PLENARY SESSION

Introductory Speakers:
Penny Dalton, Director, Washington Sea Grant
David Hanson, Sea Grant Extension Program Leader, Oregon Sea Grant
Mayor Marilyn Strickland, City of Tacoma
Don Meyers, Port of Tacoma Commissioner
Debra Friedman, University of Washington-Tacoma Chancellor
Derek Kilmer, U.S. Congressman


PLENARY PANEL

Are We Ready? Hazard Resilience and What it Means for Working Waterfronts

Moderator: Ron Sims, Former Deputy Secretary of U.S. Housing and Urban Development

Video (Youtube)

Panel Members:
Bill Needelman, Planner, City of Portland, Maine
Eric Holdeman, Principle, Eric Holdeman & Associates
Steve Goldbeck, Chief Deputy Director, San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission
Kevin Ranker, Washington State Senator

Concurrent Sessions

Lunch

PLENARY SESSION:

What is the National Working Waterfront Network?

Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant and NWWN Co-Chair

Announcing a Sustainable Working Waterfront Toolkit, From Research to Implementation

Video (Youtube)

Panel Moderator: Nick Battista, Marine Programs Director, Island Institute

Panel Members:
Jack Wiggin, Director, Urban Harbors Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston,
Working Waterfront Drivers of Change and Trends
Bob Swett, Coordinator, Florida Sea Grant Boating and Waterway Planning Program
The Economic Impact of Working Waterfronts around the Nation
Lisa Ayers Lawrence, Marine Education Program Leader, Virginia Sea Grant Marine Extension Program
The Working Waterfront Toolkit and Online Community
Stephanie Showalter Otts, Director, National Sea Grant Law Center, and NWWN Co-Chair
Using the Law to Address Working Waterfront Challenges: Statutory, Regulatory, and Policy Tools
Hugh Cowperthwaite, Fisheries Project Director, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
An Inventory of Financial Tools for Working Waterfronts
Kristen Grant, Marine Extension Associate with Maine Sea Grant and University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Tools in Action: 21 (and counting) Working Waterfront Success Stories 
Stephanie Showalter Otts
Where do we go from here? - Key Findings and Recommendations

Concurrent Sessions

Lunch

University of Washington College of Environment Dean Lisa Graumlich, Welcome Remarks
Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant, Introduction of Senator Patty Murray

US Senator Patty Murray, Keynote Address

Video (Youtube)

Continental Breakfast 7:15 AM

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Introduction to National Working Waterfront Strategy Session

Nicole Faghin, Washington Sea Grant and Symposium Co-Chair
Welcome Back, and Highlights of the Day

Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant and NWWN Co-Chair
Developing a National Strategy Together

8:15 – 8:45 AM
 PLENARY SESSION

National Political Landscape: What Now?

Video (Youtube)

Kyle Molten, Field Representative for Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Jeffrey Gabriel, Legislative Counsel for the National Marine Manufacturers Association

8:45 – 10:15 AM

Panel: Challenges of Working Waterfronts Nationwide

Video (Youtube)

Moderator:
Dick Vortmann, National Sea Grant Advisory Board, and former President,
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Panel Members:
Ryck Lydecker, BoatsUS, Representing recreational boating industry
Peter Philips, Philips Publishing, Representing the maritime industrial and commercial fishing industry
Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish, Representing Shellfish Industry
Rob Snyder, Island Institute, Representing Small Communities

Refreshment Break @ 10:15 AM

10:30 – Noon

Setting a National Working Waterfronts Agenda
A Strategy Session for all Symposium Participants

At the 2010 Symposium, participants called for the creation of a National Working Waterfront Network. The 2013 Symposium participants will help define this new Network's priorities, including regional approaches for the West Coast, large and small working waterfronts finding common ground, policy, research and more.