2026 NSGIC Midyear Meeting
Hilton Arlington National Landing
The NSGIC Board of Directors, Conference Committee, and staff are looking forward to heading back to Arlington, VA for the 2026 NSGIC Midyear Meeting to be held February 22-26.
2026 NSGIC Midyear Meeting
February 22-26, 2026
Registration Details
A full meeting registration includes access to live plenary sessions, Fed Day content, on-demand recordings, conference mobile app and networking events. To register, you will need to be logged into your NSGIC account.
Hotel Info
NSGIC has secured a group block of rooms for our attendees at the Hilton Arlington National Landing, where the meeting will be held. Thank you for booking your hotel room through the NSGIC block; it allows NSGIC to keep registration fees as low as possible and negotiate lower room rates for our participants. Group rates start at $189 plus tax (under per diem).
NSGIC attendees will receive the discounted overnight parking rate of $20.
Register for the Midyear Meeting to receive the hotel booking link! If you need to book your hotel prior to registering for the event, please reach out to ashley.sievert@nsgic.org.
The last day for guaranteed hotel block pricing is January 30, while rooms last!
Call for Abstracts
For the 2026 NSGIC Midyear Meeting we will not be soliciting abstracts for plenary content. The meeting will follow a workshop based format to include topics of interest from our committees and working groups. Fed Day will consist of presentations from our federal partners.
Don’t forget about the always popular, Sticker Swap! Bring some stickers from your organization to share with others. There will be an area setup near registration to drop off and pick up. Take a few, leave a few!
For NSGIC state representatives faced with funding challenges, NSGIC offers limited conference grants to fully or partially cover reasonable travel expenses, hotel accommodations, and/or conference registration fees.
Airports & Distances from Hilton Hotel
DCA – Reagan National Airport – 1.5 miles – 5 minutes by car
IAD – Washington Dulles International Airport – 27 miles – 35 minutes by car
BWI – Baltimore/Washington International Airport – 45 miles – 1 hour by car
Hilton Hotel Airport Shuttle Info
The closest Metrorail station to the Hilton Arlington National Landing hotel is the Crystal City Metro Station which is about a 15 minute walk or roughly a 3 minute drive/Uber ride.
The Metrorail system has six color-coded rail lines: Red, Orange, Silver, Blue, Yellow, and Green. The layout of the system makes it possible to travel between any two stations with no more than a single transfer.
Finding a Metro Station
If you’re driving, look for the large Metro signs to direct you to stations. Look for tall brown columns with a large “M” identifying the station entrances. Colored stripes around the column show which lines serve the station. View the Metrorail System Map.
What’s the Fare?
To determine the fare between two stations, visit your starting station’s page and use the Metrorail Fares fare finder in the middle of the page. For fares on trips that involve trains and buses, use our Trip Planner. SmarTrip® card users get the lowest fares. See the SmarTrip® box on the right to learn more.
Rail Hours
Monday through Thursday, 5:00 a.m. until 12:00 a.m.
Friday, 5:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Saturday: 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. until 12:00 a.m.
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Amtrak – Union Station is about 45 minutes from the hotel by metrorail and only about 5.5 miles or 15 minutes by car/Uber.
Or you can get off at Amtrak/VRE Station, 110 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA 22301-2752
HOW COLD IS DC IN FEBRUARY?
The month of February in the nation’s capital tends to be cold, however, some warming is normally noted towards the end of this month.
Overnight low temperatures tend to be in the mid to upper 20s F (-2C) early in the month but more likely to be in the mid-30s F (+2C) towards the end of the month.
A couple of the colder mornings, however, can dip down into the upper teens (-8C).
During a typical February, about 17 days see lows at 32F (0C) or less.
The record low temperature recorded in DC during February is 4F (-15.6C).