Agenda:

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, February 22, 2012
One Cleveland Center ( 1375 East 9th Street)

1:00 Opening Remarks - Mr. Alan Bernstein (conference organizer)

1:15 Plenary Session, Agency /Industry Updates /Roundtable & Questions
Moderator: Mr. Dave Knight
Rear Admiral Mike Parks, Commander, Ninth District, U.S. Coast Guard -
Brigadier General Margaret W. Burcham, Commander, Great Lakes & Ohio River
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. David Matsuda, Administrator, Maritime Administration
Mr. Brian Leblanc, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard
Central and Arctic Region
Honorable Collister Johnson, Jr, Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)
Mr. Terence F. Bowles, President and CEO, Saint Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC)
Mr. Jim Weakley, President, Lake Carriers' Association
Mr. Bruce Bowie, President, Canadian Shipping Association

3:30 Break

3:45 Accelerating Maritime Trade – A Perspective from Members of the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council
Moderator: Mr. David Matsuda – Administrator, Maritime Administration
Mr. Mark Locker - Manager, Office of Maritime & Freight Mobility, OH DOT
Mr. Mark Barker – President, Interlake Steamship Company
Mr. Adolph Ojard – Executive Director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Mr. John Baker – President Emeritus, Great Lakes District Council, International Longshoremen's Association -AFL-CIO.
Mr. Judy Druskovich – Great Lakes Maritime Academy

4:45 What you need to know about the new salvage rules. Mr. John Witte Jr, American Salvage Association/Executive VP Donjon Marine, Hillside NJ

5:15 End of Sessions

6:00 Cocktails and Appetizers at the Hyatt Arcade

7:00 Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the Hyatt Arcade

THURSDAY MORNING, February 23, 2012

7:00- 8:00 Coffee and Danish – Exhibit Area

8:00 USACE Great Lakes Navigation Update
FY12 Scheduled work
FY13 President's Budget
Future Challenges and Issues

9:30 Coffee Break – Exhibit Area

10:15 The Future of Maritime Fuels – Greening the Fleet
Panel Moderator: Dr. Richard Stewart, GLMRI Co-Director
Dr. Michael Parsons – GLMRI LNG Study Progress and LNG feasibility
European Union Study update – Mr. Frank Duffield, Senior Vice President of Argent Marine
Washington State Ferry Study Update – TBD

11:15 Legislative Issues Facing the Great Lakes
Panel Moderator: Mr. Dave Knight
Congressman Steven LaTourette (OH 14th)
Mr. Jim Weakley - President, Lake Carriers' Association
Mr. Steve Fisher - Executive Director, American Great Lakes Ports Association

12:30 Lunch with speaker
Dr. John C. Martin – President, Martin Associates
"Economic Impacts of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System Study" with a discussion of trade trends.

1:30 Announcement of Date and City (2013)

End of Conference

Complementary Meeting - Tuesday, February 21

2-4 p.m. Army Corps of Engineers Stakeholder Presentations (Open to public)
Doubletree Hotel 1111 Lakeside Avenue East, Cleveland, OH 44114