Agenda:
Monday, March 5th, 2012
1:00pm - MAREC meeting
Tuesday, March 6 th, 2012
Start of Inland Waterways Navigational Conference
MORNING SESSION
7:30- 9:30 – RIETF Breakfast-(Invitation only)
8:00 am – MVD Operations Chiefs Meeting ??
10:00-12:30 – RIETF / Area Advisory Leadership Meeting / Lunch – (Invitation only)
10:00 am – MVD Operations Div. Meeting ??
11:30 pm – PVA Lunch-(Invitation only)
AFTERNOON SESSION
Moderator – Colonel Christopher Hall, District Commander St. Louis District, USACE
1:00 pm – Welcome/Opening Remarks
WELCOME / INTRODUCTION:
Mr. Alan Bernstein
- BB Riverboats
Colonel Christopher Hall
- District Commander St. Louis District, USACE
Captain Byron L. Black
- Sector Commander,Upper Mississippi River Eight Coast Guard District St. Louis, MO
OPENING REMARKS:
Captain David J. Rokes
- Director, Western Rivers Division Eight Coast Guard
SES Alvin Lee
- Director of Regional Business Mississippi Valley Division, USACE
Mr. Royce Wilken
- President of ARTCO Towing Industry
Mr. Paul Belforti
- President, Passenger Vessel Association
2:00 pm – Question and Answer Session with Distinguished Guest Speakers (Those providing opening remarks)
2:15 pm – National Maritime Center Update
Captain Lloyd's Representative - TBD, USCG National Maritime Center Licensing
2:30 pm – BREAK – Conference Foyer
Moderator – Lynn Muench
3:00 – 3:45 pm – The 2011 Flood - After Action Reports – (High Level – Hot Wash)
-
Steve Jones - USACE, Chief of Operations, MVD
- TBD - USACE, LDR
- Commander Claudia Gelzer - Coast Guard
- Brent Nissen - American River Transportation
4:30 pm – Awards Ceremony - Mr. Alan Bernstein
USACE – Awards
USCG – Awards
Industry – Awards
5:00 pm – Discussion of Evening Activities – Adjourn - Mr. Alan Bernstein
5:30 pm – Reception
Wednesday, March 7 th, 2012
MORNING SESSION
7:00- 8:00 am - Coffee and Danish – Conference Foyer
Moderator – TBD
8:00 – 9:30 am – Strategic Priorities / Overview / Outlook
Lynn Muench - AWO Senior Vice President – Regional Advocacy
Mike Toohey - President, Waterways Council I
Bill Chapman - LRD
Steve Jones, Al Lee – USACE - MVD
9:30 – 10:00 am – Coast Guard Bridge Update
Eric Washburn – Bridge Admin. Branch, Eighth Coast Guard District, St. Louis
10:00 am – BREAK – Conference Foyer
10:30 am – New Technologies
Distractions in Wheel House – Robert Henry, - Chief, Marine Investigations Division, Office of Marie Safety, National Transportation Safety Board, Washington D.C.
E-Navigation – Eddie Wiggins, Assoc. Technical Dir., ERDC
Issue with Real Time current velocity meters, electronic chart systems, requirement to type in information about vessel and what carrying
(AIS) (Automated Information System) – Lieutenant Robert Lewald
New Technology from USACE perspective – ERDC
River Information Services – Director Port of Pittsburg, Jim McCarville
11:45 am Lunch – (Guest Speaker - Rear Admiral Roy Nash, Commander, Eighth Coast Guard District)
"The Way Ahead for the Coast Guard."
Wednesday, March 7 th, 2012
AFTERNOON SESSION
Moderator – Captain David Rokes, Western Rivers Division, Eight Coast Guard District
1:00 pm Sector Commander Panel Discussions
Captain Bryon Black - Sector Commander, Sector Upper Mississippi River
Captain Larry Hewett - Sector Commander, Sector Ohio Valley
Captain William Drelling - Sector Commander, Sector Lower Mississippi River
Captain Donald Rose (tentative) - Sector Commander, Sector Mobile
Commander Robert Bailey (tentative) - Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Unit Chicago
Lieutenant Commander Quincy Davis - Commanding Officer, Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge
2:30 pm – BREAK – Conference Foyer
Moderator – Steve Jones, Mississippi Valley Division. Operations Division
3:00 pm - Flood of 2011 - Panel Discussions (Detail focus on critical points)
"Birds Point Spillway" - Presenter TBD
Smithland lock, going over the pass at Smithland - Presenter TBD
Morganza - Presenter TBD
Levees at, Vidalia, LA? - Presenter TBD
Old River Control Structure - Presenter TBD
Flood plain structures - Presenter TBD
Tennessee Valley and Ohio River system. - Presenter TBD
Management of Reservoirs to Deal with Floods - Presenter TBD
Weather Service - Presenter TBD
Moderator – Greg Menke
4:00 – 5:30pm - Captain's Panel – "The View from the Pilot House"
Panel will consist of 6 to 8 seasoned mariners. Names of participates will be announced ad the time of the panel.
5:30 pm - Discussion of Evening Activities - Mr. Alan Bernstein
Thursday, March 8 th, 2012
MORNING SESSION
7:00- 8:00 am - Coffee and Danish – Conference Foyer
Moderator – Mario Munios, Jason Adams
8:00 – 8:45 am - Coast Guard Towing Vessel National Centers of Expertise – LCDR Russell and Staff ("Year in Review" - Discussion of lessons learned, issues, policies.) - Roy Murphy
8:45 – 9:30 - Towing Vessel Safety Advisory Committee Update –
Commander Rob Smith - TVSAC
9:30 – 10:00 - M/V Donna Rushing, Project - Go-Green – Mr. Joe Brantley, Engineering and Maintenance Superintendent, AEP River Operations
10:00 – 10:30 am – BREAK – Conference Foyer
Moderator – Greg Menke
10:30 – 11:30 am – Rules of the Road "From Statue to Regulation"– Daryl Sohn, Jerry Tinkey, Charlie Lehman. Repealed in 2004; took effect 2010 - Positives and negatives
11:30 – 12:00 – Panama Canal update here --- Corn Growers or Soybean Growers (Lynn Muench)
12:00 Lunch and Presentation, (USACE - St. Louis District "Structures that help keep the river open" – Mike Rogers) – chevrons, bendway weirs, dikes.
MILITARY DRESS:
Presenters at Conference - USCG: Service Dress Bravo / Army: ACU's
Attendees at Conference - USCG: Tropical Blue Long / Army: ACU's
Presenters at Awards Ceremony - USCG: Service Dress Bravo
Attendees at Awards Ceremony - Business casual civilian attire - no ties required
