ITASCA, IL--(Marketwire - Feb 7, 2012) - First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. ("First Midwest") (NASDAQ: FMBI) announced today that it will be participating in the Sterne Agee 2012 Financial Institutions Investor Conference in Orlando, Florida on Monday, February 13, 2012. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest's President and Chief Executive Officer will give a presentation on behalf of the Company at the conference at 9:30 AM (ET).