What is the National Planning Conference?

The National Planning Conference (NPC) is the flagship event of the American Planning Association. Each Spring, over 5,000 planning professionals gather in a rotating American city to make lifelong connections and share innovations from the forefront of planning. Through education sessions in a variety of formats, mobile workshops across the host city, timely keynote speeches, and experiences with sponsors and exhibitors in the conference Hub, attendees accumulate insights they can apply directly to their work.

In recent years, the in-person National Planning Conference has been complimented by a unique online conference held approximately a month later. An accessible alternative, NPC online features similar but largely distinct programming from the in-person conference.