The 2016 NCAIR annual conference will be held at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside in Wilmington, NC, March 14-16, 2016. A room block is reserved at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside with a rate of $129 per night. Reservations can be made online at www.hilton.com using reservation code NCA. If you are booking rooms prior to the night of March 13, or beyond March 16, call the hotel to make your reservation. The hotel is situated directly on the Cape Fear River, overlooking the Battleship North Carolina and is an easy walk to numerous restaurants, stores and attractions on the river and in the historic downtown district. The site is less than 20 minutes from Wrightsville Beach.  UPDATE (FEB 19):  The Hilton room block is full.  A small room block is available at the same rate at the Best Western Plus Coastline Inn next to the Hilton.  Call the local reservations desk directly, (910) 763-2800 and ask for the NCAIR rate.  This block expires March 1.

In addition to the IPEDS training session traditionally offered on the first day, NCAIR is offering two half-day pre-conference workshops: Introduction to Statistics for Business Reporting and Introduction to Essential Microsoft Excel Functions for Business Personnel.