General FAQ

The 2024 FSATC will be held from Dec. 3 to Dec. 6, 2024, on a virtual platform. For planning your attendance at future conferences, the annual conference is held the week after Thanksgiving from Tuesday to Thursday.

Federal Student Aid is committed to providing a meaningful training experience for our audience. A virtual conference has allowed us to reach a much larger audience. We will still have dynamic keynote addresses, engaging general forums, and informative breakout sessions. Spread the word to your colleagues throughout the financial aid community!

This is a free conference; there is no cost to register.

Changes relating to contract procurements and the budget affect the length of the process. Once the process begins it takes approximately three months to complete.

Yes, all sessions will be closed captioned, 508 compliant, and all the PowerPoint presentations can be modified to meet your visual needs.

All sessions will take place in the Eastern time zone.

Registration will open early October and will remain open through March 2025.

The registration site does NOT support Internet Explorer or Firefox. For best results, all registrants should use Google Chrome for their browser.

The sessions that provide live Q&A via chat are listed on the agenda and will have an icon attached to the chat box that will indicate that a live chat is available.

Please email any additional questions to FSAConferences@ed.gov.