More than 650 port industry leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere were drawn to Central Florida for the American Association of Port Authorities’ 102nd annual convention, held Oct. 13-17 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes Convention Center in Orlando. Several hours of activities the afternoon and evening of Oct. 15 brought convention participants to host Port Canaveral, where they were the first group to enjoy the port’s $23 million, seven-story Exploration Tour, before heading to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where the Port of Houston Authority hosted a reception and a dinner beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Port of Houston Authority is slated to host AAPA’s next convention Nov. 10-14, 2014, in Houston, coinciding with the port’s 100-year anniversary