The International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC)

We’re pleased to announce that the 2027 International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) will be held in Washington, DC, from April 18-20/21. Conference sessions will take place at the US Census Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland. We’re very thankful to our friends at Census for arranging for this unique opportunity.

Abstracts for presentations will be accepted starting in November, with registration opening in February. We’ll post other details including suggested hotels as details are finalized.

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.