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Community Banking Conference Presentations

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Kevin Moore, Senior Vice President and Head of Supervision, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

COMMUNITY BANK PERFORMANCE AND BUSINESS MODEL

Session 1 - Performance
Community Bank Structure and Performance: A Historical Perspective 
Chuck Morris, Vice President and Economist, Banking Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Update on community bank financial conditions and industry structure and how they have changed from before the crisis. 

Session 2 – Business Model
Community Bank Business Model
Scott Hein, Robert C. Brown Chair of Finance, Texas Tech University
Analysis of the community bank business model, including its importance and viability, as well as strategies that brought community banks through the crisis successfully.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY BANKS

 
Panel:Tennyson Grebenar, Partner, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons, LLP
 John Ikard, President and CEO, FirstBank Holding Company, Lakewood, CO
 John Ryan, Executive Vice President, Conference of State Bank Supervisors

Panelists will discuss the post-crisis competitive environment and regulatory changes and the resulting challenges and opportunities for community banks.

LUNCHEON ADDRESS

Barbara Rehm Editor at Large, American Banker

REACTING TO THE CHALLENGES: BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR FUTURE SUCCESS

Panel:Reacting to the Challenges 
 Todd S. Adams, CEO, Adams Bank and Trust, Ogallala, NE
  
 What Are ESOPs and Why Are They Important? 
 Rudy Farber, Chairman of the Board, Community Bank and Trust, Neosho, MO
 Issue Brief #1, What is an ESOP?
 Issue Brief #2: How to Establish an ESOP
 Issue Brief #4: The ESOP Tax-Free Rollover or 1042 Transaction for C Corporations
  
 Kansas/Missouri Community Bank Evolution
 Steve Handke, President and CEO, The Union State Bank of Everest, Everest, KS
  
 Banking and Technology Reality
 Jane Haskin, President and CEO, First Bethany Bank & Trust, Bethany, OK
  
Panelists will discuss strategies that will help community banks be successful in the current and future environment.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

THOMAS M. HOENIG, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
 
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