TTW Conference Sponsor Registration
SPONSORSHIP LEVEL BENEFITS
FLEET $20,000
- Breakfast Sponsorship recognition (both days)
- Including perks for all other levels of sponsorship
ADMIRAL $10,000
- Opening Comments on First Day of Conference
- Recognition of Directors or personnel
- Including perks for Commodore, Captain, Commander, and Anchor
COMMODORE $5,000
- Reception/Dinner Sponsorship recognition (~300 in attendance)
- Including perks for Captain, Commander, and Anchor
CAPTAIN $3,000
- Break sponsorship recognition
- Name tag recognition
- Key Card sponsor (only one, first come first serve)
- Lanyard sponsor (only one, first come first serve)
- Including perks for Commander and Anchor
COMMANDER $2,000
- Logo running on PowerPoint between session and during reception/dinner
- Including perks for Anchor
ANCHOR $1,000
- Prominent advertising of logo throughout conference
- Conference webpage recognition
Mail-in Application
Download the printable mail-in application (PDF) and send it and check to:
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
PO Drawer 671
Columbus, MS 39703
A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR
2025 CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Fleet
We Can't Wait to See You Next Year!
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference
August 12 – 14, 2026
Grand Hotel Marriott | Point Clear, AL
Miss the Event or Want More Information?
Check out the conference presentations at the links below:
Welcome Video, Governor Kay Ivey, State of Alabama
Southeast U.S. Economic Forecast, Dr. Loren C. Scott-Economist & Professor, Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc.
Mr. Chris Blankenship – Commissioner, Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Inland Waterways: Connecting Farmers with the World, Mr. Mike Steenhoek – Executive Director, Soy Transportation Coalition
The Maritime Industrial Base Program, Mrs. Lindsay Cline – Director of Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Navy Maritime Industrial Base Program
Port of Epes – Enviva Biomass Plant Update, Mr. Forrest Whitehurst – Port Manager, Enviva Biomass
Col. Kelcey R. Shaw – Commander, USACE Mobile District
The Return of Tariffs: Making Sense of U.S. Trade Strategy, Dr. Josh Hendrickson – Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi
Inland Waterways Modernization, Mr. Tracy Zea – President & CEO, Waterways Council, Inc.
The Future of Alabama Tourism, Mrs. Tami Reist – President & CEO, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourism Association
Mr. Dan Caughran – VP of Production Operations, United Launch Alliance
Mr. Anthony Gex – Deputy Director, Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals
Port Update, Mrs. Maggie Oliver – Vice President of Communications, Alabama Port Authority/Port of Mobile
System Plans for Fiscal Year 2026, Mr. Justin Murphree – Project Engineer TTW & Mr. Anthony Perkins – Project Engineer BWT, USACE Mobile District
Sector Mobile Initiatives, Captain Mike Vega – Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile
Commodore
Captain
Commander
Anchor
