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NPFDA 2025 Spring Exchange Featuring Tours of BNSF and Lineage

NPFDA 2025 Spring Exchange Featuring Tours of BNSF and Lineage

The Spring Exchange has often been called "the best thing NPFDA does".

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM (CDT) to Friday, April 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM (CDT)

The Worthington Renaissance Hotel Fort Worth

200 Main Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
United States

Event Details

The NPFDA Spring Exchange is a unique opportunity for NPFDA members to learn more about our industry and interact with industry leaders. Attendees represent the diversity of NPFDA's membership, including distributors, brokers, processors, and allied members. 

Featuring a tour of the BNSF Railway Alliance Intermodal Facility and Lineage Gold Spike Regional Distribution Center. 

Featured speaker: Johnny Quinn, U.S. Olympian. Johnny Quinn was cut three times, lost $2.6 million dollars in NFL contracts and blew out his knee. Then he became an Olympian for the United States of America. From an NFL failure to a U.S. Olympian, Johnny’s “what’s next” attitude led him to success he never imagined. 

Sponsorship information can be found here.

Hotel: A historic fixture on the downtown landscape, The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel offers contemporary comfort near celebrated attractions. Explore top sights from our downtown Fort Worth hotel, including the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Stockyards and Texas Christian University. Ignite your senses with delectable dishes and innovative cocktails at Toro Toro, our restaurant headed by world-renowned Chef Richard Sandoval. Whether you are here for work or pleasure, our Sundance Square hotel is the ideal home base for your visit to Ft. Worth TX.  Book your group rate for NPFDA Spring Exchange

The room cut off date is March 11, 2025, or when the room block fills, whichever comes first. 

Transportation: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is approximately 24 miles from the hotel. 

TEXRail is available from DFW to Fort Worth Central Station, approximately a 1/2 mile walk from the hotel.

Code of Conduct: 

NPFDA expects each member to:

*Conduct themselves in such a way as to bring credit to the member and NPFDA.

*Refrain from activities that might adversely reflect on the reputation and integrity of NPFDA.

For More Information:

Cece Corbin
Cece Corbin
President/CEO National Protein & Food Distributors Association (770)535-9901

Tentative Agenda Subject to Change

Unless otherwise noted all events take place at The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel.

April 2, 2025    
1 p.m.-6 p.m. Registration Elm Fork
2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Optional Activity Top Golf 
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. reception/dinner Terrace
     
April 3, 2025    
Morning Fun Run/Walk
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Elm Fork
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. BNSF and Lineage Tours, Including Lunch  
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 pm. Dinner Billy Bob's 
     
April 4, 2025    
8 a.m. - 9a.m. Breakfast Buffet Elm Fork
9 a.m. General Session featuring Johnny Quinn Elm Fork