Scienaptic AI Presents

ELEVATE

The Premier AI Conference for Credit Unions

Elevate 2026 unites AI innovators and the most influential credit union leaders
under one roof to define the future of member-first finance.

September 16–18, 2026

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, TN

LOCATION

Nashville, TN

DATE

September 16-18

BUILT FOR

Credit Unions

CAPACITY

Limited

What To Expect

ELEVATE 2026 is set at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville - three days of world-class AI programming, structured networking, and evenings in one of America's most iconic cities. Capacity is limited by design, to ensure every attendee gets the access and conversations they came for.

Engineered serendipity

Every format is designed so you end up in the right conversation, not just any conversation.

No theorists. Only practitioners.

Credit union executives from across the movement, in one room. Talking real results and real numbers, not here to present a polished story.

Arrive with questions, leave with a plan.

The three days are designed to move — from the macro picture, through the technology, to what you do with it Monday morning.

Nashville, off script

The city is not incidental. After the sessions end, Nashville takes over - live music, great food, and the kind of evenings that don't make it into the meeting notes.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Subject to Change

The voices on stage at ELEVATE 2026

Leaders from across lending, regulation, fintech policy, fraud, and the credit union movement. Operators who set strategy, regulators who shape the rules, and one mentalist to remind the room how perception works.

Pankaj Kulshreshtha

Scienaptic AI

Byron Gangnes

University of Hawaii and UHERO

Tony Boutelle

Origence

John Kolhoff

NASCUS

Patty Corkery

MCUL and Navari

Matt Cooper

Mentalist

Phil Goldfeder

American Fintech Council

Anthony Hernandez

DCUC

Sumeet Bhalla

PenFed

Brian Howell

ELGA Credit Union

Tracy Kaufman

Wildfire Credit Union

Jack Imes

Allied Solutions

Kyle Rohrs

SentiLink

ONE STAGE, NINE PERSPECTIVES

Operators, regulators, fraud fighters, and one mind reader.
The full picture of where lending heads next.

Three days. One clear arc.

Four movements, designed to build on each other. Each day ends where the next day begins.

  • September 16, WEDNESDAY
    Arrive and connect
    Doors open at six-thirty. Dinner is the conversation. The conference begins at the table, not the podium.
  • September 17, THURSDAY
    Understand the world
    Platform leaders, a state regulator, a former Comptroller, and an economist. The day starts wide before it narrows.
  • Stress-test the technology
    Where AI stops being a slogan and starts being a decision. Live demos, real operators, and one deliberate interruption.
  • September 18, FRIDAY
    Execute and go
    A working morning with real weight. Fraud on stage, pricing in the open, and the members a scorecard cannot see.

See you in
Nashville!

Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center
2800 Opryland Dr, Nashville, TN 37214

Full Conference Access

The Attendee Pass grants full access to ELEVATE programming and events, designed for founders, executives, and industry leaders ready to invest in a world-class experience.

Sponsor

Get in front of the credit union industry’s most forward-thinking decision-makers.

Elevate 2026 is the largest dedicated AI conference for the credit union space. Sponsoring or exhibiting puts your brand at the center of an industry in transformation — in direct conversation with credit union c-suite executives and the practitioners shaping how credit unions adopt AI.

Sponsorship opportunities are limited. Secure your position early.

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