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Conference Information

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Description

Rate

Registration
Opening Date

Deadline Closing Date

Early Bird Member Rate

$275.00

7/17/2025

8/5/2025

Early Bird Non-Member Rate

$350.00

7/17/2025

8/5/2025

Regular Member Rate

$350.00

8/6/2025

9/2/2025

Regular Non-Member Rate

$380.00

8/6/2025

9/2/2025

One Day Member Rate

$140.00

7/17/2025

9/2/2025

One Day Non-Member Rate

$160.00

7/17/2025

9/2/2025

If you are not a Current Member and would like to receive the membership rate, please go to our membership page and select the New Member Button. Even if you were a member in the past all memberships terminate when they are 90 days past due so you will have to enter as a new member. New memberships run on a rolling membership date. So when you rejoin your membership will be good for one year from that date. Once you have completed this you will qualify for the member discounted rate.

The Conference registration fee includes sessions and workshops, Wednesday exhibitor’s social, Thursday Morning Continental breakfast, Wednesday Lunch Buffet, and break snacks each day.

Additional options are available on the registration form links below to pay for guest social tickets and for the golf tournament.

Refund Policy: Full refunds can be given if requested more than 14 days before the start of the event. Refund request received less than 14 days before and more than 3 days before the start may receive a 50% refund. No refund will be issued if the request is received less than 3 days before the start of the event. Note that refunds will be issued by check sent to the address and payee that you provide in your cancellation request or credited back to the original credit card. All cancellation requests shall be submitted via email to ncafpm@ncafpm.org. The email system date will be used as determination of date received. 

Presenters: Note that all presenters must register for the conference. If a presenter is only presenting and not attending the conference, please contact Susan Frady for details on how you should register.


Continuing Education 12 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) will be awarded for entire conference participation Wednesday - 3.0 CECs, Thursday 6.0 CECs, Friday - 3.0 CECs). Continuing education certificates will be emailed to attendees after the conference. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Susan Frady.

Program: The Draft PROGRAM is available revised 7/16/2025.

Digital CFM Exam
The Digital CFM Certificatiion exam will be offered at the FFI on
Friday September 12, 2025 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Click below for more information.
The deadline to register for the exam is
August 29, 2025.
CFM Exam Application Instructions

Golf Tournament

The North Carolina Association of Flood Plain Managers will be hosting the "NCAFPM John Fullerton Memorial Fall Golf Tournament" at the magnificent Sequoia National Golf Club on September 10, 2025. This is Sequoia’s prime season and the normal green fee is $120. However, the rate for players in this year’s tournament has been reduced to only $80 thanks to the support and generosity of INIGHT Planning and Development. Thank you to Ryan Cox and the entire Insight team!
Space is limited, so register ASAP. You may register and pay up to four players on one registration form. Tee times will begin sharply at  8:30 am on Wednesday September 10, 2025.  This will be a 4-person, scramble format.
Questions? Contact Bill Tingle at 704-756-1491 or ting3740@gmail.com.


 

 


2025 FFI Committee

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Susan Fradyemail
828.674.8430

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Laura Arnold
Mike Robinson
Holly White

SPONSORSHIP CHAIR
Scott Brookhart


2025 Hotel Information

Our 19th Annual Fall Floodplain
Institute will be held at the Harrah's Cherokee Resort, in Cherokee, NC

September 10-12, 2025
at Harrah's Cherokee Resort
Cherokee, NC

Hotel Information

Harrah's Cherokee Resort 
777 Casino Drive
Cherokee, NC 28719

Block room rate 
$99.00 per night standard room rate
7.5% Tribal Levy
4% Occpancy tax
Room Cost 110.39 Plus
Daily resort fee of $34.99 per room
Tribal Levy on resort fee 7.5%
Resort Fee Cost $37.61
Total Room and Resort Fee with Levy and taxes $148.00 per night.

This fee includes:

  • Free Valet and Self-parking
  • Access to The Pools
  • Access to the Fitness Center
  • Free Standard Internet (up to 2 devices)
  • Unlimited Local Calls
  • Parking fee waived

Please note the hotel registration site defaults to one night only. You will need to select the dates you wish to reserve manually then hit the update button at the top before selecting to book rooms.

The hotel may require a deposit of up to one nights stay.

The cutoff date for this rate is
Sunday, August 10, 2025. After this date hotel rates will be their standard rate.

Reservations
To call directly to make reservations
you must use the code S09NCFP
to get the block rate 1-828-497-7777
Or to book online simply click here
to go directly to our personalized
e-booking link which pre-populates the field