Annual Waterways Symposium

Nov 13, 2023  -  Nov 15, 2023 Four Seasons New Orleans

November 13-15, 2023 - New Orleans, LA

Save the Date! Our 20th anniversary Waterways Symposium

November 13-15 for #SYM23 in the Big Easy

 

   

2022 Presentations  

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2022

 

8:30 - 11:15 AM | Welcome to Paducah - The Honorable George Bray, Mayor of Paducah

                                     
                   

11:15 AM | Presentation of the National Rivers Hall of Fame Achievement Awards

                         

 

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch and Keynote Speaker: 2022 Elections - Nathan Gonzales, Editor and Publisher, Inside Elections
                           


1:00 - 1:45 PM | Economic Outlook - Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, Economist, Former Economic Policy Advisor to President Reagan

                         

2:00 - 2:30 PM | Update from United States Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division - Jim Bodron, Director, Regional Business Directorate, and Acting Director, Programs Directorate, Mississippi Valley Division

                           

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2:30 - 3:15 PM | The Effects of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Trade and Shipping - Cary B. Sifferath, Vice President, U.S. Grains Council

                           

 

3:15 - 3:30 PM | National Waterways Foundation Update

                            

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2022 

                    

8:30 - 9:15 AM | Energy Outlook -  Joe Craft, Chairman, President, and CEO, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.

                 

9:15 - 10:30 AM | Navigation Construction Projects Status Update - United States Army Corps of Engineers

    • Navigation-Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) : Andrew Goodall, P.E., P.M.P., NESP Regional Program Manager, Rock Island District
    • Kentucky Lock: Adam Walker, P.E., P.M.P., Project Manager - Programs and Project Delivery Branch, Nashville District
    • Upper Ohio Navigation Study: Stephen R. Fritz, P.E., P.M.P., MEGA Projects Program Manager, Pittsburgh District

                         

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Our thanks to all the attendees and especially our sponsors who helped make #SYM22 a success!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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