2012 AAPA Executive Management Conference

May 7, 2012
Napa, CA

This seminar is a PPM® Requirement. The challenges facing port leaders today-including trade growth, enhanced security, and competing stakeholder interests-call forth a new level of leadership capability. Not only do port leaders need to think more strategically about the challenges they face to identify innovative solutions, they also need to be resilient in coping with and leading change. AAPA's Executive Management Conference, offered since 1969, is designed to address timely port leadership issues and trends. The program features 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.

05/07/2012
Welcoming Remarks/Orientation

• Kurt Nagle, President & CEO, American Association of Port Authorities
• Byron Hanke, PPM^®, Conference Coordinator

05/07/2012
Port Management – Part One

A Review of the Port’s Institutional Setting & the Implications for Port Managers

• Ron Brinson, PPM^®, North Charleston, SC

Port Management Strategies 

• Tom Kornegay, P.E., PPM^®, Houston, TX

05/07/2012
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part One

Key Issues Impacting Ports

• Kurt Nagle, President & CEO, American Association of Port Authorities

Planning for Future Transportation Realities

• John Vickerman, President, Vickerman & Associates, LLC, Williamsburg, VA

Workshop Team Assignment #1

• Byron Hanke, PPM^®, Conference Coordinator

Workshop Team Meetings

05/08/2012
Port Management -- Part Two

Team Presentations on Assignment #1

 

Timely Considerations for Strategic Port Management

 

• Ron Brinson, PPM^®, North Charleston, SC

Effective Board Management Relations -- A Key to a Port's Success

• Tom Kornegay, P.E., PPM^®, Houston, TX

 

Port Sustainability -- Balancing Competing Priorities

 

• Dana Blume, P.G., Environmental Affairs Manager, Port of Houston Authority; Chair, AAPA Environment Committee

 

Effective Communications and Outreach

 

• Marilyn Sandifur, Spokesperson & Media/PR Specialist, Port of Oakland
• Isaac Kos-Read, Director of External Affairs, Port of Oakland

05/09/2012
Leadership Skills -- Part One

Resilient Leadership: Key Strategies for Bouncing Back in Tough Times

• Dr. Kevin Nourse, Nourse Leadership Strategies

Workshop Team Presentations: Exercise #2 Case Study

• Ron Brinson, PPM^®, North Charleston, SC

05/10/2012
Port Management -- Part Three

Trends in the Cruise Industry

• Peter Dailey, Deputy Director, Maritime, Port of San Francisco

The Role of Maritime Economic Development

• Kristin Decas, Chair, AAPA Maritime Economic Development Committee

05/10/2012
Leadership Skills -- Part Two

Port Leadership in the "New Normalcy"

• Peter Dailey, Deputy Director, Maritime, Port of San Francisco
• Kristin Decas, Executive Director, Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District
• Jay G. Hardman, P.E., Executive Director, Port of Greater Baton Rouge

Trends in Facilities Engineering

• Elizabeth Ogden, Chief, A/E Design Services, PortMiami

05/11/2012
Ethical Considerations in Professional Port Management

Speaker

• Byron Hanke, PPM^®, Conference Coordinator

05/11/2012
Key Takeaways for Professional Port Management Development

Discussion Leader

• Byron Hanke, PPM^®, Conference Coordinator