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Concurrent Sessions

(tentative and subject to change; updated last on March 15)

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Tuesday, March 26, 10:15am - Concurrent Sessions A

Theme III: Outreach and Education
Session A1:     International Perspectives on Preserving Waterfront Communities and Infrastructure
Moderator:  Dr. Anne Wessells, Urban Studies Program, UW Tacoma

Speakers:

  1. Stacia Miller, Environmental Engagement Consultant, Federal Way, WA
    Involving the Community in a Changing Coastline: An English Case Study
  2. Byung-Gui Lee, Jeju Sea Grant Program (Republic of Korea)
    New Village Development Plan for International Yacht School, South Korea
  3. Peter Hall, Simon Frasier University, Vancouver, B.C.
    Reclaiming the New Westminster Waterfront
  4. Anne Wessells, University of Washington - Tacoma
    Assembling the Tacoma Waterfront

Theme I: Economics
Session A2: The Impact of Shipyards on Local Economies
Moderator: Andy Bennett, KPFF Consulting

Panelists: 

  • Brian Mannion, Vigor Industrial
  • Hobie Stebbins III, Lake Union Drydock
  • Brian Thomas, Kvichak Marine Industries

Theme VI:  Design
Session A3:  Creative Materials and Design for Working Waterfronts
Moderator: Patty Snow, Oregon Coastal Management Program

Speakers:

  1. Ken Fellows, GeoEngineers, Inc.
    Derelict Creosote Piles and Structures:  Problem or Opportunity?
  2. Sarah Garcia, Harbor Planning, City of Gloucester, MA
    The Gloucester HarborWalk:  An Authentic Expression of Place in the Working Waterfront
  3. Scott Steltzner, Squaxin Tribe
    Using Lessons from Commencement Bay’s St. Paul Waterway to Restore Shelton Harbor
  4. Jeff Cordell, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
    Habitat Enhancements in Seawalls – Seattle Seawall as a Case Study

Theme VII: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Working Waterfront
Session A4: Getting Practical: Sociocultural Dimensions of and Considerations for Working Waterfronts
Moderator:  Carrie Pomeroy, CA Sea Grant/UCSC Institute of Marine Sciences

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Theme IV:  Strategies
Session A5: Balancing Tacoma Waterfront Uses:  Living, Working and Cultural-Educational Perspectives
Moderator: Chuck Fowler, Northwest Nautix

Panelists:

  • Don Meyer, former Executive Director, Foss Waterway Development Authority, and Port of Tacoma Commissioner
  • Joe Martinac, Jr., President, J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation
  • Tom Cashman, former Executive Director of the Foss Waterway Seaport

  • Stephen Atkinson, Shoreline Planner, City of Tacoma

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session A6:   Coastal Smart Growth Approaches For Working Waterfronts Preservation, Implementing Locally-Based Strategies And Solutions
Moderator:  Kenneth Walker, NOAA/OCRM

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Tuesday, March 26, 1:45pm - Concurrent Sessions B

Theme III: Outreach and Education
Session B1: Making Working Waterfront Festivals Work:  Successful Case Studies
Moderator: Chuck Fowler, Pacific Northwest Maritime Heritage Council

Panelists:

  • Ken Saunderson, Seattle Maritime Festival
  • Clare Petrich, Tacoma Maritime Fest
  • Chuck Fowler, Olympia Harbor Days Tugboat Festival

Theme I: Economics
Session B2:     Using Regional Economic Tools to Grow Waterfront Industries
Moderator: Morgan Shook, BERK Consulting

Panelists:

  • Sarah Lee, Puget Sound Regional Council, Seattle, WA
  • Ellen Johnck, Bay Area Maritime Strategy, SF, CA
  • Sarah Garcia, Gloucester, Massachusetts Maritime Economy Plan
  • Kapena Pflum, BERK Consulting, Northwest Maritime Cluster Study

Theme VI:  Design
Session B3: Integrating Public Access and Habitat into the Design of Working Waterfronts
Moderator:  Shannon Kinsella, Reid Middleton

Panelists:

