Mark Your Calendar!  The 2008 Roundtable will be held in Orlando, FL on October 8-10. 

On-Line Registration NOW AVAILABLE!  Except for sponsors (see below), conference registration and hotel reservations at the conference rate can only be made on-line by going to www.Regonline.com/nifr2008.  Note that you will have to enter credit card information twice, once to pay for the conference registration, and a second time to reserve a hotel room (if you are staying at the conference hotel). 

Conference Registration.  Registration is $225 early, or $250 after August 22.  Included in the registration fee are annual dues ($30), the Wednesday reception, two breakfasts and two luncheons.  The optional Thursday night dinner is an additional $30.  Guest registrations are available for attendance at the reception, the Thursday dinner and/or all meals. 

Cancellations.  Should you need to cancel your conference registration, you will be entitled to a full refund if cancellation is received prior to 5 PM on September 23, 2008.  No refunds will be given after this date.

Hotel.  The conference will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, located 20 miles from the Orlando airport near Disney World (see area map).  The address is 6000 W. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee, FL.  Hotel reservations must be made on-line through the link above to get the conference rate.  Conference room rates are $126/night plus $15/night resort fee (includes high-speed internet and fitness center access) plus tax (total of $157.38/night).  These group rates are available 3 days before and after the conference.  Daily parking rates are $12/self-park or $18/valet.  Again, to get the conference rate, room reservations must be made during the on-line conference registration process.

Conference Program.  The preliminary conference program listing sessions and speakers is now available.  The conference will start with registration and a 5-7 pm reception on Wednesday, and end with the Friday luncheon.  24 break-out sessions will be scheduled Thursday and Friday morning, with plenary presentations during the luncheons. 

Transportation.  The hotel offers complimentary scheduled shuttle service to Disney World, Universal Orlando, Wet n Wild and SeaWorld.  Means Transportation (located with the rental car booths near baggage claim) offers walk-up shuttle service to the hotel for $19/person one-way or $32 round-trip.

Sponsors.  We depend on the generousity of our sponsors!  Please check our Sponsorship Guide for levels (ranging from $250 to $1,500) and complimentary considerations.  Gold and Platinum sponsors get one and two complimentary conference registrations, respectively, and will need to provide credit card information and bed preferences on the sponsorship form if they wish us to make reservations for them at the conference hotel. 

Goody Bags.  Please consider donating 125 items to the conference goody bags.  See Sponsorship Guide for details (you do not have to be a sponsor to donate).

All sessions in the upcoming 2008 conference except the administrators roundtables have been pre-approved for AICP certification maintenance credit.  To qualify for AICP credit, partipants must be registered, must sign the sign-in sheets on the table at the back of each session room, and must attend the entire session.

Certified planners who attended the 2007 conference can claim credit for sessions they attended (check the sign-in sheets to confirm we have a record of your attendance). 

The following organizations are sponsoring the 2008 Roundtable:

Platinum Sponsors ($1,500)

• Don Ganer & Associates, Portland, OR
• Dr. Arthur C. "Chris" Nelson, Salt Lake City, UT
• Duncan Associates, Austin, TX
• Henderson, Young & Company, Redmond, WA
• Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Tampa, FL
• TischlerBise, Bethesda, MD
• Willdan Group, Anaheim, CA

Gold Sponsors ($750)

• Economic & Planning Systems, Sacramento, CA 
• Fehr & Peers, Walnut Creek, CA 
• Law Firm of Anne Dalton, Fort Myers, FL
• Red Oak Consulting (Malcolm Pirnie), Aurora, CO
• White & Smith, LLC, Charleston, SC