Training Courses & Conferences

With the recent resurgence of public markets and farmers markets, there is a growing need for the dedicated individuals working in this field to share experiences and learn from each other. Through our Great Markets, Great Cities conferences, and our popular How to Create Successful Markets training course, PPS provides unique opportunities for diverse groups of market stakeholders to come together
  • "How to Create Successful Markets" Training Course
    Ensure your market’s success by attending this two-day workshop, held twice a year in New York City. Learn best practices in market development and management from PPS’s experienced markets team and your peers.
  • International Public Markets Conferences
    For the past 20 years, PPS has brought together community advocates, accomplished market managers and visionary leaders to explore the changing forces that are shaping the face of public markets – now and in the future.

    7th International Public Markets Conference
    San Francisco, CA, 2009

    6th International Public Markets Conference
    Washington DC, 2005

    5th International Public Markets Conference
    New York, 2003

    4th International Public Markets Conference
    Seattle & Vancouver, 1998

    3rd International Public Markets Conference
    Philadelphia, 1996

    2nd International Public Markets Conference
    New Orleans, 1991

    1st International Public Markets Conference
    Seattle, 1987