MARITIME INDUSTRY ECONOMIC FORECAST BREAKFAST
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 8-10 a.m.
Lumen Field Events Center
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For the past ten years, business, labor, community organizations and government leaders have attended the annual Maritime Industry Economic Forecast Breakfast. The Breakfast provides a tremendous opportunity to address the opportunities and challenges facing the region’s maritime and fishing industries. It also serves to showcase the important contribution of the King County maritime and fishing industries to the region’s economy and quality of life. In 2022, more than 270 industry leaders attended the Breakfast.
WHEN and WHERE
8-10 a.m., on Thursday, November 9, during the Pacific Marine Expo at the Lumen Field Events Center. Your breakfast includes free admission to the West Coast’s largest commercial marine trade show. Please register for the Expo to ensure you have a free name badge for the Expo.
2023 AGENDA
Why Washington Maritime Works:
Economic Impact of Washington’s Maritime Industry
- Chad See, Washington Maritime Federation (confirmed)
- Heather Haugland, McKinley Research Group (confirmed)
Maritime Transportation
- Jon Burdick, President/CEO, Lynden (confirmed)
Workforce Development
- Facilitator: Tiffany Sevilla, Port of Seattle (confirmed)
- Jamila Gordon, Maritime High School Principal (confirmed)
- Maritime High School Student (invited)
- Davena Grayson, Youth Maritime Manager, Evergreen Goodwill
(confirmed)
- Tuuli Snow, Snow & Company (confirmed)
Maritime Innovation
-Port of Seattle Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed (confirmed)
-Joshua Berger, Founder & President/CEO, Washington
Maritime Blue (confirmed)
Washington State Maritime Update
- Rep. Julia Reed (confirmed)
Program Participants
- Tosca Pinder, USI Insurance and Past President, Seattle Propeller
Club (confirmed)
- Eugene Wasserman, President, North Seattle Industrial
Association (confirmed)
- Bob Callahan, Pacific Marine Expo Show Director (confirmed)
Sponsorships & Tickets
Gold Sponsorship - $1,000
10 tickets for a table at the breakfast with preferred table location, recognition by the breakfast emcee and company logo on the event PowerPoint presentation. Logo will also be in mailings to promote breakfast attendance. In addition, company logo on a full-page ad in Pacific Marine Expo program; on a banner in the Pacific Marine Expo registration area; on the King County Maritime website; and, on the brochure distributed at the breakfast.
Silver Sponsorship - $500
5 tickets for the breakfast with preferred seating, recognition by the breakfast emcee and company name on the event PowerPoint presentation. Logo will also be in mailings to promote breakfast attendance. In addition, company name on the brochure distributed at the breakfast and your logo on the King County Maritime website.
Our goal is to identify breakfast sponsors by October 18. We do not need sponsor payments until November 3. We do not need the names of the guests at your table until November 2.
General Admission Tickets - $85
Pay online or please make checks payable to:
Seattle Propeller Club
ATTN: Sara Zeman
100 West Harrison Street, Suite S-560
Seattle, WA 98119
sara@marexps.com
Register Today for FREE for Pacific Marine Expo
PME is the West Coast’s largest commercial marine trade show. Attendees of the 2023 Maritime Industry Economic Forecast Breakfast can register for Pacific Marine Expo for FREE. Register today at www.PacificMarineExpo.com.
For further information or sponsorship:
Ken Saunderson
Seattle Propeller Club Economic Forecast Breakfast Coordinator
Ken@SaundersonMarketingGroup.com
Thank you again 2022 Sponsors!
Gold Breakfast Sponsors
Columbia Bank, Compass Courses, Foss Maritime, Crowley, The Groundfish Forum, Holmes Weddle Barcott, Matsuda & Associates, the Northwest Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing and Technology, The Northwest Seaport Alliance, the Port of Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal, the Port of Seattle Maritime Operations, SSA Marine and the City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development.
Silver Sponsors
Argosy Cruises, Global Diving, Newfront, Pacific Marine Expo/Diversified Communications, and Vigor.
Presenting Organizations
Seattle Propeller Club, North Seattle Industrial Association, the American Waterways Operators, Marine Exchange of Puget Sound, Northwest Marine Trade Association, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Seattle Marine Business Coalition, and the Transportation Institute.