Cascadia Cooperative Conference 2025
August 25 & 26 | Seattle, WA
The Northwest Cooperative Development Center (NWCDC) will host our first bi-annual Cascadia Cooperative Conference (CCC) on Monday, August 25, and Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at the Parkview Event Space in Seattle, WA, which is within walking distance of many hotels and offers 30 complimentary parking spots. Thank you so much for your interest in attending.
CCC will celebrate the incredible diversity of the cooperative economic model in the bioregion of Cascadia (connected to the Salish Sea and the Columbia River), which includes communities throughout British Columbia, Canada, and the U.S. States of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The conference aims to leverage the strength of co-ops in these communities to create a stronger and more resilient cooperative ecosystem and to advance the goals of the International Year of Cooperatives.
There will be presentations, panel discussions, and workshops that explore the co-op model in the Cascadia bioregion with special attention to how co-ops empower underserved communities in both rural and urban contexts.
Additional areas of focus will be in building solidarity within and between communities, engaging in sustainable development goals, and aligning governance and operations with the Statement on the Cooperative Identity and the Cooperative Enterprise Model.
We also plan to curate a conference that allows for both learning and connection, with good food and breaks to pause and talk with your colleagues across the bioregion.
Location & Schedule
Parkview Event Space
200 8th Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109
https://parkviewseattle.com/
Monday, August 25th
8:30a – Doors Open & Breakfast
9:00a -Morning keynote speaker (TBD)
10:30a Four 75-minute sessions in the morning
12:00noon – Lunch – for socializing, no keynote or structured learning!
1:30p – Four 90-minute sessions in the afternoon
6:00p – Social Hour After the Conference at Conor Byrne Pub Cooperative. Snacks will be served, and there will be a live Irish band!
Tuesday, August 26th
8:30a – Doors & Breakfast:
9:00a – Longer Form Facilitated Strategy Sessions:
- A Cooperative Response to the Housing Crisis
- Conversion to Worker and Solidarity Co-op
- Advocacy for the Cooperative Movement
- Building Regional Co-op Networks
- A session that responds and expands upon a presentation from Monday
12:00p – Conference Ends
Consider Being a Sponsor
This conference is designed to create new connections and deepen existing connections with and between various groups that care about our environmental justice mission.
With your support, we can:
- Make a deeper impact in our daily work
- Secure an inclusive, accessible venue and cover event costs
- Provide impactful programming and keynote speakers
- Pay expert speakers to share their insights
- Offer scholarships for underrepresented attendees
- Strengthen ties across the cooperative movement
- Offer accessible pricing
Request for Presentations
Do you have a passion for co-ops that you want to share? Lead a workshop! Organize a panel! Give a presentation!
We are seeking presentations for sessions & plenary topics among the following themes.
- Democratic Management
- Economic + Community Impacts of Co-ops
- Conversions
- Union Co-ops/Labor Concerns
- Worker Co-ops
- Panel Discussion with Regional Co-op Groups
- Rural Communities + Co-ops
- Multi-Stakeholder Co-ops
- Financing Co-ops
- Limited Equity Housing Co-ops
- Policy and Advocacy for Cooperatives
There will be four 75-minute sessions on Monday morning and four 90-minutes sessions on Monday Afternoon.
On Tuesday morning longer breakout sessions will be held to have deeper strategic discussions based on the monday presentation.
