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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
<br />WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24 2014 • The Magic Number for funding the Statewide Beach Management
<br />r i Program Going Forward
<br />ficial Welcome and Opening Remarks Debbie Flack, President, FSBPA, Tallahassee and William Stronge, Ph.D., Chair Emeritus,
<br />'4"mn Hamman, Vice -Chair, Lee County Board of County Commissioners Department of Economics, Florida Atlantic University and Stronge Consulting, Inc.,
<br />Boca Raton
<br />• Keynote Presentation: lee County Beach Management — Program,
<br />Projects, Partners and Perseverance
<br />Steve Boutelle, FSBPA Chair and Operations Manager, Lee County Natural
<br />Resources
<br />• Lee County Tourism and the Value of Beaches
<br />Tamara Pigott, FSBPA Director and Executive Director, Lee County Visitor &
<br />Convention Bureau
<br />• Environmental Windows: Why We Can't, Why Can't We, and a List of
<br />Maybes
<br />Danielle Irwin, PWS, LEED AP, Deputy Director, Division of Water Resource
<br />Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee and
<br />Bill Hanson, Vice -President, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Oakbrook, IL
<br />• Can Beach Nourishment be an Adaptation Strategy for Sea Level Rise?
<br />James Houston, Ph,D., P.E., Director Emeritus, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
<br />Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS
<br />• A Dialogue to Ensure more Emphasis and Appreciation for Beach
<br />Nourishment as a Recognized Adaptation Strategy for Sea level Rise
<br />James Murley, Executive Director, South Florida Regional Planning Council,
<br />Hollywood - Jack Osterholt, Deputy -Mayor, Regulatory and Economic Resources,
<br />Miami -Dade County • Gary Appelson, Policy Coordinator, Sea Turtle Conservancy,
<br />Gainesville • James Houston, Ph.D., P.E., Director Emeritus, U.S. Army Corps of
<br />Fnnineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS - Jason
<br />P.E., Chief, Coastal Design Section, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville
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<br />• Addressing the Effectiveness of Beach Nourishment in Response to Sea
<br />Level Rise
<br />Michael Walther, P.E., D.CE, President, Coastal Tech, Vero Beach
<br />THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
<br />• Lover's Key or Bonita Beach: The Rest of the Lee County Story
<br />Cliff Truitt, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, Senior Engineer, Coastal Tech, Sarasota and Michael
<br />Poff, P.E., Vice -President of Engineering, Coastal Engineering Consultants, Naples
<br />• Selected Provisions of the Water Resources and Reform Development
<br />Act of 2014
<br />Harry Glenn, Vice -President, Van Scoyoc Associates, Washington, DC and
<br />Jacqueline Keiser, Chief, Coastal/Navigation Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
<br />Jacksonville District
<br />• Federal Shore -Protection Program: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
<br />2013 Storm Damage Response, and Ongoing 2014 Program and Funding
<br />Opportunities
<br />Colonel Alan Dodd, District Engineer, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville
<br />District
<br />Amendment 1: Florida's Water and land "Legacy" Amendment
<br />Eric Draper, Executive Director, Audubon Florida, Tallahassee
<br />• Florida's Federal Shore Protection Program: Comprehensive Overview,
<br />Funding Trends, and Future Projections
<br />Jacqueline Keiser, Chief, Coastal/Navigation Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
<br />Jacksonville District
<br />• Celebrating Florida's Beach Management Efforts and Visioning Future
<br />State Funding Needs
<br />Tom Campbell, P.E., Executive Director, CBM, Boca Raton
<br />• Anticipating the Afternoon's Field Trip: Where's the Beach? Big Hickory
<br />Island's 2013 Restoration Project
<br />Nicole Elko, Ph.D., President, Elko Coastal Consulting, Inc., Wadmalaw Island, SC
<br />• Field Trip
<br />FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
<br />• Breakwaters for Erosion Control and Environmental Benefits
<br />Kenneth Humiston, P.E., Co -Founder, Humiston & Moore Engineers, Naples
<br />• Challenges and Intergovernmental Success of the 2013/14 Beach
<br />Nourishment Projects on Anna Maria Island
<br />Charlie Hunsicker, Director, Manatee County Natural Resources and Thomas Pierro, P.E.,
<br />D.CE, Director, CB&I, Boca Raton
<br />• Beach Nourishment and Nearshore Hardbottom
<br />Danielle Irwin, PWS, LEED AP, Deputy Director, Division of Water Resource
<br />Management, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
<br />• Research and Development: What We Can Do when We All Work Together
<br />Bill Hanson, Vice -President, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Oakbrook, IL
<br />• Physical Monitoring of Beach Erosion Control Projects: Reevaluation of
<br />Purpose and Specific Information Needs
<br />Robert Brantly, P.E., Program Administrator, Engineering, Hydrology & Geology
<br />Program and Alex Reed, Program Administrator, Beaches and Mines Funding
<br />Assistance Program, Division of Water Resource Management, Florida Department
<br />of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee
<br />• GIS Mapping of Beach Eligibility for State of Florida Local Government
<br />Funding Requests
<br />John Bishop, Ph.D., Coastal Management Coordinator, Pinellas County Natural
<br />Resources
<br />• Adaptive Management and Policy Solutions for Two Contentious Issues
<br />on Fort Myers Beach: Beach Nourishment and Nesting Birds
<br />Keith Laakkonen, Environmental Sciences Coordinator, Town of Fort Myers Beach
<br />- Unprecedented Cooperation on the Broward County Federal Emergency
<br />Beach Fill Truck Haul Project
<br />Cynthia Perez, Project Manager, U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
<br />"operatively Managing a 46 mile, $14 million Annual Program with
<br />dal, State, County and Municipal Funding
<br />`CMne Welch, Environmental Manager, Palm Beach County Environmental
<br />Resources Management CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. will be the featured exhibitor
<br />Further detail and changes to the program will be available on-line and in e-mail blasts
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