LEAD Conference
Build the Skills to Lead What's Next.
See You in 2027!
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2026 LEAD Conference. Stay tuned for details about next year's event.
The LEAD Conference brings together emerging community bank professionals for two days of leadership development, industry education, and connection. Broaden your perspective, strengthen your leadership skills, and develop relationships with peers who are building their careers alongside you.
Grow as a Leader
You don't need to wait for a certain title to start becoming a stronger leader.
BankIn Minnesota's LEAD Conference – Leadership, Education, and Development – is designed for community bank professionals who want to keep learning, take on new challenges, and make a greater impact at their bank.
Through practical leadership development, exposure to perspectives beyond your current role, and opportunities to learn alongside peers from across Minnesota, LEAD helps prepare you for greater responsibility while building skills you can put to work right away.
Who Should Attend?
LEAD is designed for rising talent, emerging managers, and community bank professionals who are ready to grow.
Consider LEAD for employees who demonstrate initiative, want to better understand the bank and industry, or are beginning to take on greater responsibility. Attendees don't need to hold a management title – just an interest in learning, growing, and making a greater impact at their bank.
What You'll Gain
Lead with Confidence
Strengthen the communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills that support effective leadership.
Broaden Your Perspective
Gain a better understanding of community banking and how different roles, priorities, and challenges come together across the bank.
Build Your Network
Connect with peers from community banks across Minnesota who are building their careers and taking on new challenges alongside you.
Bring It Back to Your Bank
Leave with practical tools, new ideas, and stronger connections you can put to work right away.
Connect Beyond the Sessions
Some of the most valuable conversations at LEAD happen between sessions. You'll have time throughout the conference to meet community bankers from across Minnesota, exchange ideas, learn from one another's experiences, and build relationships that continue after the conference ends.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Connect with community bank professionals from across Minnesota while supporting their leadership development.
Sponsorship opportunities for the 2027 LEAD Conference will be available soon. Check back for details.
Help Shape LEAD
The LEAD Conference Committee brings community bankers together to identify relevant topics, shape the attendee experience, and bring fresh ideas to future conferences. Interested in helping shape what's next? We'd like to hear from you.
Invest in What's Next
Strong community banks need people who are prepared to keep learning, take on new challenges, and lead with confidence.
Invest in your development – or the development of someone on your team – with two days dedicated to building skills, expanding perspectives, and strengthening connections across Minnesota's community banking industry.