Harbors, Navigation and Environment Seminar

June 6, 2006
Vancouver, British Colombia

This seminar will encompass a broad range of dredging and environmental issues of vital concern. Sessions will be conducted in an interactive format stressing free form discussions between presenters and attendees. Topics will include: • Preparing Infrastructure for Cargo • Port Sustainability • International Activities • Environmental Solutions at Terminals • Technology – Breakthrough Applications • Demonstrating Success • Managing the Risks – Making it Work • Getting Projects Passed: Innovative Partnerships and Building Coalitions

06/06/2006
Keynote Address on Sustainability

• Bob Willard, The Sustainability Advantage

06/06/2006
Port Sustainability

• Alicia Blancarte, Vancouver Port Authority
• Douglas Sereno, Port of Long Beach
• Denise Taschereau, Mountain Equipment Co-op

06/06/2006
Preparing Infrastructure for Cargo: Inside the Gates

• Wayne Grotheer, Director, Seaport Finance & Asset Management, Port of Seattle
  
• Jay Jahangiri, President and Environmental Health/Safety Director, TRE Consulting, Inc.
  
• Jack Word, Director, Port Gamble Environmental Laboratories, Weston Solutions, Inc.: Port Gamble
  
• Peter Vandermat, Vice President, JWD Group, a division of DMJM Harris

06/06/2006
Preparing Infrastructure for Cargo: Outside the Gates

• Michael Franczak, Vice President of Transportation, Canadian Pacific Railway
  
• Dr. Glenn Vanselow, Executive Director, Pacific Waterways Association
  
• Philip Spadaro, Senior Vice President, Blasland, Bouck, and Lee

06/07/2006
International Activities

• Santiago Alfageme, Senior Coastal Engineer, Moffatt & Nichol
  
• Ralph Appy, Director of Environmental Management, Port of Los Angeles
  
• Geraldine Knatz, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles (presentation via Ralph Appy)

06/07/2006
Environmental Solutions at Terminals

• Ron Corbin, Toyota Logistics Services
  
• Larry Nye, Vice President, Moffat & Nichol
  
• Wayne Pighin, Vice President, APM Terminals North America, Inc.

06/07/2006
Luncheon Address

• Dr. James Wright, Chief Engineer and Director, Capital Improvements, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

06/07/2006
Technology – Breakthrough Applications

• James Clausner, Associate Technical Director for Navigation U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
  
• Arthur Fletcher, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company
  
• Mike McCarthy, Vice President, Moffatt & Nichol

06/07/2006
Measuring Success

• Frank Hamons, Deputy Director, Harbor Development Maryland Port Administration
  
• Bruce Lambert, Senior Economist, USACE Institute for Water Resources
  (Presentation 1, Presentation 2)

06/08/2006
Getting Projects Passed: Innovative Partnerships and Building Coalitions

• Robert Newman, P.E., Vice President, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc.
  
• Susan Burtnett, Associate, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
  
• Joseph Ray, Air Quality Technical Director/Principal, Starcrest Consulting Group, LLC

06/08/2006
Managing the Risks – Making it Work

• William Feltovick, Weston Solutions, Inc.
  
• Jolke Helbing, Operations, APM Terminals North America, Inc.

06/08/2006
Natural Resources Damages Workshop

Thursday, June 8

Introduction/Overview: Define Natural Resources Damage Claims, the Players, Issues and Importance to Ports

• Bill Jackson, Partner, Connelly, Baker, Maston, Wotring & Jackson, LLP

Introduction of the NRD Process and Goals

• Mary Baker, NOAA, National Ocean Service, Office of Response and Restoration

Technical Considerations of NRD Valuation and Economics

• P. David Allen II, Stratus Consulting, Inc.

Key Legal Questions, Hot Topics and Defenses in NRD Matters

• John Gilmour, Connelly, Baker, Maston, Wotring & Jackson, LLP

Introduce the Hypothetical/Issues for the Workshop

• Tom Tanaka, Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle Vice Chairman, AAPA Law Review Committee

Friday, June 9

Panel Discussion of Hypothetical NRD Claim

• P. David Allen II, Stratus Consulting, Inc.

• Mike Johns, Windward Environmental LLC

• Lisa Saban, Winward Environmental LLC

• Krista Koehl, Assistant General Counsel

Panel Discussion