Dear Port Colleagues and Friends:
On behalf of your WPPA Executive Committee, I am excited to extend an invitation to our WPPA 2025 Spring Meeting. This year we are back in the Inland Northwest, with the City of Spokane playing host at the ever-popular Historic Davenport Hotel, May 14th – 16th.
Bringing our members together is the essence of what we do at WPPA, and the energy and enthusiasm we see in the connections between our ports, our associate members, and our invited speakers helps power our work for the rest of the year. And in fact, in that work we continue to see “energy” and “power” are two of the issues that continue to unite our ports around challenges that require urgent attention.
Each year, our Spring and Annual conferences convene more than two hundred people to discuss the latest issues facing our ports and to gain valuable insight from our partners. This year’s Spring Meeting has an engaging agenda that includes a few adjustments to our usual format, along with a great list of speakers that reflects your ideas for what ought to be covered. And as important as any one speaker, the hallways of the Historic Davenport Hotel will be full of port leaders and longtime collaborators seeking out quiet corners to talk about past projects, future plans, and the possibility for partnership.
Please plan to attend, engage, learn, and connect. We are excited to see all our members come together to discuss how we best represent the needs of our port communities.
We look forward to seeing all of you in Spokane!
Eric ffitch, Executive Director – Washington Public Ports Association
