May 17, 2010
Napa, California
The challenges facing port leaders today — including trade growth, environmental sustainability, enhanced security, and competing stakeholder interests — call for a new level of leadership capability. Not only do port leaders need to be resilient in coping with and leading change, they also need to think more strategically about the challenges ahead while identifying innovative solutions. As Albert Einstein suggested, “The world we have made, as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far, creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of thinking at which we created them.” AAPA’s Executive Management Conference helps port leaders to find new tools for addressing today's unique issues. Facilitator Byron Hanke, PPM®, retired Executive Director of the Port of Vancouver, USA, has brought together a host of experienced port executive directors, senior line department managers, and other maritime industry professionals to share the essentials of port leadership and management. Discover solutions to today’s most pressing port challenges! Session Topics Include: • Addressing Port Challenges Through Strategic Thinking • Planning for Future Transportation Technologies • A Port’s Institutional Setting and the Implications for Port Managers • Port Development and Operational Strategies in a Changing World • Managing Legal Challenges in the Public Port Environment
05/17/2010
Welcoming Remarks/Orientation
05/17/2010
Port Management – Part One
A Review of the Port’s Institutional Setting & the Implications for Port Managers
Port Development and Operational Strategies
05/17/2010
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part One
Key Industry Issues Impacting Ports
05/17/2010
Leadership Skills Part One
Effective Management Techniques
Workshop Team Assignment #1
Workshop Team Meetings
05/18/2010
Port Management – Part Two
Timely Considerations for Strategic Port Management
Open Forum Discussion with Industry Leaders
Team Reports on Strategic Thinking (Assignment #1)
Port Legal Issues
Port Security Considerations
05/19/2010
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part Two
Planning for Future Transportation Realities
05/19/2010
Port Management – Part Three
Trends in Facilities Engineering
Port Sustainability - Balancing Competing Priorities
Workshop Team Assignment: Exercise #2 Case Study
05/20/2010
Port Management – Part Four
Team Presentations on Assignment #2
05/20/2010
Leadership Skills - Part Two
Port Leadership in the "New Normalcy"
Team Discussions on Port Leadership in the "New Normalcy"
Teams Report Out on Port Leadership in the "New Normalcy"
Strategic Leadership: A Model for Ports in Times of Economic Crisis and Uncertainty: Part 2
05/21/2010
Port Management Development
Ethical Considerations in Professional Port Management
Key Takeaways for Professional Port Management Development
