DRAFT AGENDA
The Propeller Club of Northern California & The Society of American Military Engineers (S.F. Post) present:
STORMS, FLOODING & SEA LEVEL DEFENSE 2025 CONFERENCE VIA ZOOM
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 VIA ZOOM
08:30 CALL TO ORDER
Stas Margaronis, Propeller Club of Northern California
08:45 WELCOME
Kristi McKenney, Executive Director, Port of Oakland
Joel Whitehead, Rear Admiral (USCG Ret), Executive Vice President, International Propeller Club
Mike Jacob, President, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
Arvind Acharya, Past President, Society of American Military Engineers (S.F. Post)
Robert Butchart, Ports and Harbor Emergency Services Coordinator, California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
Scott Humphrey, Executive Director, Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region
09:15 INTRODUCTION OF SPONSORS
09:30 PORT OF ROTTERDAM KEYNOTE
Joost de Nooijer, Port Resilience Director, “Port of Rotterdam’s Climate Change Objectives”
10:00 REPORT FROM SINGAPORE
Matthijs Bos, Professional Flood Risk International, Haskoning (Netherlands)
10:15 BREAK
10:30 CALIFORNIA PORT REPORTS
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
11:15 AROUND THE NATION
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”
12:00 BREAK
12:15 PORT OF LONG BEACH KEYNOTE
Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Chief Operating Officer, Port of Long Beach, “Navigating the Head Winds Challenging Implementation of Zero-Emission Marine Fuels”
13:15 S.F. BAY AREA REGIONAL SHORELINE ADAPTATION PLANNING
Summer Bundy, Director of Project Management, San Mateo County Sea Level Rise and Resiliency District, known as OneShoreline.
Jessica Fain, Director of Planning, Bay Conservation Development Commission (BCDC)
Sarah Atkinson, Hazard Resilience Policy Manager, San Francisco Bay Area Planning & Urban Research Association (SPUR), “Financing Local Climate Adaptation in the Face of Federal Funding Cuts”
*Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager, Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
13:45 CONCLUSION
Stas Margaronis, Propeller Club of Northern California
*Invited but not confirmed