International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFDTC)

Registration for the 2026 conference is now open!

View details on this year’s conference
View the preliminary program
Register for the conference (Early registration ends March 20)
Reserve your hotel room (Discount rate ends April 3)

If you have questions, please contact Registrars Marie Nitschke and Kevin Tharp to learn more.

The IFD&TC provides a unique forum for government, academic institutions and other survey agencies to informally communicate with each other. Attendees include field directors, field technicians and survey managers. There are no membership dues and the only activity is our annual conference. 

To learn more about the purpose of the conference, see the conference charter and bylaws pages. You can also click on the links to the right for details for our upcoming conference as well as past conferences.