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ICBA LIVE 2027

ICBA LIVE gathers community bank leaders from across the United States around the decisions that shape an independent bank: lending, technology, risk, governance and growth.

Mar 1-4, 2027 · Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Exhibitors this year
200
Visitors expected
2,500
Show days
4

The audience is heavily weighted toward senior management. In ICBA’s 2025 attendee survey, 57% were C-suite executives. Banks from almost every state were represented. That gives the expo a different buying context from a general financial technology exhibition: the discussion starts with the needs of a community bank.

The event combines a provider expo with Learning Labs, banker roundtables and association business. Teams can divide their attention between operational education and vendor conversations, then bring the findings back to the same leadership discussion. ICBA’s current program promotes more than 60 education sessions and more than 200 service providers. The move back to Las Vegas puts the official program, expo and receptions together at Fontainebleau, making the bank’s whole management team the natural unit of attendance.

How it compares

  1. Acquire or Be AcquiredPhoenix
  2. ABA Conference for Community BankersChula Vista, 1,400
  3. This show: ICBA LIVE 2027Las Vegas, 2,500

ABA Conference for Community Bankers is the closest comparison. It also brings community bank leaders together for practical sessions and banker-to-banker discussion, with a dedicated governance track for board members. Its February gathering in Chula Vista suits a CEO and board looking for a concentrated leadership conversation. ICBA LIVE gives a broader bank team a reason to travel together: education, provider evaluation, peer roundtables and association engagement share the same program.

Acquire or Be Acquired in Phoenix addresses a more focused strategic brief. Its program centers on growth, acquisitions, bank valuation, capital and shareholder value, bringing CEOs and directors into discussion with transaction advisers. It is a stronger fit when the board’s immediate questions concern ownership or a potential deal. ICBA LIVE reaches further into the operating bank, from lending and compliance to the technology and services used to deliver its strategy.

The distinction matters for vendors as much as bankers. A firm selling to community bank operating teams can use ICBA LIVE to discuss implementation with several functions from the same institution. An adviser whose proposition revolves around a transaction may find the Phoenix audience more directly aligned. The two February alternatives also arrive before ICBA’s March gathering on the banking calendar.

ICBA LIVE is the right trip for a community bank leadership team that wants to connect its operating priorities with the providers and peers who can help deliver them.

Who exhibits

Recent ICBA LIVE expos have brought Fiserv, Mastercard and Creatio together, illustrating a mix that extends from payments and banking systems to workflow software and professional advice. Main Street groups ICBA Preferred Service Providers around compliance, information technology, lending, finance, risk and marketing. The value is the chance to compare established bank relationships with more specialized tools in a setting built around community bank requirements.

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ICBA LIVE 2027

ICBA LIVE 2027 returns to Las Vegas after the San Diego gathering, with “Made for This Moment” as its theme. Fontainebleau brings the expo, keynotes, education and receptions into a single hotel. The program includes Learning Labs, banker roundtables, innovation sessions and the Bank Director Current Issues Seminar. ICBA Central adds a place to discuss membership, advocacy and education, while the expo’s Main Street keeps the association’s Preferred Service Providers together.

  • Use Main Street for a focused conversation with ICBA Preferred Service Providers in compliance, IT, lending, finance, risk and marketing.
  • For CPE credit, stay through each Learning Lab and have an ICBA employee scan your badge at the end.
  • Banker roundtables and the Mutual & Thrift Roundtable offer different peer groups; select the discussion that fits your institution.
  • The welcome reception takes place inside the expo, so it continues the provider conversations in the same setting.

Exhibiting

Booth selection is staggered across Corporate Members, ThinkTECH alumni and nonmembers. A standard space includes a full registration and hall passes, making it possible to staff the stand while one colleague joins the wider program. The expo is concentrated around its welcome reception and meal periods. It is best suited to providers that can explain how their products work within a community bank’s operating model.

What your brief includes

The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.

  1. Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
  2. Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
  3. Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5

#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnik

Why it matters
Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
Who to meet
Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
What to ask
Lead times for installations in 2027.

Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.

How a brief is made

  1. Tell us your goals

    A short interview: what you want from ICBA LIVE 2027 and which kinds of partners you are after.

  2. We research each company, one by one

    For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.

  3. Walk in with a plan

    A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.

Walk into ICBA LIVE 2027 knowing who to meet.

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