Part of the Banking Transformation Series:

Europe:  London | May 18-19, 2027  |  USA:  Charlotte, NC | November 9-10, 2026  |  Asia:  Singapore | Returning 2027

Speak at Banking Transformation Summit USA

The stage senior US banking and credit union leaders take seriously.

Banking Transformation Summit USA gives senior practitioners a credible platform to share what they delivered, what they learned, and what they would do differently. If you have a first-hand story about real change in US banking, this is the room to tell it in.

Complimentary speaking is for senior leaders from banks and credit unions. Vendors and solution providers can take the stage through a sponsorship package.

A speaker addressing senior banking leaders at Banking Transformation Summit USA
How the agenda is built

An agenda built around real decisions and honest lessons.

The 2026 agenda is senior and practical. Every session is built to surface the decisions, trade-offs, and execution challenges that actually shaped the outcome, and the lessons worth passing on.

Speakers are practitioners and operators. The questions in every session push for specifics: what was changed, what was stopped, what would be done differently with hindsight.

If you can speak to one of those questions with first-hand authority, the program team wants to hear from you.

Who we're looking for

The voices that earn the room's attention.

The audience is senior and practical. Three out of four people in the room are running transformation inside a US bank or credit union. They are less interested in the polished version, and more interested in how it was actually delivered.

Bank and credit union practitioners

CIOs, CDOs, COOs, Chief Risk Officers, Chief Data & AI Officers, Heads of Digital, Heads of Open Finance, Heads of Payments, credit union CEOs, and the senior leaders running real transformation programs inside US financial institutions.

Senior operators from fintech and infrastructure

Engineering leaders, product leaders, and named technical voices from the firms building the systems US banks are buying. These positions come through sponsorship, and go to operators who can talk through a named project and what it delivered, not a product pitch.

Researchers, regulators, and named analysts

Voices with primary data, regulatory perspective, or a track record of being right early on the issues banks are now making decisions against. If your work is shaping how US banks think about the next twelve months, you belong on a panel.

First-time speakers with the right story

The program is not closed to people who haven't spoken before. If you have a transformation story you have not told publicly because you couldn't until now, this is the right room and the right year to tell it.

Complimentary speaking positions are for senior leaders from banks and credit unions.

Speaking slots are reserved for senior leaders from US banks and credit unions. If your organization sells technology or services to the banking sector, you can still take the stage through a sponsorship package. See how sponsors take the stage.

The formats available

Two ways to take the stage.

Pick the format that fits the story. Keynotes deliver a single argument with the full weight of one senior voice behind it. Panels surface trade-offs, with practitioners taking different positions on the same decision.

Keynote

The single-voice argument

A 20-minute argument from one senior leader. One claim, real evidence, a clear position. The hardest format and the most rewarded.

Panel

The trade-off conversation

Three to four senior practitioners taking different positions on the same decision. Moderated for specifics, with each speaker defending a real position.

Submit your story

Tell us what you'd present.

The program team reviews every submission. We'll come back to you within ten working days if the topic aligns with the 2026 agenda, with a follow-up call to develop the session.

The form below takes about three minutes to complete. Be specific about the story, the decision, and what you can speak to with first-hand authority. The more concrete the proposal, the faster the response.

Complimentary speaking is for senior leaders from banks and credit unions. If your company sells technology or services to the sector, speaking comes through a sponsorship package.