2009 AAPA Executive Management Conference

May 4, 2009
Tampa, Florida

The theme of this year's Executive Management Conference is Leading Your Seaport to Prosperity. The challenges facing port leaders today-including the economic downturn, trade fluctuations, enhanced security, and competing stakeholder interests-call for a new level of leadership capability. Not only do port leaders need to think more strategically about the challenges they face to identify innovative solutions, they also need to be resilient in coping with and leading change. AAPA's Executive Management Conference, offered since 1969, is designed to address timely port leadership issues and trends. Byron Hanke, PPM®, retired Executive Director of the Port of Vancouver, USA, has brought together a host of experienced port executive directors, senior line department managers, and other maritime industry professionals to share the essentials of port leadership and management. Discover solutions to today's most pressing port challenges! Session Topics Include: - Strategic leadership: a model for ports in times of economic crisis - Planning for future transportation realities - A port's institutional setting and the implications for port managers - Port development and operational strategies in a changing world - Port leadership in the new normalcy

05/04/2009
Welcoming Remarks/Orientation

• Kurt Nagle, President & CEO, American Association of Port Authorities
• Byron Hanke, PPM^®, Conference Coordinator
• Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D., Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles

05/04/2009
Port Management – Part One

A Review of the Port’s Institutional Setting & the Implications for Port Managers

• Ron Brinson, PPM^®

Port Development and Operational Strategies 

• Tom Kornegay, P.E., PPM^®

05/05/2008
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part One

Key Industry Issues and the New Normalcy

• Dr. Knatz

Workshop Team Assignment #1

• Mr. Hanke

05/05/2008
Leadership Skills – Part One

Workshop Team Meetings

Leadership in Times of Crisis: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina

• Kevin Nourse, Leap Advocates

Team Discussion

05/05/2009
Port Management – Part Two

Timely Considerations for Strategic Port Management

• Mr. Brinson

Effective Board Management Relations – A Key to a Port’s Success

• Mr. Kornegay

Open Forum Discussion with Industry Leaders

• Dr. Knatz
• Mr. Brinson
• Mr. Kornegay

05/05/2009
Leadership Skills – Part Two

Team Reports on Strategic Thinking

• Mr. Hanke

Strategic Leadership: A Model for Ports in Times of Economic Crisis

• Dr. Nourse

Addressing the Challenges at the Port of Los Angeles

• Dr. Knatz

Team Discussion

05/06/2009
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part Two

Planning for Future Transportation Realities

• John Vickerman, Jr., President, Vickerman & Associates, LLC

05/06/2009
Leadership Skills – Part Three

Port Leadership in the “New Normalcy”

• Dr. Nourse
• Joseph Riccio, Executive Director, Bridgeport Port Authority
• John P. LaRue, Executive Director, Port of Corpus Christi Authority

05/07/2009
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part Three

Team Discussions on Port Leadership in the "New Normalcy"

Teams Report Out on Port Leadership in the "New Normalcy"

• Mr. Hanke

Workshop Team Assignment: Exercise #2 Case Study

• Mr. Brinson

05/07/2009
Port Management – Part Three

Port Sustainability - Balancing Competing Priorities

• Dana Blume, P.G., Environmental Program Coordinator, Port of Houston Authority

Effective Communications and Outreach

• John T. Thorington, Senior Director of Government Relations, Tampa Port Authority
• Andy Fobes, Director of Public Relations, Tampa Port Authority

Port Financial Challenges in Tough Economic Times

• Rodney Oliver, Deputy Executive Director and CFO, Virginia Port Authority, Chairman, AAPA Finance Committee

Ethical Considerations in Professional Port Management

• Mr. Hanke

Workshop Team Meetings

05/08/2009
Port Management – Part Three Continued

Workshop Team Presentations

Takeaways for Port Professional Development

• Mr. Hanke