May 2, 2011
Tampa, Florida
The challenges facing port leaders today -- including trade growth, enhanced security, and competing stakeholder interests -- call forth a new level of leadership capability. Not only do port leaders need to think more strategically about the challenges they face to identify innovative solutions, they also need to be resilient in coping with and leading change. ºÃÉ«TV's Executive Management Conference, offered since 1969, is designed to address timely port leadership issues and trends. The program features a host of experienced port executive directors, senior line department managers, and other maritime industry professionals to share the essentials of port leadership and management. This seminar is a PPM® requirement.
05/02/2011
Welcoming Remarks/Orientation
05/01/2011
Port Management – Part One
A Review of the Port’s Institutional Setting & the Implications for Port Managers
Port Management Strategies
05/02/2011
Broadening Industry Awareness – Part One
Key Issues Impacting Ports
Planning for Future Transportation Realities
Workshop Team Assignment #1
Workshop Team Meetings
05/03/2011
Port Management -- Part Two
Team Reports on Assignment #1
Timely Considerations for Strategic Port Management
Effective Board Management Relations -- A Key to a Port's Success
Case Study on Creating a Safety Culture -- The Tampa Cooperative Safety Initiative
05/04/2011
Port Management -- Part Three
Effective Communications and Outreach
Ports as Environmental Stewards
Dredging and Navigational Challenges
05/05/2011
Port Management -- Part Four
Sustainability: A Financial Perspective
Engineering Port Facilities for the Future
Open Forum Discussion with Industry Leaders
Workshop Team Assignment: Exercise #2 Case Study
05/05/2011
Leadership Skills -- Part One
Leading in Times of Crisis: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
05/06/2011
Closing Presentations
Workshop Team Presentations on Assignment #2
Key Takeaways for Professional Port Management Development
