Storms, Flooding & Sea Level Defense 2020
DAY 1
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 @ 08:45 Pacific Time Via Zoom
08:45 Call To Order:
Propeller Club of Northern California, Stas Margaronis
09.00 Welcome
• Port of Oakland, Danny Wan, Executive Director
• Port of Los Angeles, Tony Gioiello, Deputy Executive Director
• Propeller Club International, Niels Aalund, President
• Society of American Military Engineers, San Francisco, Arvind Acharya, President
09:30 Shanghai, Los Angeles/Long Beach and Rotterdam: Three Strategies for Investment and Resiliency
• VU University of Amsterdam, Department of Water and Climate Risk, Jeroen Aerts, Director
10:00 Texas: $12B Galveston Bay Storm Surge Gate
• Texas A &M University Galveston, William Merrell, Professor
• Texas General Land Office, Tony Williams, Environmental Review Coordinator
• Texas A & M University Galveston, Meri Davlasheridze, Assistant Professor
15 Minute Break
11:00 Louisiana: Protecting the Coast & Reclaiming 10,000 Acres Via Dredging
• Big River Coalition, Sean Duffy, Executive Director
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mark Wingate, P.E. Deputy District Engineer for Project Management, New Orleans District
• Port of New Orleans, Matthew Gresham, Director External Affairs
• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Suzanne Van Cooten, Meteorologist
11:45 Mississippi River States: $12 B Natural Flood Controls to Control Future Flooding
• Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative, Colin Wellenkamp, Executive Director
• City of Baton Rouge, Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor
12:15 Watermaster Single Operator Dredger
• Watermaster North America, Peter and Jonathan Dreyfuss, Co-founders
12:30 Conclusion of Day 1
• Propeller Club of Northern California, Stas Margaronis
Storms, Flooding & Sea Level Defense 2020
DAY 2
Thursday, November 19, 2020 @ 08:45 Pacific Time Via Zoom
08:45 Call To Order:
Propeller Club of Northern California, Stas Margaronis
09.00 Welcome
• Port of Long Beach, Mario Cordero, Executive Director
• Port of San Francisco, Elaine Forbes, Executive Director
09.15 Desalination Strategy for California
• RL Truby & Associates, Randy Truby, President
09:30 New York & New Jersey: Preparing for the Next Hurricane Sandy
• The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Jorge Chavez, Assistant Director of Ports
• Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Sarah Colasurdo, Senior Climate Resilience Specialist
09:45 New Netherlands: The $8B & 5,000 Acre Reclaimed Coastal Barrier/Container Terminal & National Resiliency Initiatives
• Rijkswaterstaat & I-Storm, Marc Walraven, Senior Advisor Storm Surge Barriers
• Port of Rotterdam, Joost de Nooijer, Civil Engineer
• Royal Haskoning, Matthijs Bos, Consultant Flood Risk Management and Coastal Engineering
10:30 Break
10:45 Hawaii: Challenges and Strategies for Harbors
• Hawaii Harbors Division, Derek Chow, Deputy Director
11:00 Washington: Storm Water Exposures and Response
• Port of Seattle, Joseph Gellings, Planner
11:15 California: $4B Port of San Francisco Seawall, Ports of Oakland & Bay Area Beneficial Use
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, LTC John Cunningham, San Francisco District Commander
• Port of San Francisco, Brad Benson, Waterfront Resilience Program Director
• Port of Oakland, Jan Novak, Associate Environmental Planner and Scientist
• Bay Conservation & Development Commission, Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager
• South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Dave Halsing, Executive Project Manager
12:15 Conclusion of Day 2
• Propeller Club of Northern California, Stas Margaronis
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