BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Washington Public Ports Association (WPPA) - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Washington Public Ports Association (WPPA) X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.washingtonports.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Washington Public Ports Association (WPPA) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260626T170000 DTSTAMP:20260605T173839 CREATED:20250909T184246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T231419Z UID:10000018-1782288000-1782493200@www.washingtonports.org SUMMARY:2026 Finance & Administration Seminar DESCRIPTION:Welcome\nAgenda\nRegistration\nFAQ\nSponsors\n \n \n Welcome\nAgenda\nRegistration\nFAQ\nSponsors\n \n \n \n \n \nDear Port Colleagues and Friends: \nWelcome to the 2026 WPPA Finance and Administration Seminar! \nWe are excited to gather this year at the Hotel Indigo in Everett. We hope that you will be able to join us for three days of education\, discussion\, and networking with your port peers. \nThe seminar will begin on Wednesday morning with an optional tour of Port of Everett. From there\, we’ll move into a robust program featuring updates and insights relevant to port finance and administration. \nWe invite all port finance officers and auditors\, commissioners\, executive directors\, and our associate members\, to join us in Everett for this comprehensive educational opportunity! Please click on the links above to view the seminar agenda\, FAQs\, sponsors\, and register for the event. \nSincerely\, \nTasha Cilurso\nBusiness Manager/Auditor\nWashington Public Ports Administration \nScott Goodrich\nWPPA Finance & Administration Committee Chair\nChief Financial Officer\nPort of Vancouver URL:https://www.washingtonports.org/event/2026-finance-seminar/ LOCATION:Hotel Indigo\, 1028 13th Street\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.washingtonports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Indigo-Everett2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260710T170000 DTSTAMP:20260605T173839 CREATED:20250909T185129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T221122Z UID:10000019-1783497600-1783702800@www.washingtonports.org SUMMARY:2026 Directors Seminar DESCRIPTION:Welcome\nRegistration\nAgenda\nFAQ\n \n \n Welcome\nRegistration\nAgenda\nFAQ\n \n \n \n \n \nDear Port Directors: \nThe Annual WPPA Port Directors Seminar is an annual highlight for WPPA\, it’s one of the events our busy directors prioritize\, and it’s one I look forward to all year long! Now is the time to mark your calendars and make hotel reservations so you don’t miss out on another awesome get-together. \nThis year\, I am excited to announce our first ever trip to Pullman\, where we will be holding the 2026 Directors Seminar at the Courtyard by Marriott just up the hill from WSU. \nYou can register by clicking on the link above.  Your spouse is most welcome at our evening social events – all we ask is that you give us plenty of advance notice\, so we account for them when estimating headcounts for group meals. \nThank you and we hope to see you in Pullman! \nEric ffitch\, WPPA URL:https://www.washingtonports.org/event/2026-directors-seminar/ LOCATION:Courtyard by Marriott\, 1295 NE North Fairway Rd\, Pullman\, WA\, 99163\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.washingtonports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Courtyard-Pullman2-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T170000 DTSTAMP:20260605T173839 CREATED:20250909T185422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260603T221432Z UID:10000020-1784534400-1784739600@www.washingtonports.org SUMMARY:2026 Commissioners Seminar DESCRIPTION:Welcome\nAgenda & Sponsors\nRegistration\nFAQ\n \n \n Welcome\nAgenda & Sponsors\nRegistration\nFAQ\n \n \n \n \n \nDear Port Commissioners: \nWelcome to the 2026 Commissioners Seminar\, hosted this year at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers\, in lovely Wenatchee. If you are a new commissioner and this is your first Commissioners Seminar with us\, the port community and I are pleased to welcome you to what we hope will be the first of many seminars with WPPA. And for those returning for their second\, fifth\, or fifteenth\, I am thrilled to spend another great WPPA gathering with you. \nThis conference is always a high point in our series of educational seminars. At the Commissioners Seminar\, our organization’s senior leaders get the chance to learn from each other and hear successes and challenges from ports around the state. We also welcome presenters who come and share insights and experiences from their own work that are relevant to the work of our ports. We are grateful that you all take time out of your busy lives to spend two days diving deep into port issues. And our hope is that you leave feeling it has been time well spent! \nWe begin the Commissioners Seminar this year on the afternoon of Monday July 20th with an optional bus tour of the Chelan-Douglas Regional Port\, followed by our welcome reception. The event will conclude on the afternoon of Wednesday July 22nd. \nRegistration for the Commissioners seminar is $575\, and you can register online through the link above. As always\, your spouse is welcome at our evening social events\, although we do need to know ahead of time for our internal planning purposes. \nPlease view the draft agenda\, registration\, and the frequently asked questions (including hotel information) at the links above. \nThank you and we hope to see you in beautiful Wenatchee! \nEric ffitch\, Executive Director \nWashington Public Ports Association URL:https://www.washingtonports.org/event/2026-commissioners-seminar/ LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn\, 25 N Worthen Street\,\, Wenatchee ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.washingtonports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hilton-Garden-Inn-Wanatchee-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260924T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T120000 DTSTAMP:20260605T173839 CREATED:20260209T221424Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T170644Z UID:10000025-1790236800-1790337600@www.washingtonports.org SUMMARY:2026 Environmental Seminar DESCRIPTION:Event registration and agenda information will be posted 8 weeks prior to the event. URL:https://www.washingtonports.org/event/2026-environmental-seminar/ LOCATION:Renaissance Seattle Hotel\, 515 Madison Street\, Seattle\, 98104\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.washingtonports.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Environmental-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261023T120000 DTSTAMP:20260605T173839 CREATED:20250909T185644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T181441Z UID:10000021-1792659600-1792756800@www.washingtonports.org SUMMARY:2026 Small Ports DESCRIPTION:Event registration and agenda information will be posted 8 weeks prior to the event. URL:https://www.washingtonports.org/event/2026-small-ports/ LOCATION:Campbell’s Resort Lake Chelan\, 104 W Woodin Avenue\, Chelan\, WA\, 98816\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.washingtonports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/image-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260605T173839 CREATED:20250909T185928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T200320Z UID:10000022-1796803200-1797008400@www.washingtonports.org SUMMARY:2026 Winter Meeting (formerly known as the Annual Meeting) DESCRIPTION:Event registration and agenda information will be posted 8 weeks prior to the event. URL:https://www.washingtonports.org/event/2026-annual-meeting/ LOCATION:Hilton Vancouver\, 301 W 6th St\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98660\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.washingtonports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Hilton-Vancouver-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR