SFSLD 2025 Conference Agenda

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 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

11:00 BREAK

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)

*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