EBA Virtual Conference

March 31, 2022

EBA Virtual Conference

June 19 2020

The Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) plans to take a progressive approach… a virtual two-day conference.

For many industries, conferences and trade shows would be in full swing this time of year with business representatives shaking hands, packing educational sessions, and engaging in close conversations. As certain aspects of normal life start to reopen that sort of interaction remains unattainable, or so it would seem. Next week, the Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) plans to take a progressive approach to this problem…a virtual two-day conference.

The EBA is a non-profit trade association that represents the financial services industry, including bank and non-bank financial institutions, insurers, asset management firms and those who provide services to them. Members include financial institutions, property and casualty insurers and brokers, environmental consultants, and attorneys. Under normal circumstances, the EBA hosts conferences every year in January and June. The meetings provide a forum to promote the exchange of environmental risk management and sustainable development lending information and technical expertise, as well as valuable networking opportunities.

EBA’s Virtual Conference 2020 will replace the canceled conference that would have taken place earlier this week in Charlotte, North Carolina. The virtual conference will include a series of interactive webinars covering topical industry information followed by virtual social events via video conferencing. The EBA has been ahead of the curve for this format – already hosting monthly conference calls and online seminars covering technical environmental risk management topics.

AKT Peerless spoke with Bill Sloan (Regions Bank), President of the EBA Board of Governors, to get his take on the reformatted conference.

EBA Virtual Conference

EBA Virtual Conference

The Environmental Bankers Association (EBA) plans to take a progressive approach… a virtual two-day conference.

After the conference was canceled, how quickly did the planning team switch gears, and move toward a virtual conference?

Did planning take a larger level of effort?

What will you miss most about meeting in person?

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