Posted on October 2, 2024
Still Time to Register and Available rooms at the Maritime Conference Center Hotel.
Registered Guest will be treated to MITAGS Full Mission Ship Simulator Demonstrations , great food and beverages.
Our social event will be fully catered at the Guiness Open Gate Brewery only minutes away from MITAGS campus.
Don’t want to miss this year’s event !!!!
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October 15th Tuesday
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM WEDA Dredging 101 Course A 300
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM WEDA National Board Meeting. A 302
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Achieving More Sustainable Management for Dredged Materials A 300
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Early Registration Auditorium Corridor
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Icebreaker Reception at MITAGS Simulator Break Area
*Escorted groups of 12 will tour the Ship Simulator
October 16th Wednesday
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration Auditorium Corridor
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM Breakfast Central Break Area
7:00 AM – 8:15 PM Women of WEDA Breakfast A 300
8:15 AM – 3:40 PM Meetings Auditorium
8:15 AM – 8:25 AM Welcome
Steve Miller, WEDA Eastern Chapter President
8:25 AM – 8:35 AM Welcome to MITAGS
Captain Jon Kjaerulff , Director of Business Development
8:35 AM – 9:00 AM 1. Welcome to Maryland
Mr. Jonathan Daniels Md Port Administration Executive Director
9:00 AM – 9:25 AM 2. WEDA National Update, Jessica Bridges Executive Director WEDA
9:25 AM – 9:50 AM 3. WEDA Safety Excellence Award Dredging Contractor – David Johanson GLD&D SVP Project Operations
9:50 AM – 10:15 AM 4. USACE Dredging Program Overview, Erica Janocha Dredging Program Manager U.S. Army Corps
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Break Central Break Area
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM 5. Panel The Value of Human Capital in an Evolving Industry: Building/Managing People While Underway AUDITOIUM
Moderator Armand Riehl GLDD VP Senior Project Sponsor.
Janelle Pogodzinski JF Brennan VP Chief Human Capital Officer
Captain Jon Kjaerulff MITAGS Director of Business Development
` Stuart Keeter Management Senior Director Recruiters of Raleigh
Eric Rosina President ACT Engineers
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Main Dining Room
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch with the USACE Rear Main Dining Room
Back by popular demand, this segment was developed for engineers, contractors, agencies, and owners to meet one on one with both North Atlantic and South Atlantic USACE District personal to discuss specific programs, work schedules and bidding opportunities.
1:30 PM – 1:55 PM 6. Advancing Coastal Resilience in Virginia, Mindy Strevig, PE Anchor QEA Managing Engineer
1:55 PM – 2:20 PM 7. Marsh elevation at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Joel Carr, Ph.D.
U.S. Geological Survey Research Ecologist
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM Break Central Break Area
2:40 PM – 3:05 PM 8. NC Water quality & Update Juvenile Sturgeon, Matthew Balazik
USACE (ERDC)
3:05 PM – 3:30PM 9. Reservoir Dredging, from Puerto Rico to Pakistan, Gregory L. Morris, PE PhD GLM Engineering Partner
3:30 PM – 3:55 PM 10. NOAA Tangier Sound Hydrographic Survey, Gregory Crenshaw, eTrac, Team Lead/ Hydrographic Surveyor
3:55 PM – 4:20 PM 11. Maryland Port Dredged Material Management Program, Darren Swift, Maryland Port Administration, Deputy Director Office of Harbor Development
4:20 PM Adjourn for the day.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Happy hour event – meet and greet.
Guiness Open Gate Brewery
Speaker: Laura Todd , Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
(Shuttle Bus Service begins at 5:30PM pick up at Building 2 Mian Entrance)
October 17th, Thursday
7:00 AM – 8:15 AM Breakfast Central Break Area
8:15 AM – 12:00 PM Meetings Auditorium
8:15 AM – 8:25 AM Welcome
Steve Miller , WEDA Eastern Chapter President
Welcome to WEDA Election
8:25 AM – 8:50 AM 12. Recovery from Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse – Timmothy Williamson, Salvage, Donjon Marine Co. Vice President
8:50 AM – 9:45 AM 13. Enhancing Organizational & Personal Resilience in the USACE
Moderator K.S. Goldberg, PE, PMP USACE Philadelphia District – Chief Technical Support Branch
Speakers Anthony Ciorra, PE – USACE New York District – Chief, Coastal Restoration & Special Projects Branch
Kevin Fenyak – USACE Baltimore District – Biologist
9:45 AM – 10:10 AM 14. Strategic Workforce Solutions in the Dredging Industry, Stuart Keeter Management Senior Director Recruiters of Raleigh
10:10 AM – 10:35 AM 15. Survey of University Dredging-Related Education, Gregory L. Williams, PhD P. E. Lecturer Coastal Engineering, College of Science and Engineering UNCW
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM Break Central Break Area
11:00 AM – 11:25 AM 16. Expanding Beneficial Use in Maryland – Maggie Cavey, M.Ed. Maryland DNR Natural Resource Planner
11:25 AM – 11:50 AM 17. Mineral resource from Upper Chesapeake Bay, Robert R. Seal USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Research Geologist
11:50 AM – 12:05 PM Closing Remarks
Steve Miller, WEDA Eastern Chapter President
