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Eleventh District Banking Conference

Dallas

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is hosting this conference in partnership with the Texas Department of Banking for regional and community bankers in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District.

The program will provide perspectives from district bankers and federal and state supervisors on emerging trends in community and regional banking with specific focus on banking conditions, a regional economic outlook, fraud mitigation and integrating with service providers. CPE Credit is available.

When

Thursday, April 2
Conference: 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Reception: 4:35 p.m.

Where

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2200 N. Pearl St.
Dallas, TX 75201
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Registration

Register online.

Agenda and speakers
April 2, 2026
8:15 a.m. Registration and check-in
9:00 a.m. Opening remarks
  • Emily Greenwald, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
9:15 a.m. Fireside chat
  • Lorie Logan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Robert Hulsey, American National Bank of Texas
10:00 a.m. Regional economic outlook
  • Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Financial risk panel discussion on credit, IRR and liquidity
  • Francisco Covas, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
  • Tom Susany, Texas Department of Banking
  • Jared Whitson, Texas Department of Banking
11:45 a.m. Lunch and keynote address
  • Michelle Bowman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
1:00 p.m.Break
1:30 p.m. Moderated banker panel discussion
  • Erik Beguin, Austin Capital Bank
  • Bill Chittenden, Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
  • Asif Dakri, Wallis Bank
  • Jan Mills, First National Bank of Winnsboro
  • Jason Smith, Bonvenu Bank
2:30 p.m. Combating bank fraud
  • Adam Colby, Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center
  • Gul Sharma, Dallas Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Phillip Hinkle, Texas Department of Banking
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. Service provider panel discussion
  • Julieta Ezeiza, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Seamus Smith, FIS
  • Kimberly Ford, Fiserv
4:15 p.m. Closing remarks
  • Jared Whitson, Texas Department of Banking
4:30 p.m. Networking reception
Conversation between Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan and American National Bank of Texas President Robert Hulsey
For more information

Contact Nikhil Sareen.