Northern California Propeller Club sponsors Sea Level Defense Conference

STRATEGIES FOR STORMS, FLOODING & SEA LEVEL DEFENSETuesday December 3, 2019 | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PMScott’s Seafood (Jack London Square), 2 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94607

7.30-8.45 Registration

8.45 Call To Order: Propeller Club of Northern California, Stas Margaronis

9.00 Welcome: • Elaine Forbes, Executive Director, Port of San Francisco• Mario Cordero, Executive Director, Port of Long Beach• Michael DiBernardo, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles• Richard Sinkoff, Director Environmental Programs and Planning, Port of Oakland• Niels Aalund, International Propeller Club

9.20 California Insurance Commissioner, Ricardo Lara 

9.40 Storms, Flooding & Sea Level: Science and Impacts:• U.S. Geological Survey, Patrick Barnard• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Rob Cifelli• San Francisco Estuary Institute, Warner Chabot • California Coastal Conservancy, Amy Hutzel• Curtin Maritime, Steven Chew• U.C. Berkeley, Daniella Hirschfeld 

10.40 Break 

11.00 California Ports Climate Adaptation Strategies:• Port of San Francisco, Brad Benson• Port of Long Beach, Justin Luedy • Port of Redwood City, Kristine Zortman • Port of Hueneme, Giles Pettifor• Port of Los Angeles, Adrienne Newbold• Port of Oakland, Jan Novak • Port of San Diego, Phil Gibbons

12:15 Lunch @ Scott’s Seafood with Keynote Speaker: Kate Gordon, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 

1:45 Emergency and Long-Range Planning Moderator: Juliette Hart, U.S. Geological Survey. Panelists:• Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Nuin-Tara Key• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Stu Townsley• California State Lands, Jennifer Lucchesi• California Coastal Commission, Carey Batha • Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Steve Goldbeck• California Department of Transportation, Tracey Frost

3:00 Break

3:15 Experiences From The Netherlands:• Arcadis, Edgar Westerhof• Deltares USA, Kees Nederhoff • Port of Rotterdam, Joost de Nooijer• Port of Rotterdam, Andre van Hassent• VU University of Amsterdam, Lars de Ruig

4:30 Summary, Conclusion & Thank You: Stas Margaronis 

6:00 Reception at Scott’s Seafood

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