The Great Lakes Lenders Conference is the premier banking event in the Midwest that has been hosted by the SBA District offices of Cleveland, Columbus, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. In its 18th year, the conference is being hosted by one of the SBA Partners, the Michigan Small Business Development Center (Michigan SBDC). Michigan SBDC promises to keep the valuable workshops that have kept attendees up to date on SBA lending programs and other banking topics.
Who should attend?
- Commercial and Business Banking Lenders
- Credit Analysts and Underwriters
- Credit Administration, Documentation and Servicing Staff
- Loan Packagers
- Attorneys
For more information please contact Sienna Mavima (mavimasi@gvsu.edu) or call 616-331-7483.
Reasonable arrangements for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact: Sienna Mavima at mavimasi@gvsu.edu.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
8:00AM: Full Breakfast, Grand Ballroom
9:30AM: Breakout Session 1
- How to Start a SBA Department (Room MCC1)
- Leveraging SBA Loan Programs to Finance Building Energy Efficiency Projects (Room MCC2)
- SBA Lending and Credit Unions (Room MCC4)
- SBA One (Room Salon C)
10:30AM: Break and Exhibits
11:00AM: Breakout Session 2
- Liquidation I (Room MCC1)
- Loan Authorization (Room MCC2)
- Restaurant Financing-Tools to Assist in Determining if a Restaurant is a Good Lending Customer (Room MCC3)
- Loan Fraud (Room MCC4)
- 10 Pitfalls in Determining 7(a) Eligibility (Room Salon C)
12:00PM: Lunch and Keynote Address
2:00PM: Breakout Session 3
- Liquidation II (Room MCC1)
- 504 Loans, 504 Debt Refinancing (Room MCC2)
- Serving Hispanic Communities (Room MCC3)
- Capline (Room MCC4)
- Lender Oversight (Room Salon C)
3:00PM: Break and Exhibits
3:30PM: Breakout Session 4
- 1502 Dashboard Portal (Room MCC1)
- Internal Controls (Room MCC2)
- Engaging and Leveraging SBA Microloan Programs in Michigan (Room MCC3)
- The USDA – Rural Development Financing Programs (Room MCC4)
- D & B Credit Scores (Room Salon C)
5:00PM: Business Services Reception ( Amnesia Room)
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