The Credit Union Association of New York will be holding itsfirst Economic Forum Nov. 1-2 in Albany, N.Y., at the Desmond Hotel& Conference Center. The event, which is open to attendees frommultiple states, aims to provide credit union leaders withinformation on business strategy, economics and investing.

Mark Sievewright, president of Credit Union Solutions at Fiserv,will provide the keynote presentation, “Credit Unions–StayingRelevant, Becoming Prevalent: A Futuristic View of the Credit UnionIndustry and its Potential.”

Sievewright said he believes there's a transformation underwayin the U.S. financial services industry that will have a dramaticeffect on how credit unions do business, how they develop astrategy for their futures and how they collaborate aroundproducts, services and information. During his presentation,Sievewright will highlight industry changes, their implications forcredit union leaders and the strategies it will take to remainrelevant and become prevalent, the New York league said.

With 30 years of financial services industry experience,Sievewright has held senior leadership roles at HSBC in London,MasterCard International in Brussels and 

Payment Systems Inc., where he served as president/CEO. Between1999 and 2004, he served as president/CEO at the TowerGroup, atechnology research and advisory firm for the financial servicesindustry. 

Registration for the Economic Forum is now open. Early-birdregistration closes Sept. 20 and a hotel room block is availablethrough Oct. 10.  All conference registrations close Oct.18. For more information, visit www.cuany.org/economicforumor call the association's  member services team at800-342-9835, ext. 8546.