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ASBPA Coastal Summit 2018
Tuesday, March 20
8:00-11:45 a.m. ASBPA Board of Directors’ Meeting
10:00 a.m. Registration opens
“ASBPA’s Legacy”
Day Moderator: Joan Pope
1:00 p.m. Welcome
Joan Pope, Kathleen Riely, and Michael Walther, Summit co-chairs
Derek Brockbank, ASBPA Executive Director, Kate Gooderham, Managing Director
1:15-1:45 p.m. Keynote: “The Corps’ Role in Integrated Coastal Restoration” – William (Jeff) Lillycrop, Technical Director of Civil Works, Research and Development, USACE Headquarters
1:45-2:45 p.m. Agency Response to Executive Order (EO) 13807: Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure Projects. (Ken Willson, moderator)
- Ted Boling, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Associate Director for NEPA
- Dale Beter, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Interim Regulatory Program Manager, South Atlantic Division / Program Manager Jacksonville District.
- Cathy Tortorici, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Chief ESA Interagency Cooperation Division Office of Protected Resources
- Jennifer Bucatari, Oceanographer BOEM Office of Environmental Programs
2:45-3:15 p.m. Renee Orr, Chief, Office of Strategic Resources, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, “BOEM’s National Offshore Oil & Gas Program”
3:15-3:35 p.m. Break sponsored by Manson Construction Co.
3:35-4:35 p.m. RSM panel on merging science and policy (Derek Brockbank, moderator)
- Mindy Simmons, Senior Policy Advisor, USACE Headquarters
- Doug Bellomo, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Steven Goldbeck, Chief Deputy Director, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
4:35-5:05 p.m. “ASBPA Science & Policy Working Together” – Nicole Elko, ASBPA Science Director; Michael Walther and Kathleen Riely, ASBPA Government Affairs Co-chairs
5:05-5:30 p.m. Making Your Best Case for the Coast: Optimizing Hill and Advocacy Visit Time – Michael Rogers, Policy Adviser, Alston & Bird (former legislative assistant, Rep. Frank Pallone)
5:30 p.m. Chartering
5:30 p.m. National Coastal Conference organizational meeting — Reuben Trevino, Ashley Judith and Cris Weber, conference co-chairs
5:45 p.m. Chill Out Time sponsored by CDM Smith
Wednesday, March 21
“Emerging Issues”
Day Moderator: Mike Walther
7:45 a.m. Breakfast sponsored by CrowderGulf
8:00-9:10 a.m. Best Restored Beaches: Sharing Best Practices. (2017 BRB award winners)
Welcome: Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1)
Moderator: Lee Weishar, Best Restored Beaches Chair
Panel:
- Dauphin Island, AL, Mayor Jeff Collier
- Phipps Ocean Park, Palm Beach, FL, Mayor Gail L. Coniglio
- Popponesset Spit, MA – Tara Marden, Project Manager, Woods Hole Group
- Prime Hook Beach, DE – Bartholomew Wilson P.G., Ph D., Restoration Project Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Coastal Delaware National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, VA, Dan Adams, Coastal Program Manager
9:10-9:55 a.m. “Local Funding Options,” Peter Ravella, owner, Peter A Ravella Consulting
9:55-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11:30 a.m. Storm Surge Panel
- Chris Penney, FEMA, National Hurricane Program Manager
- Donald E. Cresitello, USACE, Senior Coastal Planner
- Rick Knabb, The Weather Channel, Hurricane Expert and Tropical Program Manager
- Josh Friedman, Director of GIS, New York City Emergency Management
Wednesday afternoon:
1 p.m. Advocacy visits (anyone can participate) – SNOW UPDATE: Discussion Groups will all be held at ASAE Center.
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
4:30-5:30 p.m. Hill Briefing with Coastal States Organization — “The 2018 Congressional Agenda and Getting to Know ASBPA and CSO” (Bradley Watson, Coastal States Organization, and Derek Brockbank, ASBPA, Moderators)
Russell Senate Office Building Room 253
- Fern Gibbons – Senate Commerce Committee
- Sara Gonzalez-Rothi Kronenthal – Senate Commerce Committee
- Ian Bennitt – Staff Director, House Water Resources Committee
- Ryan Seiger – Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment
5:30-7:30 pm Coastal Celebration Reception presented by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock — Room 902, Hart Senate Office Building
Thursday, March 22
“What’s Next”
Day Moderator: Kathleen Riely
8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:30-9:10 a.m. What we heard from the agencies: A recap
- Michael Walther, ASBPA Govt. Affairs Co-Chair
- Mark Osler, ASBPA Advocacy Chair
9:10-9:40 a.m. What we heard from the Hill: A recap
- Tony Pratt, ASBPA President
- Derek Brockbank, ASBPA Executive Director
9:40-9:55 a.m. Break
9:55-10:25 a.m. Keynote: Eric Letvin, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mitigation, Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration, FEMA/DHS
10:25-11:00 a.m. “Planning for Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptation,” Gavin Smith, Coastal Resilience Center, University of North Carolina
11:00-11:35 a.m. “Innovative Financing for Coastal Resilience” – Lynn Scarlett, Co-Chief External Affairs Officer, The Nature Conservancy
11:35-11:45 a.m. Next steps and wrap up – Conference chairs, Derek Brockbank.
Noon Adjourn
1-5 p.m. *Short Course: Project management
ASBPA and Coastal Zone Foundation (CZF) have teamed up together to present a series of short courses as modules for the Certified Coastal Practitioner credential. Professional development certificates will be awarded to those who successfully complete the module.
The Project Management module outlines the diverse expertise in a wide variety of areas required to make-up an effective project team, and to enable project managers to more efficiently coordinate activities among and between the various specialist elements. This includes facilitating a well-integrated effort that will expedite completion of both large and small projects which often are complicated due to the interdisciplinary composition of the project team, managing the project design, project team and client expectations for an increasing number of projects that have various physical, environmental, and stakeholder constraints. It is one of 10 modules that make up the Certified Coastal Practitioner credential.
*Short course requires additional fee.