Wednesday, February 10, 2010

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Registration

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Admiral’s Dinner Reception

7:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Admiral’s Dinner

Keynote Speaker: Laurence Pathy
President and CEO, Fednav Limited

Thursday, February 11, 2010

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Registration

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Janenne Irene Pung, Editor, Great Lakes/Seaway Review

8:15 - 10:15 a.m.

Morning Plenary

Moderator: Janenne Irene Pung, Editor, Great Lakes/Seaway Review

Collister Terry Johnson, Jr., Administrator
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Richard Corfe, President and CEO
St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation

Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, Commander
Ninth Coast Guard District

David T. Matsuda, Acting Maritime Administrator
U.S. Maritime Administration

Michael B. White, Director, Programs Directorate
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes & Ohio River Division

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Vendor Interaction

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

U.S. Coast Guard - Aids to Navigation

Moderator: Capt. Lorne Thomas, Chief, Prevention Division
Ninth Coast Guard District

Capt. Lorne Thomas
Overview and Update

Commander Kevin Dunn, Chief, Waterways Management
Review of Great Lakes Icebreaking Policies and Aids to Navigation Technological Advances

Tim Cummins, Deputy, Prevention Division
Great Lakes Environmental Update

11:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Vendor Interaction

11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Keynote Speaker: Honorable Ray LaHood
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Emissions Regulations

Moderator: Jim Fish, Director of Sales, Great Lakes/Seaway Review

Byron Bunker, Center Director, Heavy-Duty Onroad Center
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Jean Marie Revelt, Environmental Protection Specialist, Assessment and Standards Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

2:00 - 2:15 a.m.

Vendor Interaction

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Great Lakes Navigation System

Michael O'Bryan, Chief, Engineering and Technical Services Division
Detroit District
Program Review

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

U.S. Maritime Administration - Benefits of Maritime Research

Moderator: Carol Wolosz, Executive Director
Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute

Dr. David Singer, Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer
University of Michigan
Electronic Power Plant

Dr. David Doorn, Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Minnesota Duluth
Economic Impact of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System

Dr. J. Scott Hawker, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering and Co-Director of the Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making, Rochester Institute of Technology
Development and Application of a Great Lakes Intermodal Freight Model

4:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks