The Propeller Club of Northern California & Society of American Military Engineers Present:

STORMS FLOODING & SEA LEVEL DEFENSE 2024 CONFERENCE:
“THE THREAT TO U.S. COASTAL & PORT CITIES”
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2024 @ SCOTT’S SEAFOOD, OAKLAND CA

One in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the United States could experience significant flooding by 2050, according to Virginia Tech-led research. The study provides a new comprehensive look at the flood risks for 32 cities on three coasts by 2050. (Image courtesy of Leonard Ohenhen.) Published in Nature, the study combines satellite-obtained measurements of sinking land, also known as subsidence, with sea-level rise projections and tide charts to provide a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. The study projects that in the next three decades as many as 500,000 people could be affected as well as a potential 1 in 35 privately owned properties damaged by flooding. The study also highlights the racial and socioeconomic demographics of those potentially affected. [1]

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Danny Wan, Executive Director, Port of Oakland *
Wendy Chen, President, Society of American Military Engineers (S.F. Post), Stantec
LTC Timothy Shebesta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Commander San Francisco District*
Captain Jordan M. Baldueza, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander Sector San Francisco
Kristine Zortman, Executive Director, Port of Redwood City
Adrienne Newbold, Assistant Chief Harbor Engineer, Port of Los Angeles
Brad Benson, Waterfront Resilience Program Director, Port of San Francisco
Jan Novak, Associate Planner and Scientist, Environmental Programs and Planning, Port of Oakland
Justin Luedy, Senior Environmental Specialist, Port of Long Beach
Giles Pettifor, Environmental Manager, Port of Hueneme

Luncheon Speaker: Suzanne Plezia, Chief Engineer, Port of Long Beach, The ‘Pier Wind’ Off Shore Wind Port  

Rob Carver, Research Scientist, Google, “How Google uses AI to fast-track predicting weather catastrophes” 
Brian Garcia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Robert Butchart, Ports and Harbor Emergency Services Coordinator at the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
Kees Nederoff, Flood Adapt Specialist, Deltares
Scott Humphrey, Executive Director, San Francisco Marine Exchange
Robert Wilkins, Executive Director, The International Maritime Center and Chief Program Officer, Seafarers’ Ministry of the Golden Gate
Sarah Atkinson, Hazard Resilience Senior Policy Manager, San Francisco Planning & Urban Renewal (SPUR)*
Summer Bundy, Climate Change Adaptation & Coastal Resilience Regional Sector Leader, Stantec
Gail Payne, Project Manager, City of Alameda
Colleen Liang, Director of Environmental Programs and Planning, Port of Oakland, Rising Seas and Oakland’s Infrastructure and Frontline Communities: Climate Adaptation Planning for Neighborhood-led Resiliency Project*
Ellen Johnck, Ellen Johnck Consulting
Julie Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
Brenda Goeden, Sediment Program Manager, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Peter Dreyfuss, Managing Director, Watermaster, North America
Randy Truby, President, RL Truby & Associates, “Desalination Strategies to Replenish Water Tables and Reduce Coastal Subsidence”|
Tony Petronio, General Manager Route Analyst Operations, StormGeo
*Invited but not confirmed.

REGISTRATION:

ONE PERSON REGISTRATION (INCLUDES LUNCH) = $225

SPONSORSHIP REGISTRATION (INCLUDES 4 GUESTS & LUNCH) = $1,750

NOTE: SPONSORS WILL BE INTRODUCED AT LUNCH

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

VIEW AGENDA