When
Wednesday October 29, 2014
Conference:
8:00am- Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00am- Conference Begins
5:30pm- NAMEPA Annual General Meeting
Awards Dinner:
6:00pm- Cocktail Reception
7:00pm-9:30pm - Dinner
Contact
Jane SeyerNorth American Marine Environment Protection Association
203 255 4686
c.olson@namepa.net
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NAMEPA Annual Conference & Awards Dinner - October 29th, 2014 - New York
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
NAMEPA is pleased to again present its annual Marine Environment Protection Conference. The focus of this event is to provide a framework for discussion of the "new" ECA, changing fuel supplies, spill drill training, and partners in marine environment protection and risk management. The all-day conference will be followed by our annual NAMEPA Awards Dinner where we recognize the signature achievements of corporations, Federal Agencies, Educational institutions, individuals and non-profit associations.
Please plan to attend, participate, and contribute to the industry's dialog on these important issues.
DEVELOPING AGENDA:
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0800 |
Continental Breakfast and Registration |
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0900 |
Opening and Welcome - Clay Maitland, Chairman NAMEPA |
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Regulatory Overview - RDML Paul Thomas, United States Coast Guard |
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0930 |
REVOLUTION: |
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Moderator - Kevin Krick, Head of Security & Environment- Americas, APL Limited The "New" ECA - Jonathan Waldron, Partner, Blank Rome |
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Supply of Low-Low Sulphur Fuel - Ian Workman, Vice President of International Sales, World Fuels Services, Inc. |
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Demand for LNG as Fuel - Langley Meek, Commercial Development - LNG, GDF SUEZ Gas NA LLC Canadian ECA - Paul Topping, Manager of Environmental Protection, Transport Canada |
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1030 |
Mid-Morning Break |
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1100 |
EVOLUTION: |
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25 Years of Emergency Response Development- How the evolution of regulations and industry best practices supports prevention, preparedness and response |
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Moderator & Updates in Drill Exercises - Bob Meyers, President, Robert J. Meyers & Associates, Inc. |
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Responsible Party - Ray Botto, SeaRiver Maritime Inc. |
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Unified Command - Capt. Gordon Loebl, United States Coast Guard |
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Responders – |
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- Judith Roos, Vice President, Marketing, Customer Services & Corporate Relations, Marine Spill Response Corporation |
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- Thomas J. Wiker, Director – Compliance Services, Gallagher Marine Systems, LLC |
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- Michael Popa, General Manager, T&T Salvage LLC |
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NOAA's Role in Spill Response - Ed Levine, Scientific Support Coordinator, NOAA |
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1230 |
Lunch - Keynote Address: Renee Marazon, President, The Maritime Academy of Toledo |
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1400 |
REVOLUTION: |
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Partners in Marine Environment Protection - Panel Discussion |
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Moderator - Chris Bastis; Chairman, President, & CEO; SeaGroup, Inc. David Bolduc, Executive Director, Green Marine |
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Paul Hankins, President, American Salvage Association |
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Johanna Polsenberg, Wildlife Conservation Society/ International Union for Conservation of Nature |
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Clay Maitland, Chairman, Consortium for International Maritime Heritage |
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1500 |
Mid- Afternoon break |
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1530 |
EVOLUTION: |
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Risk Management: Senior Leadership Roundtable Discussion |
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Moderator - Alexandra Anagnostis, President, Total Marine Solutions Bud Darr, Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, CLIA |
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Chris Peterson, Vice President, Titan Salvage |
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Susan Dwarnick, Chief of Safety & Environmental Systems, BSEE |
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Joe Cox, President & CEO, Chamber of Shipping America |
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Jeffrey Pribor, Global Head of Maritime Investment Banking, Jefferies LLC |
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1700 |
Closing Remarks |
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1730 |
NAMEPA Annual General Meeting |
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1800 |
Awards Cocktail Reception |
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1900 |
NAMEPA Awards Dinner |
HOTEL INFO:
TRIBECA GRAND
2 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK CITY, 10013
TEL 212.519.6600
For more information about the hotel:
http://www.tribecagrand.com/
