2007 AAPA Executive Management Conference

May 7, 2007
Tampa, Florida

PPM® Required The challenges facing port leaders today – including trade growth, enhanced security, and competing stakeholder interests – call forth a new level of leadership capability. Not only do port leaders need to be resilient in coping with and leading change, they also need to think more strategically about the challenges they face to identify innovative solutions. As Albert Einstein suggested, “The world we have made, as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far, creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of thinking at which we created them.” 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.

05/07/2007
Welcoming Remarks/Orientation

• Kurt Nagle, President & CEO, American Association of Port Authorities
• Byron Hanke, PPM^®, Conference Coordinator

05/07/2007
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^®, Executive Director, Port of Houston Authority

05/07/2007
BROADENING INDUSTRY AWARENESS – PART ONE

Port Infrastructure and Goods Movement Challenges

• Mr. Nagle

Planning for Future Transportation Realities

• John Vickerman, Principal, TranSystems Corporation

05/07/2007
WORKSHOP TEAM ASSIGNMENT

• Mr. Hanke

05/07/2007
WORKSHOP TEAM MEETINGS

05/08/2007
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

05/08/2007
LEADERSHIP SKILLS – PART ONE

Discussion of Workshop Team Assignment

• Mr. Hanke

Strategic Thinking – Skills Necessary to Handle Port Industry Challenges

• Captain Allen Domaas, PPM^®, President and CEO, Fraser River Port Authority, AAPA Chairman of the Board
• Ben Zingman, BZCOM 
• Kevin Nourse, Leap Advocates

05/09/2007
BROADENING INDUSTRY AWARENESS – PART TWO

Crisis Communications Drill

• Mr. Zingman

05/10/2007
WORKSHOP TEAM ASSIGNMENT: EXERCISE #2 CASE STUDY

• Mr. Brinson

05/10/2007
LEADERSHIP SKILLS – PART TWO

Leadership – How to Influence and Build Personal Effectiveness

• Mr. Nourse

Action Learning Activity

05/10/2007
PORT MANAGEMENT – PART THREE

Port Security Considerations

• Mike Leone, Port Director, Massachusetts Port Authority, Chairman, AAPA Security Task Force

Port Sustainability -- Balancing Competing Priorities

• Sebastian Degens, Marine Planning and Development Manager, Port of Portland, Chairman, AAPA Harbors, Navigation and Environment Committee

Effective Communications and Outreach

• Lori Baer, Executive Director, Port of Palm Beach District

Emergency Preparation, Response & Recovery

• Phyllis Saathoff, CPA, Managing Director, Port Freeport, Texas - Brazos, River Harbor Navigation District, Chair, AAPA Working Group on Emergency Preparation and Response

Ethical Considerations in Professional Port Management

• Mr. Hanke

AAPA Professional Support and Resources

• Mary Beth Long, Senior Advisor, AAPA

Workshop Team Meetings

05/11/2007

Workshop Team Presentations

Takeaways for Port Professional Development

• Mr. Hanke