{"id":1606,"date":"2019-10-11T09:08:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T14:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aapaseaports.naymicrosite2.wpengine.com\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2021-05-28T09:21:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:21:45","slug":"aapa-slates-2020-calendar-of-seminars-and-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/11\/aapa-slates-2020-calendar-of-seminars-and-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Slates 2020 Calendar of Seminars and Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overall 10 maritime industry conferences and training events slated<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to its 2020 Annual Convention and Expo and its 2020 Latin American Congress of Ports events, the American Association of Port Authorities<\/strong><\/a> (AAPA)\u2014 the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas\u2014has slated eight maritime industry training seminars and conferences for 2020<\/strong><\/a>. These include the popular Shifting Trade<\/strong><\/a> workshop in Tampa, FL (Jan. 29-30); the information technology-focused Smart Ports<\/strong><\/a> seminar in Los Angeles (Feb. 5-6); the association\u2019s annual Spring Conference<\/strong><\/a> in Washington, DC (March 17-19); the biennial Finance Seminar, in partnership with SAP Concur<\/strong><\/a> in Seattle (April 15-16); the port leadership-focused Commissioners and Governing Boards Seminar<\/strong><\/a> in New York City (May 6-7); the Marine Terminal Management Training<\/strong><\/a> event in Miami (May 18-22); the three-day Port Security Seminar and Expo<\/strong><\/a> in San Diego (July 15-17); and the widely-attended Energy & Environment<\/strong><\/a> seminar in New Orleans (Oct. 28-29), with separate tracks for those who plan, monitor and administer energy and environment activities, and for those responsible for marketing and communicating information about them to port audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for its two largest-attended meetings, AAPA\u2019s 2020 Annual Convention and Expo<\/strong> will take place in Quebec City, Canada, Sept. 13-16, and its 2020 Latin American Congress of<\/strong> Ports <\/strong>will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, for three days during the week of Nov. 16-20 (hotel and precise days to be announced).<\/em>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further information about the 2020 AAPA workshops, seminars and conferences is now available on the AAPA website<\/strong><\/a>. Additional topic-specific events may be added to the AAPA website during the year which don\u2019t appear below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Event Name<\/strong> <\/td> 2020 Dates<\/strong> <\/td>Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Shifting Trade<\/strong><\/a> <\/td> Jan. 29-30 <\/td>Tampa Marriott <\/em>
Waterside <\/em>
Hotel & Marina
<\/em>Tampa, FL <\/td><\/tr>
Smart Ports<\/strong><\/a> <\/td> Feb. 5-6 <\/td>DoubleTree by Hilton <\/em>
San Pedro \u2013 <\/em>
Port of Los Angeles<\/em>
Los Angeles, CA <\/td><\/tr>
Spring Conference<\/strong><\/a> <\/td>March 17-19 <\/td>Grand Hyatt <\/em>
Washington<\/em>
Washington, DC  <\/td><\/tr>
Finance Seminar, <\/strong><\/a>
in partnership with SAP <\/a><\/strong>
Concur<\/strong><\/a> <\/td>		 April 15-16 <\/td>
Renaissance Seattle <\/em>
Hotel<\/em>
Seattle, WA <\/td><\/tr>
Commissioners and <\/strong><\/a>
Governing
Boards Seminar<\/strong><\/a> <\/td>		 May 6-7 <\/td>New York Hilton <\/em>
Midtown<\/em>
New York City, NY <\/td><\/tr>
Marine Terminal <\/strong><\/a>
Management Training<\/strong><\/a> <\/td>		 May 18-22 <\/td>
Hyatt Regency Miami<\/em>
Miami, FL <\/td><\/tr>
Port Security Seminar <\/strong><\/a>
and <\/strong><\/a>Expo<\/strong><\/a> <\/td>		 July 15-17 <\/td>Manchester Grand Hyatt <\/em>
San Diego<\/em>
San Diego, CA
<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Energy & Environment<\/strong><\/a> <\/td> Oct. 28-29 <\/td>
Le Meridien New Orleans<\/em>
New Orleans, LA <\/td><\/tr>
AAPA 109th<\/sup> Annual <\/strong>
Convention
& Exposition<\/strong> <\/td>		 Sept. 13-16 <\/td>Marriott Qu\u00e9bec City <\/em>
Downtown
<\/em>Qu\u00e9bec City, QC, Canada <\/td><\/tr>
Latin American <\/strong>
Congress of Ports<\/strong> <\/td>		Week of
Nov. 16-20 <\/td>		 (Hotel TBA)<\/em>
Cartagena, Colombia <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overall 10 maritime industry conferences and training events slated In addition to its 2020 Annual Convention and Expo and its 2020 Latin American Congress of Ports events, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)\u2014 the unified and recognized voice of seaports in the Americas\u2014has slated eight maritime industry training seminars and conferences for 2020. These include the popular Shifting …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}