TTW Conference Agenda
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Wednesday, August 9th
10:00 AM 4-Man Golf Scramble – Dogwood Course, Lakewood Golf Club
RAIN OR SHINE – BOX LUNCH PROVIDED
Mr. Will Sanders, Tournament Coordinator
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration Opens – Grand Ballroom Foyer
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Chairman’s Reception – Grand Ballroom Patio
Host – the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council
(Shorts and polo shirts acceptable)
Dinner on your Own
Thursday, August 10th
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Bayside Breakfast Buffet – Hosted by Yellow Creek Port, Mississippi
Grand Ballroom
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM Welcome – Mr. Mitch Mays, Administrator TTWDA, Mr. John McConnell,
Vice Chairman TTWDA and Mr. Mike Williams, Chairman TTWC
8:40 AM – 9:40 AM Creating Big Opportunities for Small Towns
Mr. David Thornell, CEcD, NDFP, IOM
Owner – Small Town Solutions
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM Port Infrastructure Development Program – UPDATE
Mr. Timothy Pickering, Director, Office of Ports & Waterways Planning
Maritime Administration (MARAD), US Dept. of Transportation
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM United States Congressional Update
The Honorable Roger Wicker – United States Senate
The Honorable Jerry Carl – United States House of Representatives
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Riverworks Discovery: A Journey of Exploration
Ms. Errin Howard, Executive Director
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch on Your Own
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council Business
Meeting
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Charting Your Success – National Trends in Site Selection & Investment
Ms. Tess Fay, Principal & Mr. Cedric Colbert, Consultant
Global Location Strategies
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM Trade Wars and Freight Flows: Understanding the Transportation
Impact of the Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
Dr. Bethany Stich, Director & Ms Carol Short, Associate Director
University of New Orleans, Transportation Institute
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM America’s Great Loop
Ms. Kim Russo, Executive Director
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals
Ms. Aimee Andres, Executive Director
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Reception and Silent Auction – Grand Ballroom
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Dinner – Grand Ballroom
Mr. Dick Burleson, Retired SEC Football Official
Friday, August 11th
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM The Great Oaks Breakfast Buffet – Hosted by Yellow Creek Port,
Mississippi
Magnolia Ballroom
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM US Army Corps of Engineers Update
Colonel Jeremy Chapman – Commander USACE Mobile District
Mr. Nelson Sanchez – Chief of Operations Division, Mobile District
Mr. Justin Murphree – Operations Manager, Tennessee-Tombigbee
Waterway
Mr. Anthony Perkins – Operations Manager, Black Warrior Tombigbee
Mr. Timothy Fudge – Chief of Operations, Nashville District
Asian Carp Update
Mr. Craig Carrington – USACE Nashville District
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM US Coast Guard Update
Capt. Ulysses Mullins – Commander, USCG Sector Mobile
11:15 AM 41st Annual Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference Adjourned