  • Shannon Kinsella, Reid Middleton
  • Willy Ahn, Reid Middleton
  • Jim Brennan, JA Brennan
  • Joe Callaghan, GeoEngineers

Theme VII: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Working Waterfront
Session B4:  Oral History Session 1: Applying Insights Collected Through Oral Histories for Resource Management and Planning Decisions
Moderator: Patricia M. Clay, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

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Theme II: Financing Tools
Session B5:  Financing Tools for Working Waterfront
Moderator:  Ann Avary, Marine Manufacturing and Technology Center of Excellence

Speakers:

  1. David Hull, California Maritime Infrastructure Authority
    Financing Port and Marine Infrastructure: “Tomorrow’s Ideas for Today”
  2. Mark Breederland, Michigan Sea Grant
    Infrastructure & Maintenance in Great Lakes Working Waterfronts: Broken Funding Mechanisms & Community Impacts
  3. Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant
    Working Waterfront Preservation: Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Tax Policy
  4. Tom Ankersen, University of Florida Levin College of Law,
    The Tiff over Tiff:  Using Tax Increment Financing to Protect Working Waterfronts

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session B6: Sustaining A Small Community-Working Waterfront: Planning, Cultural, Economic, Advocacy
(Gig Harbor, WA)
Moderator: Guy Hoppen, Gig Harbor BoatShop

Panelists: 

  • Guy Hoppen, Gig Harbor BoatShop Director, Commercial Fisherman
  • Lita Dawn Stanton, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Gig Harbor
  • Peter Knutson, Seattle Central Community College, professor and commercial fisherman
  • Peter Katich, City of Gig Harbor

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Tuesday, March 26, 3:30pm - Concurrent Sessions C

Theme III: Outreach and Education
Session C1:     Making Connections: Linking People through and to the Working Waterfront
Moderator:  Kaety Hildenbrand, Oregon Sea Grant

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Theme I: Economics
Session C2:  Recreational Fishing as Economic Driver
Moderator:  Ann Beier, City of Portland

Speakers:

  1. Jerry Leonard, NOAA NMFS Southwest Fishery Science Center
    2011 National Recreational Marine Fishing Trip and Durable Good Expenditures Estimates and The California Recreational Fishery: Economic and Fishery Characteristic Maps
  2. Joe Lucente, Ohio State University Sea Grant College Program
    The Economic Impact of Ohio’s Lake Erie Sport Fishing Industry

Theme V:  Legislative Issues
Session C3: Marine Spatial Planning and Working Waterfronts
Moderator: Nick Battista, Island Institute, Maine

Panelists:

  • Jennifer Hennesey, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
  • Katrina Lassiter, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
  • Anna Zivian, Ocean Conservancy
  • Miranda Wecker, Marine Program, University of Washington Olympic Natural Resources Center
  • Paul Dye, The Nature Conservancy
  • Jennifer McCann, Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program
  • Jacque Hostler, Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria

Theme VII: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Working Waterfront
Session C4:  Oral History Session 2 – Using Oral Histories to Educate and Engage Communities about the Working Waterfront

Moderator: Susan Abbott-Jamieson, Abbott-Jamieson Consulting, Ltd.

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Theme II: Financing Tools
Session C5:  Government Funding Programs
Moderator:  Stephanie Otts, National Sea Grant Law Center

Speakers:

  1. Dick Clime, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
    A Retrospective Look at Maine’s Working Waterfront Access Protection Program (WWAPP)
  2. Janine Belleque, Oregon State Marine Board,
    Adding Value with Recreational Boating Grants
  3. David Porter, Economic Development Administration
    The Economic Development Administration's Role in Supporting Working Waterfronts

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session C6: Strategies for Balancing Conflict
Moderator:  Jim Fawcett, USC Sea Grant/USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Speakers:

  1. Andrew Schwartz, AICP, RLA, LEED AP, Environmental Planning & Design, LLC, Pittsburgh
    Balancing Conflicts between Paddles, Props, Otters and Tows:  A Waterfront Park Plan
  2. Elizabeth Durfee, Michigan Coastal Zone Management Program & Michigan Sea Grant
    Planning and Zoning the Waterfront: Case Studies from Michigan
  3. Joey Donnelly, York Harbor Board, York, Maine
    An Historic Harbor Continues to Look to the Future
  4. Captain Joshua Berger, Sound Experience
    BLUE Meets GREEN – Coordinating Sustainable Trends in Marine Industries of Puget Sound

