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2008 Waterfront Conference
If you're registering after 8:00 pm on Wednesday, November 12th, you are welcome to show up but we cannot promise you a seat.
The Conference Program:
8.30am - 10.00am From the Battery - On the Harbor
Registration/ Breakfast/ Harbor Tour hosted by Statue Cruises
Departing Gangway 3, Battery Park
Narrated tour along the Lower Hudson, Upper Bay, and Inner Harbor including Lower Manhattan: Battery Park, Battery Park City, and Hudson River Park; Hoboken; Jersey City: Newport, Global Marine Terminal and Port Jersey, Northeastern Auto Port, Liberty State Park, Paulus Hook, Exchange Place, Newport; Bayonne: The Peninsula, Cape Liberty, Constable Hook; Staten Island: St. George, Stapleton; Brooklyn: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge; and Governors Island
10.00am - 10.30am Check In
At the National Museum of the American Indian
10.30am - Noon in the Auditorium
Welcome: John Haworth, Director, George Gustav Heye Center
Keynote Address: Chris Ward, Executive Director, Port Authority of NY & NJ
Plenary Session: The Waterfront Action Agenda
Roland Lewis, President, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
Featuring reports from the MWA Policy Task Force Co-Chairs:
1. Harbor Education: Dr. Emlyn Koster, President and CEO, Liberty Science Center
2. Aquatecture: Michael Fishman, Principal, Urban Answers
3. Waterfront Play: Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
4. Mass Water Transit: Bill Wheeler, Director of Planning, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
5. Green Harbor: Michael Bruno, Dean of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
6. Waterfront Works: Frank McDonough, President, New York Shipping Association
12.00pm - 1.00pm Lunch in the Diker Pavilion
All Afternoon - Harbor Exhibit
Poster and tabletop exhibit featuring state-of-the-art waterfront designs and displays by MWA Alliance organizations. (Call Jen @ 212-935-9831 x279 for info.)
1.10pm 2.30pm Launching the Waterfront Action Agenda, Part 1: Practical Solutions for a 21st Century Waterfront
Four Concurrent Panels
Session A: Green Harbor, Part 1: Bringing Back Shellfish
Moderator: Dennis Suszkowski, Hudson River Foundation
Panelists: Bob Connell, New Jersey DEP; Paul Mankiewicz, Gaia Institute; Katie Mosher-Smith, NY-NJ Baykeeper; Steve Zahn, New York State DEC
Session B: Every Kid on the Water: Replicating Success
Moderator: Murray Fisher, New York Harbor School
Panelists: Jaimie Cloud, Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education; Robert Johnson, Union Settlement House; Shino Tanikawa, NYC Soil and Water Conservation District
Session C: Working Waterfront, Part 1: Growing Maritime Use
Moderator: Adam Friedman, NY Industrial Retention Network
Reports from Dr. Schmuel Yahalom, SUNY Maritime and Tiffany Smythe, Research Fellow, RPA
Respondents Include: Pat Kinnier; Port Captain, McAllister Towing and Ed Kelly, Executive Director, Maritime Association of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Session D: Getting to Yes: Simplifying the Permitting Process
Moderator: Venetia Lannon, Vice President, NYC EDC
Panelists: Suzanne Mattei, Region 2 Director, NYS DEC; Mark Mauriello, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Dick Sabatini, Staten Island Cement
2.30 to 2.40 BREAK
2.40 - 4.00 Launching the Action Agenda for the Waterfront: Part 2
Four Concurrent Panels
Session E: Working Waterfront, Part 2 Getting the Mud Out
Moderator: Jim Tripp, Environmental Defense
Panelists: Scott Douglas, Office of Maritime Resources, NJDOT; Steve Kalil, President, Caddell Dry Dock; Katie McGucken, Vice President, NYC Economic Development Corporation; Jennifer Samson, Principal Scientist, Clean Ocean Action; William Slezak, US Army Corps of Engineers
Session F: The Blue Highway: Better Water Transit
Moderator: Buz Paaswell, Director, University Transportation Research Center
Presenters: Janet Cox, General Manager, Ferry Transportation, PANYNJ, and Alan Olmsted, Office of Private Ferries, NYCDOT; Respondents include: Tom Fox, President, New York Water Taxi; NY Waterway (Invited); Terry MacRae, Statue Cruises; Rick Scarano, Classic Harbor Line (invited)
Session G: 2009: Celebrating Henry Hudsons Voyage of 1609
Welcome: Joan Davidson, Chair, Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Commemorative Commission
Moderator: Kent Barwick, President, Municipal Art Society of New York
Panelists: Paula Berry, NYC Harbor District; Angela Haines, Executive Director/Henry Hudson 400;
Gajus Scheltma, Consul General of The Netherlands in New York
Session H. Green Harbor, Part 2: Paying for a Healthier Harbor
Moderator: Rob Pirani, Director of Environmental Programs, Regional Plan Association
Chris Collins, Executive Director, SOLAR 1; Connie Fishman, President, Hudson River Park Trust; Frank Gallagher, Superintendent, Liberty State Park; Jay Watson, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Nancy Welsh, New York State Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources.
