Overview
2018 NADO - DDAA Washington Conference
March 18 - 21, 2018
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Join your regional economic development peers for up-to-the minute legislative updates, sessions and discussions on relevant topics, thought-provoking plenary speakers, visits to your representatives on Capitol Hill, and peer-to-peer learning and networking.
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development (USDA) Anne Hazlett will speak during the conference; she is scheduled to address the audience during the plenary luncheon on Monday, March 19.
Other featured speakers include Rick Klein, Political Director for ABC News, and Geoff Skelley, Associate Editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at UVA's Center for Politics. Klein will offer his analysis of the current political environment during the closing plenary on Wednesday (March 21). Skelley will provide insight into the 2018 mid-term elections prior to the hill visits on Tuesday (March 20).
As in previous years, we will provide transportation for conference attendees to Capitol Hill for NADO on the Hill on Tuesday, March 20. We encourage all conference attendees to take advantage of your time in Washington and visit with your members of Congress. Senate and House calendars tend to fill up quickly, so if you haven't already made arrangements to meet with your respective senators and representatives, please do so as early as possible.
Capping off the day of Hill visits, NADO will be hosting an afternoon reception for congressional members and staff.
For more information, contact NADO Director of Government Relations and Legislative Affairs Susan Howard ([email protected] or 202.624.8590) or Legislative Associate Josh Shumaker ([email protected] or 202.624.8482).
The conference will be held at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, VA.
Registration
Registration for the 2018 NADO-DDAA Washington Conference will begin on January 12, 2018
Registration for this event started on January 12, 2018 and is currently
Open.
ONE CONFERENCE – ONE REGISTRATION
In 2018, the NADO Washington Conference will be held in conjunction with the Development District Association of Appalachia Annual Conference. Whereas in previous years there were two separate registrations for two conferences, this year there is only a single registration process for a combined conference. In other words, if in past years you registered separately for each conference, this year you only need to complete a single registration process and pay a single registration fee.
Your conference registration fee (see below) is determined by:
- Your membership in DDAA; or,
- Your membership level in NADO
Registration Fees
DDAA Member: $395*
NADO Member (General or Associate): $495
NADO Member (Sustaining, Platinum, Platinum Plus, of Sustaining Associate): $445
Non-Member: $595
Spouse/Guest: $200
*DDAA has provided resources to subsidize registration fees for their members to attend this conference.
To register online, click the green box below. For a hard copy of the registration form, click here.
If you wish to pay by check, please make check payable to NADO and mail to:
NADO
400 North Capitol Street, NW #388
Washington, DC 20001
Register Online
Travel & Venue
Marriott Crystal Gateway
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 920-3230
Room Rate: $260 Single/Double
Room block deadline: February 21
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Experience a gateway into modern sophistication. The Marriott Crystal Gateway is perfectly situated minutes from Washington, D.C. and less than one mile from Reagan National Airport, with an interior corridor connecting you to the Crystal City Metro.
The hotel's exclusive M Club provides a modern 24/7 sanctuary where guests can recharge, connect and relax with daily breakfast and bites, wine and beer served every evening. They've reinvented their guest rooms to accommodate the way in which you live and work, with modular furniture, premium connectivity, smart TVs and walk-in showers. Their restaurant, 15th & Eads, serves fresh locally sourced items with a delicious story. Take a dip in the indoor/outdoor pool or maintain your workout routine in their upgraded fitness center.
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is less than 2 miles from the Marriott. It is one stop away on the Yellow and Blue lines of the Metro (Crystal City Station). Metro is about $3 one way from DCA to Crystal City. Cab fare is about $10 each way. Complimentary Shuttle from Reagan Washington National Airport from 6:05am to 11:00pm, pickup locations are the A Gates and Doors 5 and 9, in the B and C Concourse Lower Level.
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) is about 30 miles from the hotel. The hotel does not offer shuttle service to/from IAD. Washington Flyer Taxi Cabs are located on the lower level of the terminal--follow the signs to Ground Transportation or Taxi near Door 2 or Door 6. The cab fare is about $50 - $60 each way. The Washington Flyer exclusively serves IAD; if you want to take a non-Flyer cab, you will need to make advance arrangements for pick up at Dulles. For your return to IAD, it is recommended you make a reservation on the Flyer by calling 703.572.8294. You can also take metro between IAD and Crystal City. You will need to purchase a ticket for the shuttle bus from IAD to the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station at the counter located inside Arrival Door 4 in the terminal, on the baggage claim level. The cost is $5 for the shuttle. Click here for schedule and more information. You will take the Silver Line from Wiehle-Reston East and transfer to the Blue Line at Roslyn. Click here for more information about the Metro. Another, less costly, option is to use the Metrobus from Dulles to Roslyn where you can connect with the Blue Line metro to Crystal City. Click here for information.
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is about 40 miles from the Marriott. Taxi fare each way is about $90; the Super Shuttle is about $50 each way. The hotel does not offer shuttle service to/from BWI.
