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2026 Attendee Registration Conference & Trade Show

  • 01 May 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Registration

Register

WA-SSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW 

Friday May 1, 2026

Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

7:15-7:50

 Registration / Continental Breakfast
7:50 - 8:00 Greetings & Welcome 
8:00 - 8:45

Opening Presentation - Patrick Reilly
8:45 - 9:30 Matthew Gardner - 2026 Real Estate & Storage Forecast
9:30 - 9:50 Trade Show Break

9:50 - 10:30

Speaker Darby Bozeman - StoragePug - "The Self Storage Owners Guide to AI"
10:30- 11:15

Joe Doherty - Chief Legal and Legislative Officer, Self Storage Association

Legal Issues & Trends
11:15- 11:30

Annual Business Meeting
11:30- 12:00 Chester Baldwin & Mark Gjurasic - WA-SSA State Lobbyists - Update on local affairs 
12:00- 1:15 Trade Show / Lunch 
1:15 - 2:00

Speaker - Jorge Becerra - Business Development Manager, Opentech – “Driving Success with Data: An Annual Analysis of Self Storage Tenant Behavior Trends and Data Insights”
2:00 - 2:45 Presentation - Carlos Kaslow - Review of the updated MRA; Legal Q & A;
2:45 - 3:30 Trade Show / Break 
3:30 - 4:30

BREAK OUT SESSIONS:   

Manager’s Breakout 

3:30 – 4:00 Vendor Panel – (OpenTech, StoragePug, Janus, Storage Defender) Question & Answer Sessions – Kari Kaltenborn (Moderator)

4:00 – 4:30 Operations Panel – Advice from the experts - John Eisenbarth, Kevin Schaps, 

Owners’ Breakout 

3:30 – 4:00 Carlos for Owners

4:00 – 4:30 Vendor Panel – OpenTech, StoragePug, Janus, Storage Defender) Question & Answer Sessions – Gary Kelley moderator 
4:30 - 6:00

Door Prize Drawings , Cocktail Reception



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