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2025-11-04 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Phoenix)
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2026 WRITA Spring Conference
2026-04-26 08:00 - 2026-04-28 17:00
🌄 Trailhead: A Two-Part Journey in Government IT Innovation
The WRITA Fall Summit is where the journey begins—our annual vision and strategy gathering for government IT leaders and partners across the West. But this isn’t a stand-alone event. It’s the first leg of a yearlong leadership expedition.

🍂Trailhead –
WRITA Fall Summit
September 24-26, 2025
Kick off the journey by setting vision, aligning priorities, and exploring bold ideas that define the future of government IT.

🌱 Trailhead (Build) – Spring Annual Meeting
Save the Date! April 26-28, 2026
Return in spring for the hands-on phase—focused on implementation, solutions, and collaborative action with public and private sector teams.

Together, these two events form a cycle of innovation—strategy in the fall, execution in the spring.

Hotel Information
The WRITA Fall Summit 2025 will be held at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, AZ, from April 26th to April 29th. The host hotel for the WRITA Spring Conference will be the Delta Hotel located directly adjacent to the convention center. Room rate of $149 per night. Please note, additional fees are applicable.
WRITA Fall Summit – Hotel Booking Link
Please follow these instructions for weblink reservations:

Click on the link to take you to the booking page
To book more than one night, click on the EDIT Button at the top of the page.
Click on the Check In – Check Out Box which will take you to a calendar
Holding down on the shift key – click on the arrival, then the departure date

Click on Update
Scroll down and book preferred room type by clicking on the Book Now box.

**Please note:

We recommend using Google Chrome or Firefox
We recommend not complete the transaction on a cell phone but on a computer
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You may also contact Delta Reservations at (480) 898-8300 and reference the group code NOT AVAILABLE when making your reservation. This will ensure that the group rate is quoted.
