The 20th Annual Community Bankers Symposium, Community Banking in the New Normal, was hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, as an in-person event with a remote attendance option.

The symposium consisted of presentations on current industry developments and key bank supervision issues while providing a setting for attendees to engage in a dialogue on areas of supervisory focus, the banking environment and regulatory updates. Senior policymakers, banking supervisors and economists participating in this event discussed the changing banking and related supervisory landscape along with perspectives on the economic outlook.

Additionally, the event included an optional in-person pre-symposium Cyber Simulation Lab Workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 9, which interactively oriented community bank leaders on the common-sense mindset, industry best practices and hands-on collaborative mechanisms involved in strengthening cyber resilience, not just for specific institutions but also across the financial sector.