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Wednesday, March 27, 10:15am - Concurrent Sessions D

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session D1: Strategies for Recreational and Commercial Fishing
Moderator: Dan Hellin, Dan Hellin Consulting

Speakers:

  1. Lewis Lawrence, Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission, Gloucester County, Virginia
    The Perrin River Commercial Seafood Harbor Master Plan
  2. Dean Burke, South Sound Sports Commission
    Economic Stimulus through Sport Access Development
  3. Brady Scott, Washington State Department of Natural Resources
    Mystery Bay: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Vessels and Commercial Shellfish

Theme III: Outreach and Education
Session D2:  Coastal Program - Sea Grant Collaborations in Working Waterfronts Retention – A Case Study on Successful Research and Extension in the Chesapeake Bay
Moderator:Thomas Murray, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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Theme V:  Legislative Issues
Session D3:  State and Federal Update Panel
Moderator: Jeffrey Gabriel Jr., National Marine Manufacturers Association

Speakers:

  1. Ryck Lydecker, Boat Owners Association U.S.
    Recreational Boating Access Opportunities in the Urban Environment
  2. Byron Flagg, Esq., Attorney, The Flagg Firm, P.L.
    Any Port Law in the Storm? How Ports Legislation Can Help Working Waterfronts
  3. Stephanie Otts, National Sea Grant Law Center
    Working Waterfront Legislative Update

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session D4: Strategies for Preserving Industrial Waterfronts in West Coast Port Cities
Moderator:  Stephanie Jones Stebbins, Seaport Environmental Programs, Port of Seattle

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Theme VII: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Working Waterfront
Session D5: Facing the Future: Waterfront Development Challenges in a Changing Climate
Moderator: Ed Knight, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Panelists:

  • Ed Knight, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
  • Sean Keithly, CollinsWoerman
  • Steve Moddemeyer, CollinsWoerman

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session D6: State, Local And University Partnerships Stem The Tide Eroding Floridians' Waterfront Access 
Moderator:  Bob Swett, University of Florida

Panelists:

  • Bryan Fluech, University of Florida
  • Bob Swett, University of Florida
  • Julie Dennis, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
  • Tom Ankersen, Levin College of Law

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Wednesday, March 27, 1:45pm - Concurrent Sessions E

Theme I: Economics
Session E1: Healthy Local Seafood and Vibrant Working Waterfronts — Opportunities from Commercial Aquaculture

Moderator: Laura Hoberecht, PhD, NOAA Fisheries

Speakers:

  1. Laura Hoberecht, NOAA Fisheries
    Advancing Sustainable Aquaculture to Support Working Waterfronts through Policy and Innovation
  2. Alan Cook, Icicle Seafoods (American Gold Salmon)
    The Economic and Spatial Impacts of Net Pen Farming in Washington State
  3. Bobbi Hudson, Pacific Shellfish Institute
    Economic Impact of West Coast Shellfish Aquaculture
  4. Margaret Pilaro Barrette, Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association
    Working the Waterfront and Keeping Clam
  5. Perry Lund, Washington State Department of Ecology
    The Washington Shellfish Initiative: An Effective Instrument to Support Working Waterfronts

Theme III: Outreach and Education
Session E2: Communities, Ecosystems, and Waterfronts: The Two-Way Communication of Environmental Goals, Strategies, and Science
Moderator:  Stacia Miller, environmental policy & engagement consultant

Speakers:

  1. Allison Osterberg, The Evergreen State College
    Whose Shore? Assessing Public Participation in Puget Sound Shoreline Master Plan Updates
  2. John Hansen, West Coast Ecosystem-based Management Network
    Ecosystems and Waterfronts: Case Studies from the West Coast EBM Network
  3. Mary Clark, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
    We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know: Why Two-Way Stakeholder Communication Matters
  4. Mike Wilson, Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation and Conservation District
    Planning, Development and Public Outreach for Aquaculture Expansion on Humboldt Bay, California

