12:00 - 6:00 pm

Registration
(Main Lobby)

12:45 - 1:00 pm  

Welcome: Lesley Ewing, President, California Shore and Beach Preservation Association
(Santa Cruz Room)

1:00 - 2:15 pm  

Plenary Session FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS
(Santa Cruz Room)

Brigadier General J. Robert Capka, Commander US Army, South Atlantic Division

Paul Thayer, Executive Officer, State Lands Commission

Linda Adams, Deputy Legislative Secretary, Governor’s Office

Ralph Faust, General Counsel, California Coastal Commission

2:15 - 2:30 pm

Break

2:30 - 3:45 pm

Panel #1 FUNDING AND ECONOMICS
(Santa Rosa Room)

Moderator:
George Domurat, Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Speakers:
Economics of Shoreline Management
Linda Lent, Economic Consultant

Benefits of Clean, Healthy Beaches
Howard Marlowe, Executive Director, American Coastal Coalition

The Special Purpose District and Special Tax District: Generating Revenue for Beach Protection through the Political Subdivision
Perrin Q. Dargan III Esq., Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
C.C. "Cotton" Harness III, Esq., Attorney at Law

2:30 - 3:45 pm

Panel #2 LEGAL ISSUES
(San Miguel Room)

Moderator:
J. Roger Myers, Esq., Myers, Widders, Gibson & Long

Speakers:
Alan L.Seltzer, Deputy Chief County Counsel, County of Santa Barbara

Steven A. Amerikaner, Esq.,Hatch & Parent

Robert G. Boehm, City Attorney, City of San Buenaventura

3:45 - 4:00 pm

Break

4:00 - 5:15 pm

Panel #3 RIVERS AND INLETS: DEFINING THE PROBLEMS
(Santa Rosa Room)

Moderator:
Colonel Peter T. Madsen, Commander and Division Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Speakers:
Climate Change and Beach Nourishment by Rivers
Douglas L. Inman, Research Professor and Scott Jenkins, Center for Coastal Studies, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California

Growing the Beaches – Restoring the Ventura Coast
A. Paul Jenkin, M.S., Chair, Ventura County Chapter, Surfrider Foundation

Beach Changes Triggered by Seaward Development of Towns, Expansion of Coastal Forest and Construction of Detached Breakwaters in a Pocket Beach
Professor Takaaki Uda, Director of Engineering, Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction; Yasataka Takano and Masumi Serizawa, Laboratory of Aquatic Science; and Toshino San-Nami and Kou Funuike, Coastal Engineering Laboratory

4:00 - 5:15 pm

Panel #4 STUDIES OF SHORELINE CHANGE
(Santa Miguel Room)

Moderator:
Robert Battalio, Hydrographer, Philip Williams and Associates, Ltd.

Speakers:
A Study of the Stability of the Elms Cliffs on the Chesapeake Bay
Professors Michael E. McCormick and David R.B. Kraumer, Department of Civil Engineering, John Hopkins University

San Diego Regional Beach Sand Project
Steve Sachs, Senior Planner, SANDAG and Chris Webb, Moffatt & Nichol Engineers

Beach Erosion and Its Management Strategies in Kenya
Pamela A. W. Abuodha, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute

Monitoring and Performance Analysis of Coastal Protection Works
Dr. Jimmy Murphy, University College Cork, Ireland Research Centre, Munster Institute and Jim Casey, Senior Engineer, Department of Marine and Natural Resources

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception
(Top of the Harbor)