WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023 at Scott’s Seafood Oakland Ca
The Propeller Club of Northern California & The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Invite You to:
STORMS, FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL DEFENSE CONFERENCE 2023 @ SCOTTS SEAFOOD, OAKLAND, CA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH 2023
0800AM TO 500PM
1200PM LUNCH
530PM RECEPTION
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Keynote Speaker
Matthew Arms, Director Environmental Planning, Port of Long Beach
And…
Kristi McKenney, Chief Operating Officer, Port of Oakland
Maria Conatser, President International Propeller Club
Jim Carter, SAME Regional Vice President, California Region
LTC Timothy Shebesta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District Commander
Captain Taylor Q. Lam, Commander, Sector San Francisco, United States Coast Guard
Arvind Acharya, President Society of American Military Engineers, San Francisco Post
Scott Humphrey, Executive Director San Francisco Marine Exchange
Paul Ruff, San Francisco Bar Pilot
PORT SPEAKERS
Port of Hueneme, Kristin Decas, Executive Director
Port of Redwood City, Kristine Zortman, Executive Director
Port of Long Beach, Justin Luedy, Senior Environmental Specialist
Port of San Francisco, Brad Benson, Waterfront Resilience Program Director
Port of Oakland, Jan Novak, Associate Planner and Scientist Environmental Programs and Planning
AND …
Special Report: Rachael Hartofelis, Project Manager, MTC/ABAG “Sea Level Rise Adaptation for S.F. Bay Area Could Cost $110 Billion” and Dana Brechwald, Assistant Planning Director for Climate Adaptation at the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).
Tom Ducker, Critical Infrastructure Lead, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services
Brian Garcia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Emery Roe, Senior Research Associate, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, U.C. Berkeley
Maya Hayden, Director of Outreach, U.S. Geological Survey
Summer Bundy, Climate Change Adaptation & Coastal Resilience Regional Sector Leader, Stantec
Erika Powell, Senior Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
Peter Dreyfuss, Managing Director, Watermaster North America, “The Case for Suction Dredging in California”
Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Julie Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
AND MORE ..
REGISTRATION
ONE PERSON (INCLUDES LUNCH) = $225
SPONSOR (INCLUDES 3 GUESTS & LUNCH) = $1,500
SEE FULL AGENDA
REGISTRATION
SPONSORSHIPS
STUDENTS: You can attend the conference at no cost by sending a cover letter expressing your interest and a bio of yourself to apmargaronis@gmail.com
PDF form for SAME members to self-certify
CO-SPONSORS:
