TTW Conference Agenda
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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference
August 10 – 12, 2022
Grand Hotel Marriott, Point Clear, Alabama
Golf tournament will be held on Wednesday, August 10
TTW Conference
Note: This agenda is tentative and may be subject to change.
Wednesday, August 10th
10:00 AM 4-Man Golf Scramble – Lakewood Golf Club, Dogwood Course
Mr. Will Sanders, Tournament Coordinator
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Registration Opens – Grand Ballroom Foyer
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Chairman’s Reception – Grand Ballroom Patio
Host – the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council
(Shorts and polo shirts acceptable)
Dinner on your Own
Thursday, August 11th
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Bayside Breakfast Buffet
Azalea Ballroom
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM Welcome – Mr. Mitch Mays, Administrator TTWDA and Mr. Josh Tubbs, Chairman, TTWDC
8:40 AM – 9:00 AM The Honorable Tate Reeves – Opening Comments
Governor, State of Mississippi
Chairman, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Dr. Loren Scott – Southeast Economy Update
Professor, Louisiana State University – Retired
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Congressional Panel
The Honorable Robert Aderholt – Alabama, US House of Representatives
The Honorable Jerry Carl – Alabama, US House of Representatives
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Steel Dynamics, Inc. – User of the TTW
Mr. Dan Keown – General Manager, Steel Dynamics, Inc., Columbus MS
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch on Your Own
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council Business Meeting
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Asian Carp on the Tenn-Tom Waterway
Ms. Angie Rodgers – US Fish & Wildlife
Mr. Clinton Jones – Tennessee Valley Authority
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Port of Aberdeen (Mississippi) – Leveraging Grants for Port Infrastructure
The Honorable Charles Scott – Mayor of Aberdeen
Mr. Kevin Stafford – Neel Schaffer Engineering
Mr. Bruce Lambert – MARAD, US Dept. of Transportation
Mr. Tim Pickering – MARAD, US Dept. of Transportation
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM TOURISM PANEL
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Reception and Silent Auction – Grand Ballroom
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Dinner – Grand Ballroom
Friday, August 12th
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Cybersecurity Threats to Inland Waterway User’s
Mr. Jason Burt – Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM US Army Corps of Engineers Update
Col. Jeremy Chapman – Commander USACE Mobile District
Mr. Nelson Sanchez – Chief of Operations Division, Mobile District
Mr. Justin Murphree – Operations Manager, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Mr. Anthony Perkins – Operations Manager, Black Warrior Tombigbee
Lt. Col. Joe Sahl – Commander USACE Nashville District
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Capt. Ulysses Mullins – Commander, USCG Mobile Sector
USCG Update
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM TBD
12:00 PM 40th Annual Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference Adjourned
Did you miss our 2021 Conference? View the presentations below:
- Port of Mobile Update – John Driscoll, President & CEO, Alabama State Port Authority
- The Southern Economy – Michael Randle, Owner & Publisher, Southern Business & Development
- The Site Selection Process – Chad Chancellor, NextMove Group
- Let’s Travel: North Alabama – Tami Reist, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourism Association (Part 1)
- Let’s Travel: North Alabama – Tami Reist, Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourism Association (Part 2)
- Ports and Waterways Cybersecurity Threats – Jason Burt, Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency
- US Army Corps of Engineers Update – Mobile District (Part 1)
- US Army Corps of Engineers Update – Mobile District (Part 2)
- US Army Corps of Engineers Update – Mobile District (Part 3)
- US Army Corps of Engineers Update – Nashville District
- US Coast Guard Update – Capt. LaDonn A. Allen, Commander, USCG Mobile Sector
- Harvesting High Flow Water for Industrial Use – Dr. Jonathan Pote & Dr. Charles Wax, Mississippi State University (Part 1)
- Harvesting High Flow Water for Industrial Use – Dr. Jonathan Pote & Dr. Charles Wax, Mississippi State University (Part 2)
- Conference Sponsor Powerpoint