September 22, 2022 Renaissance Seattle Hotel
Agenda
900 - 1030
Welcoming Remarks
Peter Philips, President, Colibri Northwest
Legislative Overview and Public Sector Funding
The Infrastructure and Jobs Act
The Inflation Reduction Act: What it might mean for ferries and infrastructures
Changes to the state’s Tax Increment Financing
Other state-support financing tools
MODERATOR:
Stacey Crawshaw-Lewis, Pacifica Law Group
PANELISTS:
Alice Ostdiek, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Public financing legal landscape
1030 - 1100
Coffee Break and Networking
1100 - 1200
Planning for Marine Transit: Steps to Successful Implementation
Demand and feasibility studies
Organizing an administrative structure to manage the system
Determining routes, terminals and vessels
Long range planning
MODERATOR:
Peter Philips, Colibri Northwest
1200 - 1330
Lunch
Mark Keneford, Wartsila
Shoreside Charging Solutions for Electric and Hybrid Ferries
1330 - 1500
Infrastructure Projects: Terminals and Uplands Projects
Siting the facility
Engaging development partners
Developing a construction management model
MODERATOR:
Carla Sawyer, Progressions
PANELISTS:
Ben Franz-Knight, Shiels Obletz Johnsen
Laura LaBissoniere-Miller, PRR
David Sowers, Washington State Ferries
Site and infrastructure considerations
1500 - 1530
Coffee Break and Networking
1530 - 1700
Case Studies
Applications as they relate to the unique operating environments for which they were developed.
Alternative fuels
Electric and electric hybrid propulsion
Private operations supporting economic development
MODERATOR:
Bruce Agnew, ACES Northwest
PANELISTS:
Greg Dronkert, Maritime Consulting Partners
Des Moines Ferry Project
Morgan Fanberg PE, Glosten
Alternative fuels
Matt von Ruden, Washington State Ferries
Electrification of Washington State Ferries
1700 - 1830
Reception
