2013 Facilities Engineering Seminar

November 6, 2013
Vancouver, BC

This well-attended event attracts port professionals as well as vendors involved in significant port engineering projects throughout the world. The event also includes a table top trade show.

11/06/2013
Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Kurt J. Nagle. President & CEO, AAPA
• Tom Corsie, PPM^®, Vice President, Real Estate, Port Metro Vancouver
• Elizabeth Ogden, Director of Architecture, Engineering and IT, PortMiami; Chair, AAPA Facilities Engineering Committee

11/06/2013
Panel I: Market-Driven Far-Reaching Scenarios: Impact and Opportunities Resulting From Global Change

Moderator

• Paul C. LaMarre, Port Director, Port of Monroe, MI

Speakers

• Steven C. Rothberg, Partner, Mercator International LLC, Kirkland, WA
• Mark Sisson, PE, Senior Port Planner, AECOM, Oakland, CA

11/06/2013
Panel II: Intermodal Rail Network Overview

Moderator

• David Maas, TranSystems, Fort Worth, TX

Speakers

• Gerry Bisaillon, PE, General Director Premium Operations, Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha, NE
• Vance Bennett, Director, Port Development and Strategy, CSX Transporation, Jacksonville, FL

11/06/2013
Panel III: Terminal Technology — Not Just for Containers Anymore!

Moderator

• Donald J. Brinkman, Jr., Director of Engineering, Maintenance and Development, Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal

Speakers

Container Handling

• Dr. Felix Kasiske, Partner, HPC Hamburg Port Consulting, Hamburg, Germany

Bulk Handling

• Ken Upchurch, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Bruks Rockwood, Alpharetta, GA

Liquid Bulk Handling

• Scott Wagner, Engineering Manager, Chicago Bridge and Iron, Mobile, AL

11/06/2013
Panel IV: Partnerships in Capital Projects

Moderator:

• Willy Yung, Director, Engineering & Maintenance, Port Metro Vancouver

Speakers

• Geoff Freer, Project Director, South Fraser Perimeter Road Project, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Ronald Brown, Maritime Marketing, Port of Oakland
• Rachel Vandenberg, PE, Vice President - Ports & Intermodal, AECOM Global Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA

11/07/2013
Panel V: Cruise Terminal Development & Design — Maximizing Investment and Utilization in These Facilities

Moderator/Discussion Leader

• Elizabeth Ogden, Director of Architecture, Engineering and IT, PortMiami, Chair, AAPA Facilities Engineering Committee

Speakers

• Luis Ajamil, P.E., President & CEO, Bermello, Ajamil & Partners, Inc., Miami, FL
• Carmen Ortega, Manager, Business Development, Port Metro Vancouver

11/07/2013
Panel VI: Sustainability in the Face of Climate Challenges

Moderator:

• Stephen A. Curtis, PE, DPE, MASCE, Program Director - Waterfront Services, Collings Engineers, Inc., Newport News, VA 

Speakers

• John Headland, PE, Senior VP / Regional Manager, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers, New York, NY
• Jean O. Toilliez, Associate Project Manager, Ben C. Gerwick, Inc., Oakland, CA

11/07/2013
Modifying Your Container Crane to Service Larger Ships — Requirements, Considerations, and Costs

Speaker

• Erik Soderberg, Principal, Liftech Consultants Inc.
  - Handout

11/07/2013
Special Presentation

• Kat Janowicz, Project Manager, Principal Consultant, WorleyParsons Group

11/07/2013
Panel VII: LNG — Approaching Challenges

Moderator:

• David Koch, Chief Executive Officer, Oregon International Port of Coos Bay

Speakers

• Ron Byres, Senior Project Manager, Moffatt & Nichol, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Sumner Lee, Fuse Integration
• Kimberly A. Brown, P.G., Senior Project Manager, Clean Energy, Newport Beach, CA

11/07/2013
Panel VIII: Best Practices, Leading Design Efforts and Lessons Learned

Moderator

• Jeff Florin, Deputy Executive Director, COO, Virginia Port Authority

Speakers

Riverfront Cold Storage Facility

• Darren Austin, PE, Project Manager, Port of New Orleans

Redevelopment of TraPac Terminal

• Tony Gioiello, Chief Harbor Engineer, Port of Los Angeles

Wharves Strengthening Project at Cargo Wharves I-VII

• William E. (Bill) Crowe, PE, Project Manager, Atkins Global
• Alf Neumann, Project Manager, Odebrecht

11/08/2013
Panel IX: Rounding the Corner on Infrastructure Deterioration — Tried and Emerging Technologies

Moderator

• Patricia J. Gaynor, PE, Manager of Design Engineering, Maryland Port Administration

Speakers

• Al DeBonis, Ph.D., Wood Advisory Services, Millbrook, NY
• Dennis Burns, SIMCO Technologies Inc., Quebec, QC, Canada
• Kurt Hecht, Smart Structures Inc., Southampton, PA
• Matthew D. D'Ambrosia, Senior Engineer, CTL Group, Skokie, IL

11/08/2013
Panel X: Enterprise Asset Management — A Port Management Strategic Imperative

Moderator

• Jim Reed, Associate, Cardno TEC

Speakers

• Gary M. Tosh, Infrastructure Asset Management Coordinator, Engineering, Port Metro Vancouver
• H. (Henk) Voogt -- Eng., Asset Manager, Maritime Infrastructure, Port of Rotterdam
• Rick Unruh, P.E., Project Manager, Port of Tacoma
• Louis Paulsen, Director, Strategic Operations Projects and Risk Managment, Port of Tacoma
• Ing. A.P. (Piet) Louwen, Asset Manager Constructions, Port of Rotterdam