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2024 ACUL Conference Schedule

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Thursday, May 2nd | Registration and Dinner

​Welcome to Kodiak!

  • 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm: Registration at Kana Convention Center (First Floor) Sponsored by SWBC

  • 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm: Happy Hour at Double Shovel Cider Company, Sponsored by Visa and Double Shovel

  • 5:30 pm: Busses Leave the Convention Center for Dinner

  • 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Dinner at Golden Anchor Club located on the US Coast Guard Base Sponsored by GCI

Friday, May 3rd | Day One

Registration, Breakfast and Opening

  • 7:00 am to 8:30 am: Registration Kana Convention Center (Second Floor)

  • 7:30 am to 8:30 am: Breakfast Sponsored by Mastercard

  • 8:30 am to 8:45 am: Opening Ceremonies with Tim Sullivan, ACUL President

Speakers

  • 8:45 am to 9:45 am: Speaker 1 Chris Gunnare, Strategic Resource Management |“Humanizing the Digital Experience”

  • 9:45 am to 10:00 am: Break – Snacks and Vendor Mingle

  • 10:00 am to 11:00 am: Speaker 2 John Oberst, Colonel, USAF (Ret.), Alaska Aerospace Corporation

  • 11:00 am to 11:15 am: Silent Auction Partner Presentations

  • 11:15 am to 12:15 pm: Speaker 3, Mike Schenk, America's Credit Unions | “Reflecting, Conversing, and Innovating on the Future of Financial Wellbeing for All Alaskans”

Lunch

  • 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm: Lunch Sponsored by Performance Trust **Optional Lunch presentation by GWLN at Convention Center: 12:30-1pm**

  • 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm: ACUL Business Meeting with CEO’s in Kana Board Room (Second Floor)

 

Speakers

  • 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm: Speaker 4, Jim Ryan, Curql Collective | “Bringing Fintech to Credit Unions - Helping CUs to Compete in the Digital Age”

  • 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm: Speaker 5 Introduction Sponsored by TruStage, Troy Mooney

  • 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm: Speaker Five, Danielle Scodellaro, CUNA Mutual Group | “How Internal Talent Mobility Creates Long-Term Leadership Excellence.” 

  • 3:15 om to 3:30 pm: Break – Snacks and Vendor Mingle

  • 3:30 pm t0 4:30 pm: Speaker Six, Jill Nowacki, Humanidei | “Best Practices in Board Effectiveness”

Reception and Dinner

  • 4:30 pm: Happy Hour Reception at Convention Center, Sponsored by Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

  • 5:30 pm: Busses Leave the Convention Center for Dinner

  • 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Dinner at Kodiak Island Fisheries Research Center, , Sponsored by Gallagher 

Saturday, May 4th | Day Two

          Breakfast and Opening

  • 7:30 am - 8:30 am: Breakfast Sponsored by Origence

  • 8:30 am to 8:40 am: Opening with Tim Sullivan, ACUL President

 

Speakers

  • 8:45 am to 9:45 am: Speaker 7, Charles Vice, NCUA | “NCUA Financial Technology and Access”

  • 9:45 to 10:15: Break – Snacks and Vendor Mingle

  • 10:15 am to 11:15 am: Speaker 8, Jay Johnson, Callahan and Associates | “What Keeps Credit Union Executives up at Night”  

  • 11:15 am to 12:15 pm: Speaker 9, Danielle Scodellaro, CUNA Mutual Group | “Charitable Giving Needs and Foundations”

 

Lunch

  • Lunch Break 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

 

Speakers and Rising Star Panel​ 

  • 1:15 pm to 2:15 pm: Speaker 10, Frank J. Diekmann, CUToday.info | “25 Great Ideas”

  • 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm: Rising Star Panel Sponsored by TruStage and Cadence General | Moderated by Mark Burgess President/CEO Credit Union 1

  • 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Speaker 11: Dan Robinson, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development | “Gauging Alaska's Economy: How we are doing according to some of the main macroeconomic indicators relative to other states and our own history.”

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Break and Dinner

  • 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm: Break before dinner

  • 5:30 pm: Busses Leave the Convention Center to the Silent Auction + Dinner

  • 50th ACUL Anniversary Dinner Celebration and Silent Auction at Afognak Center, Sponsored by Allied Solutions, 300 Alimaq Dr, Kodiak, AK 99615: 6:00 pm-8:30p *formal closing dinner but there is no dress code or need to do anything else! come as you are. 

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