2026 Floodplain Management Association Annual Conference

The 2026 Floodplain Management Association Annual Conference, themed "Navigating Changing Tides, Maintaining Resilient Communities," is a popular event gathering hundreds of floodplain managers, engineers, planners, scientists, technicians, and policy makers from California, Hawaii, Nevada, and beyond. The conference focuses on critical aspects of floodplain management, including flood risk, flood control, flood hazard mitigation, environmental protection, climate science, project funding, hydrology and hydraulic modeling, hazard mapping, and social matters. Attendees can expect a comprehensive program covering topics such as Central Valley Flood Control, Coastal, Bay, Delta and Estuary Flood Risk Management, Nature Based Solutions, Funding for Flood Control and Mitigation, Emergency Operations, Dam Safety and Operations, Extreme Precipitation and Weather, Forecast Informed Flood Control, Geomorphology, Groundwater Recharge as a Flood Mitigation Measure, Flood Hazard Modeling and Mapping, NonStructural Flood Hazard Mitigation, Flood Insurance, Regional and Statewide Models, Post Flood Management, Post Wildfire Watershed Management, Urban Flood Protection, Rural Flood Protection, Stormwater and Storm Drainage.