold: Banc Consulting Partners; Sones & White
Silver: American Bankers Association; HelloBello Financial; Mission Driven Bank Fund; Independent Community Bankers of America
Bronze: Smiley Technologies, Inc.; National Community Investment Fund; Regions Bank; Holman Capital; BNY; Jones Walker; RBC Global Asset Management; Wellthi Technologies; C8 Capital Network; Paul, Weiss
Friend: Community Funding Advisors; TrustPlus; FASTPACE; Renasant Bank; Prosprous AI; Wells Fargo; Logue Advisory Group; FUND Consulting; Performance Trust; Cashy; Nelson Mullins; Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Supporter Plus: RiskExec
Supporter: Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Goldman Sachs; Abrigo
Please reach out to us if you are interested in becoming a sponsor to learn more about sponsorship benefits.

Here’s the Peer Forum at a glance:

Advocacy Day and Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Peer Forum Conference: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 and Thursday, June 4, 2026
Meeting Location: National Housing Center (NHC) Auditorium at:
1201 15th St NW, 1st floor, Washington, DC 20005
Attire: Business casual for all Peer Forum activities

Hotel Information: The National Housing Center is located in downtown, Washington D.C., within walking distance of a variety of hotels offering rooms at a wide range of price points. We invite you to explore some of the options in our “Hotel Options List.” Please note that CDBA has not arranged a room block at any individual hotels for this event.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding Advocacy Day, please email Jack Dunn at [email protected]

Schedule:

June 2: Advocacy Day and Pre-Conference Cocktail Reception
June 3: Sessions from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET
- Cocktail reception at 6:00 pm ET followed by dinner at 7:30 pm ET at Del Mar
June 4: Sessions from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

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Advocacy Day on the Hill 8:00am - 5:00pm

Opening Evening Reception on the Hill (Dinner not included) 5:00pm - 7:00pm

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Coordinating Federal Advocacy: Aligning State and National Voice... 11:50am - 12:50pm

Office Hour: Banc Consulting Partners 11:30am - 12:30pm

Cocktail Reception and Dinner 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Registration & Breakfast 7:45am - 8:45am

Sponsorship Exhibit Time 9:45am - 10:30am

Networking Lunch 12:50pm - 2:00pm

Welcome

Fireside Chat: Michael Barr, Board of Governors... 9:00am - 9:45am

The Affordability Debate and the Future of Community Banking 10:30am - 11:45am

The New Liquidity Playbook for Community Banks 11:50am - 12:50pm

Bank Innovation Lab 2:00pm - 3:15pm

Plenary Session: The Political and Economic Outlook 3:30pm - 4:45pm

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Expanding Credit Access: New Data, New Models, and the Future of... 10:05am - 11:05am

Hiring for Impact and the Changing Workforce 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Office Hour: FICO 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Breakfast 8:00am - 9:00am

Networking Lunch 12:30pm - 1:30pm

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AI for Mission-Driven Banking: Practical Use Cases for Community... 9:00am - 10:00am

Smarter Service: How AI is Reshaping Customer Engagement 10:05am - 11:05am

Inside the Appropriations Process: What CDFI Banks Need to Know 11:15am - 12:30pm

Aligning Data: A Single Source, A Universe of Uses 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Keynote: Surjit Chana, Moral Architecture for AI in Finance 2:45pm - 3:45pm

CDBA Annual Members Meeting 3:45pm - 4:15pm

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