Opening session: In light of competing federal interests, the Coastal Summit will highlight the need for a new direction including: the recognition of national benefits associated with federal navigation, shore protection and ecosystem restoration programs; expansion of these programs to optimize their effectiveness; and prioritization of projects for federal and local-sponsor funding.

Harry Simmons, ASBPA president; Tony Pratt, Summit co-chair

Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (invited)
• How will the Corps carry out its coastal mission within the current fiscal crisis and political climate?
• Is there a need for re-evaluation of the decades-old coastal projects process, particularly timeframe and full economic benefit analysis?
• How do you see the coastal communities of the United States being resilient and sustainable under the pressure of storms and SLR?
• Who is (and should be) on the team of shore and beach management and stewardship?
• How do you envision a more successful partnership with ASBPA?

Integrating Agencies’ Agendas –   Dr. Sandra Knight, Deputy Associate Administrator, Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA

Break sponsored by Coastal Technology Corporation

Agency roundtable – Dr. Lee Weishar and Dr. Tom Herrington, moderators, ASBPA Science & Technology Committee.
Participants:

• Joan Pope, Assistant Director for Civil Works Research and Development , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Dr. John Haines, Coastal and Marine Program Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey
• Dr. Sandra Knight, Deputy Associate Administrator, Mitigation, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA
• Dr. Tom Drake, Team Leader of the Littoral Geosciences and Optics Program in the Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department, Office of Naval Research

Preparing to go to the Hill and agencies: Integrating our message with yours – Bill Hanson, Vice President, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

Continental breakfast sponsored by DHI Water & Environmen

Mark Osler, Moderator

Roundtable: Partnering
Kassandra Cerveny, Director of Governmental Relations, Coastal States Organization;
Dr. Maria Honeycutt, CFM, Association of State Floodplain Managers;
Jim Wyerman, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Environmental Defense Fund
Cindy Brown, The Nature Conservancy
Irit Tamir, Senior Advocacy and Collaborations Advisor, Oxfam America

Presentations by
Jeffrey McKee, Member Corps HQ Navigation Team;
Jennifer Moyer, Deputy Chief - Operations/Regulatory ;
Theodore Brown, Chief, Planning and Policy Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters

• McKee
• Moyer
• Brown

Advocacy (inform and educate)
Targeted agency meetings, mentor lobbying)

Hill reception at the Senate Visitors’ Center Room 201-00
Bar sponsored by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
Awards sponsored by Dredging Contractors of America
Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
Presentation of awards:

• Coastal Advocate – Senator Thomas Carper, Delaware
• Friend of the Coast – Senator David Vitter, Louisiana
• Friend of the Coast Media Award – The Weather Channel and Michael Seidel
• Corps Award – Joan Pope
• Congressional Staffer – John Anderson

• 2011 Best Restored Beaches Awards:

Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Menauhant Beach, Massachusetts
Miami Beach, Florida
Moonlight Beach, California
Presque Isle, Pennsylvania

“Adaptive Management Strategies for Sea Level Rise” – John Headland, Senior Vice President, Moffatt & Nichol

“A Dredging Primer” – Barry Holliday, Executive Director, Dredging Contractors of America