Theme V:  Legislative Issues
Session E3:  NOAA Fisheries and the Coast:  Exploring Opportunities for a National Working Waterfronts Policy Moderator: Keith Rizzardi, MAFAC

Panelists:

  • Linda Behnken, Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association
  • Sebastian Belle, Maine Aquaculture Association
  • Jennifer Steger, NOAA Restoration Center, Northwest and Alaska Region
  • Johnny Williams, representing a family-owned recreational fishing business in Galveston, Texas

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session E4: Working Waterfronts and Regulatory Constraints: A Collaborative Approach
Moderator: Angie Fredrickson, Port of Seattle

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Theme VII: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Working Waterfront
Session E5: The Maritime Heritage of Working Waterfronts: Where Culture, History, and Economics Meet
Moderator: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant

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Theme II: Financing Tools
Session E6:  Seafood Industry Financial Tools, Community Fisheries Network
Moderator: Edward Backus, Fisheries, Ecotrust

Panelists:

  • Leesa Cobb, Port Orford Ocean Resource Team, Oregon
  • Dave Kubiak, Alaska Marine Conservation Council and longtime jig fisherman in Kodiak, Alaska
  • Pete Halmay, San Diego Fishermen’s Working Group and urchin fisherman, California
  • Rob Snyder, Island Institute, Rockland, Maine

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Wednesday, March 27, 3:30pm - Concurrent Sessions F

Theme I: Economics
Session F1:  Role Of US Economic Development Administration
Moderator:  Shannon Fitzgerald, U.S. Economic Development Administration - Seattle

Panelists:

  • David Farnworth-Martin, Economic Development Representative for Northern & Coastal California
  • Jacob Macias, Economic Development Representative for Western Washington and Arizona
  • David Porter, Economic Development Representative for Oregon, Clark County and Eastern Washington

Theme III: Outreach and Education
Session F2:  Coalition Building - Strategies for Engaging the Public in Working Waterfronts
Moderator:  Ann Beier, Office of Healthy Working River, City of Portland

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Theme IV:  Strategies
Session F3:  Regional Land Use Strategies, Regional Ocean Partnerships: Striking a Balance of Uses for Working Waterfronts
Moderator: Suzanna Stoike, West Coast Governors Alliance Sea Grant Fellow

Panelists:

  • April Turner, South Carolina Sea Grant
  • Maureen Meehan, North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Management
  • Julie Dennis, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
  • Patty Snow, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development

Theme IV:  Strategies
Session F4: Small, Medium and Large Working Waterfronts - Establishing Value and Protecting from Encroachment
Moderator:  Ron Popham, Port of San Diego

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Theme VII: Social and Cultural Aspects of the Working Waterfront
Session F5: Telling the Story of Our Working Waterfront Communities
Moderator: Nick Battista, Island Institute, Maine

Panelists:

  • Jason Mann or Gillian Thompson, editor of Working Waterfront (regional newspaper focused on working waterfront community issues as a whole)
  • Jess Hathaway, editor, National Fishermen (national trade publication focused on fisheries)
  • Ben Bloch, Times Picayune (journalist who covers seafood and working waterfront issues for New Orleans)
  • Peter Philips, Publisher, Fishermen’s News and Pacific Maritime Magazine (Regional commercial fishing and maritime publications aimed respectively at the independent West Coast commercial fishing fleet and the maritime operations sector of the Pacific Coast)

Theme II: Financing Tools
Session F6:  Sustainable Seafood & Working Waterfronts
Moderator: Craig Heberer, NOAA Fisheries

Presenters:

  1. Jennifer Isé and Craig Heberer, NOAA Fisheries
    Aligning the Waterfront with Goals for Sustainable U.S. Fisheries and Seafood Market Opportunities
  2. Rebecca Reuter and Amber Rhodes, NOAA Fisheries
    Help Spread the Word: U.S. Seafood is Sustainable
  3. Joshua Stoll, NOAA Fisheries
    Linking NOAA Fisheries to Working Waterfronts: Existing Resources & Funding Opportunities
  4. Jen Levin, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
    Building Markets for Underutilized Seafood: An Industry/Chef Collaboration

Wednesday, March 27, 3:30pm

TOOLS CAFÉ - Interactive Round Table Discussions

  1. Danielle Molnar, The Baldwin Group, NOAA Coastal Services Center
    Assessing Working Waterfronts with the Ocean Economy
    2. This presentation will demonstrate the use of tools and data that allow users to see the businesses, jobs, wages, and GDP supported by working waterfronts. The data (Economics: National Ocean Watch, produced by NOAA) focus on commercial fishing, marine transportation, ship and boat building and other marine activities.

