Clearing the Air: Building Our Future Begins Now

A vibrant and healthy economic and environmental future for the ports is vital to us all.

We must meet the ports' environmental challenges. But to do this, it is essential that we build needed marine and landside shipping facilities and improve our transportation corridors. Without these improvements, congestion and air quality will only worsen. Inaction or delay is not an option .In order to green the ports, we must grow them.

FuturePorts supports greening and growing our ports.

Clearing the Air

official conference media sponsor

Date: Tue, June 22, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 2:00pm
7:30am registration
Where: Doubletree Hotel San Pedro

2800 via Cabrillo Marina
San Pedro, CA 90731

The Southern California region depends on the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles as their economic engine, and the benefits of that activity can be felt in every job sector. Direct and indirect jobs created by goods movement and the supply chain industry have been negatively affected by the Great Recession of 2008-09. This conference will explore what is in store for jobs in our industry, and what we can do to continue making progress on cleaning the air while building the infrastructure that will support the jobs of our future.

The goal of this conference is to inform attendees on advancements being made at the Ports regarding reductions in emissions; of the value of the Ports to the local and regional economy; and what the future growth at the Ports will be.

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AGENDA

8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Kick-off Remarks
Clay Sandidge, Principal, Sandidge Consulting
President, FuturePorts 2010 Board of Directors

Comments from Breakfast Sponsor - Port of Los Angeles
Kaylynn Kim, Commissioner, Board of Harbor Commissioners. download the presentation

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Ports and the Economy 101: FuturePorts’ Supply Chain Game™ in Action - The Recession, the Goods Movement Industry, and Your Job
Presentation by John Husing, Ph.D., Vice President, Economics & Politics, Inc. download the presentation

Panel Discussion:
Moderator: John Husing, Ph.D., Vice President, Economics & Politics, Inc.
Peter Peyton, President, ILWU Local 63
Pilar Hoyos, Vice President Public Affairs, Watson Land Company
Patty Senecal, Manager, Southern California Region and Infrastructure Issues, Western States Petroleum Association. download the presentation

10:00 – 10:10 a.m.

Break

10:10 – 11:10 a.m.

Review and Updates to the San Pedro Bay Ports’ Master Plans –
Future Growth at the Ports
Moderator: Gill V. Hicks, Director, Southern California Operations, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

LaDonna DiCamillo, Director, Government Affairs, BNSF Railway Company. download the presentation
Lanny Schmid, Director, Environmental Operations Safety, Union Pacific Railroad. download the presentation
Richard Cameron, Director of Environmental Planning, Port of Long Beach. download the presentation
Michael Christensen, P.E., Deputy Executive Director Development, Port of Los Angeles. download the presentation

11:15 – 11: 45 a.m.

The 2009 Emissions Inventories – The Future of Green Growth
Moderator: Jerilyn López Mendoza, Vice President, Board of Harbor Commissioners, Port of Los Angeles

Christopher Patton, Acting Director of Environmental Management, Port of Los Angeles. download the presentation
Robert Kanter, Ph.D., Managing Director, Environmental Affairs and Planning, Port of Long Beach. download the presentation

11:45 a.m. –
12:15 p.m.

12:15 p.m.

Networking Reception

Luncheon Served

12:45 – 1:00 p.m.

Comments from Luncheon Sponsor – Port of Long Beach
Christopher Lytle, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Southern California National Freight Gateway Collaboration
Presentation by Hasan Ikhrata, Executive Director
Southern California Association of Governments. download the presentation

1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

Conclusion and Wrap-up

The Port of Los Angeles TransPORTer at the conference! The TransPORTer is a 53-foot fully-contained, mobile exhibit featuring exciting, hands-on activities. For information on the TransPORTer, click on these photos:

and visit the Port of LA's website at www.portofla.org/education/transporter.asp.