TTW Conference Agenda
Note: This agenda is tentative and may be subject to change.
| Wednesday, August 13 | |
| 10:00 am |
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Golf Scramble – Dogwood Course RAIN OR SHINE |
| 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Registration |
| 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm | Chairman’s Reception |
| Dinner on Your Own | |
| Thursday, August 14 | |
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Yellow Creek Port Breakfast |
| 8:30 am |
Welcome Mr. Mitch Mays, Administrator TTWDA Mr. Horace Horn, Vice Chairman TTWDA Mr. Will Sanders, Chairman TTW Council |
| 8:40 am – 9:30 am |
Dr. Loren C. Scott – Economist & Professor Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc. Southeast U.S. Economic Forecast |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am |
Mr. Chris Blankenship – Commissioner Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Break – spons. Parker Towing Company & R&D Maintenance |
| 10:15 am – 10:45 am |
Mr. Mike Steenhoek – Executive Director Soy Transportation Coalition Inland Waterways: Connecting Farmers with the World |
| 10:45 am – 11:30 am |
Mrs. Lindsay Cline – Director of Strategic Partnerships U.S. Navy Maritime Industrial Base Program The Maritime Industrial Base Program |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Mr. Forrest Whitehurst – Port Manager Enviva Biomass Port of Epes – Enviva Biomass Plant Update |
| 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm |
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Council Annual Business Meeting |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN |
| 1:30 pm – 1:35 pm |
Col. Kelcey R. Shaw – Commander USACE Mobile District |
| 1:35 pm – 2:30 pm |
Dr. Josh Hendrickson – Professor of Economics University of Mississippi The Return of Tariffs: Making Sense of U.S. Trade Strategy |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break – spons. Cooper Marine, Steel Dynamics, Inc. & Ingram Barge |
| 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
Mr. Tracy Zea – President & CEO Waterways Council, Inc. Inland Waterways Modernization |
| 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm |
Mrs. Tami Reist – President & CEO Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourism Association The Future of Alabama Tourism |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Mr. Dan Caughran – VP of Production Operations United Launch Alliance |
| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Silent Auction & Reception |
| 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm |
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference Dinner Mr. Don Waldon – Stories from book Journey to the River Ms. Nancy Carpentar & Ms. Natalie Steed – America 250 |
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Dinner Hosted By Alabama Power Company – Alabama Port Authority – Cook Coggin Engineers – PowerSouth – TVA – Volkert |
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| Friday, August 15 | |
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7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Yellow Creek Port Breakfast |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Mr. Anthony Gex – Deputy Director Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am |
Mrs. Maggie Oliver – Vice President of Communications Alabama Port Authority/Port of Mobile Port Update |
| 9:30 am – 9:45 am | Break – spons. Tennessee Valley Towing & Logistec/Port of Itawamba |
| 9:45 am – 10:45 am |
Mr. Justin Murphree – Project Engineer TTW Mr. Anthony Perkins – Project Engineer BWT USACE Mobile District System Plans for Fiscal Year 2026 |
| 10:45 am – 11:30 am |
Capt. Mike Vega – Commander U.S. Coast Guard Sector Mobile Sector Mobile Initiatives |
| 11:30 am |
43rd Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference ADJOURNED |