Sponsor the 2027 Forum
Future Forward Housing
Feb. 17, 2027
McKimmon Center
As North Carolina’s population continues to grow, housing affordability, supply shortages and a shrinking skilled workforce pose challenges for meeting residents’ needs. The 2027 Emerging Issues Forum: Future Forward Housing will bring together industry experts, researchers, policymakers and community leaders from across perspectives to examine this issue and develop recommendations to better prepare our state to respond to this critical need.
The 2027 Emerging Issues Forum is the third and final installment in the Institute for Emerging Issues’ three-year forum series: Future Forward Infrastructure, which has engaged stakeholders from across the state to examine key infrastructure needs, identify best policies and practices to meet them and take advantage of the economic development opportunities the new infrastructure generates.
Your support will help make the forum and related work around the issue of housing possible.
“I deeply enjoyed the resources to help me understand the various aspects of this topic beforehand and during the forum, as well as the friendly faces, and panels from various professionals across the field.”
– Forum Attendee
2026 Emerging Issues Forum: Future Forward Water
| Sponsor Benefits | Platinum $25K | Gold $10K | Silver $5K | Bronze $2.5K |
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| Individual social media posts leading up to and day of the forum | ✔️ | |||
| Formal recognition during forum | ✔️ | ✔️ | ||
| Inclusion in social media post acknowledging sponsorships during the forum | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Sponsor designation in forum outreach efforts | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Sponsor designation in event app and signage | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Logo featured on forum website | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Charitable funds raised by the 2027 Emerging Issues Forum are collected and managed by the NC State University Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, tax ID #56-6049503, to be used to host the forum and cover other general operating costs of the Institute for Emerging Issues. You will receive an official receipt for the tax-deductible portion of your sponsorship.
About the Emerging Issues Forum
The Institute for Emerging Issues serves as a nonpartisan connector, bringing North Carolinians together to find solutions to the state’s emerging and most critical policy issues. Since 1986, the Emerging Issues Forum has attracted leaders in business, education and public policy to discuss issues with profound implications for North Carolina’s future prosperity. It has helped catalyze policy reforms, public investments and other proactive responses required to build an enduring capacity for progress in North Carolina.
