Breakout Sessions

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DAY ONE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008

1:00pm - 1:45pm  Breakout Session 1: Regulatory Update                   

Marine:  (Room 150A)
Moderator: George Cunningham, Editor, The Cunningham Report
Panelist: Roxanne Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX - Category 3 Engine Rule       
Panelist: Trish Koman, Clean Ports USA Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Update on IMO Negotiations and MARPOL Annex VI 
Panelist: Paul Milkey, Manager, California Air Resources Board – California OGV and Harbor Craft Rulings

Rail: (Room 150B)
Moderator: Norman Fassler-Katz, Senior Consultant, California Senator Alan Lowenthal
Panelist: Donald Kopinski, Senior Project Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, - Federal Regulation to Control Emissions from Locomotives
Panelist: Michael Jaczola, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board – Progress on Understanding and Improving Locomotive Emissions in California
Panelist: Zorik Pirveysian, Planning and Rules Manager, South Coast Air Quality Management District – SCAQMD Efforts to Reduce Emissions from Locomotives

On-Road/Trucking: (Room 150C)
Moderator: Angelo Logan, Executive Director, East Yard Communities For Environmental Justice
Panelist: John Gruszecki, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board– Update on Regulations to Clean Up On-Road Diesel Port Trucks
Panelist: Thomas Jelenic, Senior Environmental Specialist, Port of Long Beach - San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Trucks Program
Panelist: Tony Brasil, Manager, In-Use Control Measures Section, California Air Resources Board – Update on Regulations for Private Fleets

Infrastructure: (Room 153A)
Moderator: Bonnie Lowenthal, Vice Mayor, District 1, City of Long Beach
Panelist: Leslie Rogers, Region IX Administrator, Federal Transit Administration – Update on SAFETEA-LU
Panelist: John Barna, Executive Director, California Transportation Commission – Implications of Climate Change Regulation on Transportation Planning

Air Freight: (Room 153B)
Moderator: Mike Carroll, Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Panelist:  Ev Ashworth, Ashworth Leininger Group – Estimating Emissions from Ground Support Equipment
Panelist:  Philip Fine, Atmospheric Measurements Manager, South Coast Air Quality Management District - General Aviation Airport Air Quality Monitoring Project Results

DAY TWO: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008

10:00am  - 11.30am  Breakout Session 2: Innovative Technologies and Programs
      
Marine: (Room 150A)
Moderator: Trish Koman, Clean Ports USA Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Panelist: Susan Hayman, Vice President, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment – Foss Maritime Company, World’s First Hybrid Tugboat
Panelist: Peter Halder , Technical Director, Wärtsilä America Inc. – Making the Switch to Low Sulfur Fuel

Rail: (Room 150B)
Moderator: Janea Scott, Staff Attorney, Environmental Defense
Panelist: Pete Lawson, Product Line Manager – Freight Locomotive, General Electric Transportation – Approaching Tier 3 & 4 Environment Standards
Panelist: James Wurtz, Vice President, National Railway Equipment Company – Success with Multi Engine Locomotives and Advanced Product Line
Panelist: Andrew Fox, President, Pacific Harbor Line – Low Emission Locomotives Meeting the Operational Demands at the San Pedro Bay Ports
Panelist: Michael Iden, General Director Locomotive Engineering, Union Pacific Railroad Company – Engines of Change and Future Fuels for Locomotives 

On-Road/Trucking: (Room 150C)
Moderator: Kristin Riha, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
Panelist:  Bob Towle, Emissions Compliance Expert, Ironman – Reducing Emissions with Retrofits
Panelist: Jim Williams, International Truck and Engine Corporation – Hybrid Development and Applications Update
Panelist:  Michael Gallagher, President and Chief Operating Officer, Westport Innovations – Natural Gas Engines for Cleaner Port Trucks
Panelist: Gene Fratello, Sprint Nextel – Cell Phone Technology for an Advanced Transport Communications System

Infrastructure: (Room 153A)
Moderator: Annie Nam, Program Manager, Transportation Finance & Goods Movement, Southern California Association of Governments
Panelist: Rick Bishop, Executive Director, Western Riverside Council of Governments – Addressing Freight Mobility in the Inland Empire
Panelist: Mark Sisson, Principal, DMJM Harris – Growing Green at the ICTF
Panelist: Dan Smith, Principal, The Tioga Group – Inland Port Feasibility Study
Panelist: David Chow, Director, IBI Group  – High Speed Rail Transport Study

Air Freight: (Room 153B)
Moderator: Leeor Alpern, Policy Affairs Consultant
Panelist:  Tonia Reyes Uranga, City of Long Beach Councilmember, District 7 – Green Airport and Neighborhood Protection Plan
Panelist: Brett Caldwell, AICP, Airport Planner, San Diego County International Airport Authority – Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program at San Diego International Airport
Panelist: Greg Zilberfarb, Commercialization and Outreach Project Manager, PERC – Benefits of Propane to Reduce GSE Emission