2010 Northern California Mega Region Summit

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Thank you for your interest in the 2010 Northern California MegaRegion Summit.

    - The event program is outlined below. A pdf version can be downloaded here.

    - Online ticket purchase can be found here.
      Please note that early registration ends March 15th. Tickets purchased after this
      date increase to $100. The registration deadline is 3pm on Wednesday,
      March 24th.

    - Hotel information, including group rate discounts, is available here.

    - The official press release can be found here.

For more information, please contact Karen Engel at kengel@oaklandchamber.com or (510) 874-4800 x320.

On March 26th, join business leaders, elected officials and others to discuss goods movement challenges and opportunities in Northern California.

Thousands of companies in Northern California -- and the cities and counties in which they operate -- rely on efficient channels for moving exports and imports to and through our region. The 2010 Northern California MegaRegion Summit will focus on goods movement in the MegaRegion with a special emphasis on the Port of Oakland and the redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base.

Speakers will address current trends in international trade, the future of the Port of Oakland and the critical infrastructure investments needed to keep the Northern California MegaRegion competitive in the long run.

2010 MegaRegion Summit Moving America's Economic Recovery Forward Jewett Ballroom Oakland Marriott - City Center 1001 Broadway, Oakland CA 94607
7:30am	Buffet Breakfast; Registration

7:50am	Opening
	Emily Shanks, Senior Vice President for Commercial Banking and East Bay Market President, Bank of America
8:00am	Welcome to Oakland
	Ronald V. Dellums, Mayor of Oakland
8:15am	Introduction of the Video
	John Barna, Vice President, AECOM Transportation, former Executive Director of the California Transportation Commission
8:25am	Video: Driving the Northern California Economy

8:30am	The Vision for the Northern California Economy
	Invited: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor, State of California (confirmation pending) The Governor will define the MegaRegion and articulate the overall goal vision for the Northern California economy.
9:00am	Northern California Competes: Sizing up the Competition
	Peter Stone, Chief Commercial Officer, Ports America Mr. Stone will discuss trends in the goods movement industry: how the Panama Canal improvements will impact Oakland and West Coast ports. A peek at the future.
9:30am	Laying out the Need for Goods Movement
	Moderator: Scott Moore, Vice President, Union Pacific Manuel Cunha, Jr., President, Nisei Farmer's League Brian Beveridge, Co-Director, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, and Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative Michael Jacob, Vice President, Pacific Merchants Shipping Association Leal Sundet, Longshore Division Coast Committeeman, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Matthew Schrap, Director of Environmental Affairs, California Truckers Asssociation Michael Walker, Vice President, External Affairs, Constellation Brands
10:30am	Break

10:50am	Keeping California Competitive: Critical investment in our goods movement infrastructure
	Moderator: Greg Sundberg, Managing Director of Public Finance, Senior Investment Banker, Bank of America - Merrill Lynch Tom Nartker, Vice President of Transportation, Safeway Corporation Steve Heminger, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Bimla Rhinehart, Executive Director, California Transportation Commission Matthew K. Rose, Chairman, President and CEO, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company
11:50am	Northern California Ports - 21st Century Infrastructure
	Moderator: Jim Wunderman, President & CEO, Bay Area Council Omar Benjamin, Executive Director, Port of Oakland William Lewicki, Director, Marketing, Port of Stockton Gene Endicott, Government and Public Relations, Port of West Sacramento Monique Moyer, Executive Director, Port of San Francisco
12:35pm	Buffet Lunch

12:50pm	Next Steps for the Northern California MegaRegion
	Moderator: Gabriel Metcalf, Executive Director, San Francisco Planning and Urban Development Research Association The Moderator will take the audience through a series of polling questions which they will be asked to vote on (using instant polling). The results will be immediately tabulated and displayed to all attendees with a facilitated discussion to follow. The exercise will help identify the priorities for action with regard to goods movement in the MegaRegion. Poll results will be discussed by: Andrew Chesley, Executive Director, San Joaquin Council of Governments Lorraine Giordano, Director, ATLAS, College of Alameda and Northern California Transportation & Logistics Initiative (confirmed) Mike McKeever, Executive Director, Sacramento Council of Governments Ezra Rapport, Deputy Executive Director, Association of Bay Area Governments Amy Zimpfer, Associate Director, Air Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, District IX
1:45pm	Special Announcement by the US Department of Commerce

2:00pm	Summit Adjourns

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