General Information

Welcome to the 2024 conference of the Florida City and County Management Association (FCCMA). This conference will provide outstanding educational and social opportunities to meet and interact with other local government officials. Please check your program carefully to determine in advance the exact location of your workshops, meal functions and social events.

Name Badges and Tickets

Your name badge must be worn at all times for admittance into conference functions. Additional registration is required for Wednesday’s pre-conference ethics workshop and Friday’s Inspirational Breakfast; registration will be verified at the door. Please note that any children attending the Friday Night Social at Splitsville must be registered. If you still need to register an adult or child guest, please do so at the registration desk before 12:00 p.m. on Friday.

Neck wallets sponsored by Florida Municipal Insurance Trust

Exhibit Hall

Please take the time to tour the exhibit hall and pick up new ideas to take home to your community. FCCMA greatly appreciates the participation and support given by the exhibitors and sponsors to the conference. A name badge is required for entry into the Exhibit Hall.

The hall will be open as follows; please note the times of special events:

Wednesday

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.             Exhibit Hall Open

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.              President’s Welcome Reception

Thursday

7:45 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.             Exhibit Hall Open

7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.               Continental Breakfast

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.           Refreshment Break

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.            Buffet Lunch

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.              Refreshment Break

Gift bags sponsored by Brown & Brown
Bags will be distributed at Booth 423 inside the exhibit hall.

Internet Accessibility

Complimentary wireless internet access will be available to conference participants throughout the conference. To access this service, select the Bonnet Creek_Meeting network, open a webpage and enter the password FCCMA2024 when prompted. Note that bandwidth is limited, so you may experience slower service depending on the number of users. As a courtesy to others, please disconnect from the service when not actively using it.

Information Table

Information will be available near registration on membership, ICMA and other programs. If you have positions open and want to leave informational brochures, this is the place.

Conference Attire

All activities and social events for this conference are business casual or casual. Meeting rooms are often cool, so you may wish to bring a jacket or sweater.

Electronic Devices

As a courtesy to your colleagues and speakers, please place all phones and other electronic devices on silent or vibrate at the beginning of each session.

Continuing Education

Florida is proud that we are among the leaders nationwide, with more than 140 ICMA-credentialed managers and candidates. To assist its members, FCCMA has tried to plan workshops that address the training areas that are shown to be needed by the Florida managers; practice areas are listed for each session in this program. If you have a particular ICMA practice area you would like to see addressed in the future, please let someone from the FCCMA staff know.

Session Recordings

FCCMA reserves the right to record any conference session. A link to view all recorded sessions will be sent to registered attendees after the conference.

Session Attendance Data

To provide the best education possible for our members, we will be collecting data on what types of sessions are most popular. You have been provided with a badge containing a barcode that can be scanned as you enter each session.