4.10pm 5.15pm Harbor 101: The Action Agenda with Elected Officials: Building a Platform Worthy of the 21st Century
Welcome: Marcia Bystryn, Executive Director, NY League of Conservation Voters
Moderator: Dick Dadey, Executive Director, Citizens Union
Panelists include: Hon. Hon. Jerrold Nadler, US House of Representatives; Hon. Jessica Lappin, New York City Council,* Hon. David Weprin, New York City Council, Hon. David Yassky, New York City Council;
5.15 Closing Remarks by Hon. Christine Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council
5.30 - 7pm Closing Reception
George Gustav Heye Center, The National Museum of the American Indian
List of Speakers
* = invited; all others confirmed
Kent Barwick, Municipal Art Society
Paula Berry, NYC Harbor District
Michael Bruno, Stevens Institute of Technology
Marcia Bystryn, New York League of Conservation Voters
Jaimie Cloud, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
Bob Connell, Bureau of Water Monitoring, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
Robert Cotter, Jersey City Department of City Planning
Janet Cox, Ferry Transportation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Dick Dadey, Citizens Union
Joan Davidson, Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Commission
Scot Douglas, Office of Maritime Resources, NJ Department of Transportation
Noreen Doyle, Hudson River Park Trust
Murray Fisher, New York Harbor School
Michael Fishman, Urban Answers
Connie Fishman, Hudson River Park Trust
Tom Fox, New York Water Taxi
Adam Friedman, NY Industrial Retention Network
Frank Gallagher, Liberty State Park
Andrew Genn, NYC Economic Development Corporation
Angela Haines, Henry Hudson 400
Robert Johnson, Union Settlement House
Steve Kalil, Caddell Dry Dock
Ed Kelly, Maritime Association of the Port of NY & NJ
Andrew Kimball, President, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation*
Pat Kinnier, McAllister Towing Company.
Emlyn Koster, Liberty Science Center
Venetia Lannon, New York City Economic Development Corporation
Terry MacRae, Statue Cruises
Paul Mankiewicz, The Gaia Institute
Suzanne Mattei, Region 2, NY State Department of Environmental Conservation
Mark Mauriello, Land Use Program, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Frank McDonough, New York Shipping Association
Kathryn McGucken, NYC Economic Development Corporation
Katie Mosher-Smith, NY-NJ Baykeeper
Regina Myer, Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation
Hon. Jerrold Nadler, US House of Representatives
Alan Olmsted, NYC Department of Transportation
Buz Paaswell, University Transportation Research Center
Mary Pelzer, South Street Seaport Museum
Rob Pirani, Regional Plan Association
Hon. Christine Quinn, Speaker, New York City Council
Jessie Ann Ransom, Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority
Dick Sabatini, Staten Island Concrete
Jennifer Samson, Clean Ocean Action
Rick Scarano, Classic Harbor Line*
Gajus Scheltma, Consul General of The Netherlands in New York
Dr. Schmuel Yahalom, SUNY Maritime
Peggy Shepard, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
William Slezak, US Army Corps of Engineers
Tiffany Smythe, Regional Plan Association
Dennis Suszkowski, Hudson River Foundation
Shino Tanikawa, NYC Soil and Water Conservation District
Jim Tripp, Environmental Defense Fund
Chris Ward, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Jay Watson, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Bill Wheeler, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Madelyn Wils, NYC Economic Development Corporation
Steve Zahn, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Jeff Zupan, Regional Plan Association
This is a critical moment in time for our waterfront. Your participation at any level will help make this years event the best ever! We hope to see you on November 13th.
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LocationNational Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
United States
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