Day One

8:30-9:30
Sponsor setup

Main Room

8:30-10:00
Breakfast
& Expo

Main Room

8:30-10:00
Executive
Breakfast

Invite only

10:00-10:30
BIz. mtg

MBAG Installation & Business Meeting
Member of the Year Awards
Association updates

10:30-11:30
Session 1

Eugene James, MarketNsight

What the current housing data is actually telling us, where pending sales, inventory, and pricing trends stand right now, why mortgage rates have moved the way they have this year, and what all of that means for construction lending risk, land strategy, and originations heading into next year. Leave with a clear read on where the market's headed; not just where it's been.

11:30-11:45
BREAK

Coffee Break

11:45-12:45
Session 2

Ryan Hamilton, PHD
Emory Goizueta Business

Dr. Ryan Hamilton studies how people actually make decisions--often in ways that don't align with what we expect. His research explores the psychology behind choice, behavior, and decision-making, insights that have real-world implications for how we communicate, advise and serve today's borrowers.

12:45-2:00
Lunch & Break

Networking Lunch & Break time

2:00-2:15

Skip WIllcox, Founder
Kairos Sales Group

2 P.M. Sales Espresso Shot LIVE: “Would you Bet your Next Commission Check on that Advice?”

2:15-3:15
Session 3

Andrew Alaniz, CEO
CipherNorth

You don't need to become an AI expert, but you do need to know enough to make the right calls. This session explains AI’s growing presence inside your current platforms and vendor relationships, and the regulatory and operational risks that come with it. Everything from fair lending and ECOA exposure to CFPB and FRB scrutiny.  We will also cover practical ways for you to drive better conversations across sales, underwriting, compliance, and your technology teams.

3:15-3:30
Break

Short break

3:30-4:30
Session 4

Kristine Sickels
Speaker | Author | Founder

Every organization is sitting on its next great idea. The problem is the person holding that idea has learned to hold back. They're calculating the risk. Editing themselves in real time. Staying quiet in the rooms where it matters most.

This is The Voice-Values Gap™: the distance between what people believe inside and what they actually say out loud at work. The wider that gap grows, the more your organization pays for it — in decision quality, retention, and the innovation that never makes it out of someone's head.

4:30-5:30
Patio Reception

Patio Reception outside

Dinner at 1867 Grille- All attendees invited

Sponsored by:
National MI | MGIC | ESSENT | ENACT MI |Arch MI | Radian

5:30- Until
“MI NIGHT” Dinner

Day Two - LO SUMMIT

10:00 am
LO Session 1

Ally Carty
Home Lending Growth & Brand Strategy Manager, SoFi

11:00 am
LO Session 2

David Colgan
AI Educator

12:00 pm
Lunch & trade show

Visit Sponsors

1:00 pm
LO Session 3

Kristine Sickels
Speaker | Author | Founder