{"id":5382,"date":"2026-05-14T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:57:18","slug":"aapa-wraps-inaugural-powers-smart-ports-summit-and-expo-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/aapa-wraps-inaugural-powers-smart-ports-summit-and-expo-in-tampa\/","title":{"rendered":"AAPA Wraps Inaugural POWERS + Smart Ports Summit and Expo in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AAPA&#8217;s inaugural POWERS + Smart Ports Summit &amp; Expo concluded this week in Tampa, FL, bringing together <strong>300 attendees<\/strong> for four days of programming focused on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the port industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event featured nearly <strong>30 hours of content<\/strong> delivered by <strong>75+<\/strong><strong>speakers<\/strong> spanning topics including port electrification, cybersecurity, sustainable maritime fuels, climate resilience, AI and digital innovation, and federal policy, including a keynote from NTSB Vice Chairman Michael Graham and a conversation on the Administration&#8217;s Maritime Action Plan with MARAD Chief Counsel Elizabeth O&#8217;Connor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The summit also marked a milestone for AAPA, as members had their first opportunity to meet new President and CEO Sang Yi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aapaports.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/s\/Marketing\/IgDeSxguAgxARqP4kCc3iMMVAZhxihfZpyf4BnEx4i0FC1U?e=E7SyFl\">See highlights from POWERS + Smart Ports in Tampa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAPA&#8217;s inaugural POWERS + Smart Ports Summit &amp; Expo concluded this week in Tampa, FL, bringing together 300 attendees for four days of programming focused on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing the port industry. The event featured nearly 30 hours of content delivered by 75+speakers spanning topics including port electrification, cybersecurity, sustainable maritime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,151],"tags":[1236],"class_list":["post-5382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-industry-insights-blog","tag-powers-summit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}