  2. Rebecca Lunde, NOAA Coastal Services Center
    Visualize Sea-Level Rise: Robust Data in a Really Easy Tool     
    3. This talk focuses on a powerful mapping and visualization tool that shows communities the potential impacts of sea-level rise and flooding on critical aspects of working waterfronts: people, economy, and the environment. Ideas for applying the tool and examples of its use for waterfront planning and/or communication will be provided.

  3. Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant and UM Cooperative Extension
    Everything You Wanted to Know about Accessing the Coast of Maine – and Beyond
    4. This website had been designed by Maine Sea Grant and its partners to help waterfront users, coastal communities, and land owners address issues related to coastal access. The intent is to offer specific tools to coastal stakeholders to facilitate their ability to cooperatively address access issues, possibly reducing the need for litigation. The site is available for adaptation in other states at no cost to eligible applicants. Current adaptations include AL, HI, MS, NJ, and VA and are pending in TX and the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

  4. Heather Wade, Coastal Management, Texas Sea Grant
    WeTable    : A tool for Participatory GIS for Tabletop Planning at Public Workshops
    5. Using Wii™ technology the weTable transforms an ordinary tabletop into an interactive interface. This affordable public participation tool allows teams to collaboratively explore and use computer-based data and programs in a workshop setting. The weTable enhances what people use daily–tables and pens– while the supporting technology works quietly in the background. This means that participants can use the interface with very little instruction, and it allows them to work with what matters most in a meeting- data, maps, and their fellow participants.

  5. Andrea Martin, Cascadia Consulting Group
    CIMPACT-DST: Climate Impact – Decision Support Tool

    6. CIMPACT-DST (Climate Impact – Decision Support Tool) is a first-of-its-kind integrated platform for climate adaptation planning. The tool provides a single customized resource to communicate technical and policy information related to climate adaptation. It combines the latest climate change science and best-practice adaptation strategies with organization policies and guidelines to provide consistent recommendations to planners, project managers, and other departmental staff throughout the organization. Within 15-20 minutes, a user can obtain potential exposure and guidance information for their project or asset, including summary outputs for each of the primary climate impacts: temperature change, precipitation/streamflow changes, and sea level rise. CIMPACT-DST ties in with existing GIS system capabilities. By combining asset and site attribute information with GIS data, site-specific climate change hazard and risk assessment is possible.

  6. Dr. Jan Newton, Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS) and Principal Oceanographer at UW-APL
    NANOOS Visualization System, a tool for data discovery and real-time data display of coastal conditions
    The goal of NANOOS, the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Regional Association for the Pacific Northwest, is to connect regional user groups and the public with data from the coastal ocean, estuaries, and shorelines. We will present the web-based NANOOS Visualization System, a tool that allows users to discover and download data from a wide variety of sources (e.g., federal, tribal, state, academic, industry, etc.) and to display real-time data coastal conditions, from water temperature and salinity, to pH and pCO2, to currents and waves, to wind over the water speed and direction. NANOOS works with user groups to optimize "apps" that display information products, overlays, and maps of data in a user friendly fashion. The objective of the newly released "Maritime Operations" web app in NVS is to provide easy access to a suite of existing datasets (observations and model overlays and tools) that are pertinent to the maritime/fishing community. This initial release includes model results derived from a combined NOAA/OSU WaveWatch III wave model that includes high resolution nearshore bathymetry (i.e. inclusion of banks, canyons etc) and shallow water physics enabling improved forecasting capabilities of surface wave conditions across the continental shelf and in the nearshore offshore the Oregon and southwest Washington coast.

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