Presenters Slides 2025

***********************@***********************25.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Joost de Nooijer, Port Resilience Director, “Port of Rotterdam’s Climate Change Objectives

Matthijs Bos, Professional Flood Risk International, Haskoning (Netherlands)

Kristine Zortman, Executive Director, Port of Redwood City

Brad Benson, Waterfront Resilience Program Director, Port of San Francisco

Colleen Liang, Environmental Programs and Planning, Port of Oakland

Adrienne Newbold, Assistant Chief Harbor Engineer, Port of Los Angeles

Debra Calhoun, Senior Vice President, Waterways Council, Inc. “Status of Inland Waterways, Lock & Dam Repairs & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Funding Projections”

Emily Parker, Senior Route Analyst, Storm Geo

Sean M. Duffy, Sr., Executive Director, Big River Coalition, “Challenges on the Mississippi River in 2025”

Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer, Port of Long Beach, “Navigating the Head Winds Challenging Implementation of Zero-Emission Marine Fuels”

Jessica Fain, Director of Planning, Bay Conservation Development Commission (BCDC)

Summer Bundy, Director of Project Management, San Mateo County Sea Level Rise and Resiliency District, known as OneShoreline.

Colleen Corrigan, Sustainability and Resilience Policy Manager, San Francisco Bay Area Planning & Urban Research Association (SPUR), “Financing Local Climate Adaptation in the Face of Federal Funding Cuts”

Megan Brotherton, Mitigation and Resilience Planner, Black & Veatch

Emma Koeze,  Director, Coastal Quest