Conference

Agenda - Continuing Education - Hotel Information - Registration Rates - Sponsor/Exhibitor Information

FSA’s 2024 Winter Conference was held December 4-6, 2024 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista South in Kissimmee, Florida. Wednesday featured the biennial “DEP Day” co-sponsored by FDEP and the required "Laws, Rules and Ethics" for Professional Engineers. The Thursday/Friday Conference covered a variety of key issues facing Florida’s stormwater community.

Who Attended?
Engineers, scientists, stormwater managers, policy-makers and elected officials throughout Florida.

Registration
Registration rates included all course materials, access to the workshop room, access to the Exhibit Hall, and meals based on the day(s) you were registered (Wednesday DEP Day - morning break, lunch, afternoon break; Wednesday Laws, Rules, Ethics - N/A; Thursday Conference - continental breakfast, morning break, lunch, afternoon break and welcome reception; Friday Conference - continental breakfast). See detailed registration rates.

To qualify for the discounted early registration rate, you must have register online no later than October 11, 2024. Payment can be made online by credit card, or you can request an invoice to pay by check. Refunds were provided (minus a $25 processing fee) for cancellations received in writing prior to November 15th. There will be no refunds granted after November 15, 2024.

Hotel Information & Parking
Conference Hotel - The Embassy Suites Orlando Lake Buena Vista South

The conference was The Embassy Suites Orlando Lake Buena Vista South located at 4955 Kyngs Heath Road, Kissimmee, FL 34746. FSA contracted with the hotel to set aside a block of sleeping rooms for all conference attendees at a discounted rate of $166/night and the Resort Fee was waived. Self-parking at the conference hotel was complimentary per day for FSA guests.

Alternate Hotel - Hampton Inn & Suites Orlando South Lake Buena Vista

FSA also secured a room block with the Hampton Inn & Suites Orlando South Lake Buena Vista at the discounted rate of $120/night. The hotel is adjacent to the conference hotel, located at 4971 Calypso Cay Way, Kissimmee FL 34746.

Continuing Education
Florida Professional Engineers attending this conference were eligible for continuing education on an hour-per-hour basis. Professional Engineers and Certified Floodplain Managers must submit paperwork each day including their license number to receive credits. (FSA Provider #0003854 – Area of Practice. Grossman, Furlow and Bayo, LLC Provider #04636 – Laws & Rules).