2023 ASFPM Conference by the Numbers
It’s hard to believe that it was just last month that nearly 2,000 people attended the 2023 ASFPM Annual Conference in Raleigh, NC. It was our second hybrid conference and we welcomed people from nearly every state as well as attendees from as far away as Australia, United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands.
As one attendee noted, “It was great getting to meet folks from around the country and to hear the issues they have to deal with. We all may have different terrain, but the fundamental issues are the same.”
In what was described as a “tsunami of information, experiences, and friendships,” the 2023 Conference kicked off with a fun-filled Welcome Fest and ended with a closing reception at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science – all with lots of learning and networking in between. Here’s a photo slideshow that captures just some of the conference experience.
More photos are available on the ASFPM Flickr account. And if you missed our write up and photos of this year’s award winners, you can find it here.
A few fun stats about the 2023 ASFPM Conference
- 1,598 in-person attendees
- 374 virtual attendees
- 1972 total participants
- 434 speaking abstracts submitted and reviewed
- 81 concurrent sessions across 15 conference tracks
- 4 plenary presentations
- 17 workshops
- 276,080 interactions on the conference app
- 136,720 total minutes that users had the app open
Conference Recordings Now Available
For those who attended the conference, either in-person or virtually, you have on-demand access to recordings until January 31, 2024. This conference collection contains all of the concurrent sessions and plenary presentations, as well as the awards ceremony. So, if you missed a presentation or simply want to watch it again, you can do so now. Go here to access the sessions on-demand. If the conference content does not display immediately, check to make sure you’re logged into the Learning Management System. Look for the “Sign In” link in the top right corner of and then log-in with your ASFPM portal email and password.
Certified Floodplain Managers who attended the full conference should now see the 12 CECs they earned in their credit history. From the ASFPM portal, simply go to the Certifications >> View My Credit History tab to monitor your progress.
If you did not attend the conference, but would like to purchase the on-demand conference package, you can do so here. This package contains more than 80 hours of content and is the most comprehensive source of floodplain management information you can find – over 230 technical presentations plus all four plenary sessions and the awards ceremony. These recordings are a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest floodplain management strategies and maintain your continuing education progress toward CFM renewal. CECs are available with the on-demand package just as they are the live event.
Save the Date for 2024
As we wrap up another conference, we’re grateful to all the exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers, presenters, and attendees who made this year’s event so memorable. And of course an extra big thanks goes out to the North Carolina Association of Floodplain Managers (NCAFPM) for being such wonderful hosts!
We hope to see you all again next year at the 2024 ASFPM Conference, June 24-27 in Salt Lake City, Utah! If you’re interested in presenting at next year’s conference, we’ll issue a Call for Abstracts in the fall. Watch your inbox!
