2012 Waterfront Conference

Friday, May 18

8:00am to 9:00am
Morning Boat Tour
Restoration, Environment and Jobs Tour of New Jersey and New York City Waterfront 
Join waterfront and harbor leaders for a morning boat tour aboard Atlantica for an up-close tour of places where the working waterfront and new development are providing good jobs along with opportunities for restoring the harbor.

9:30 to 10:45
Conference Plenary
Federal Funding for the Waterfront and Our Harbor

12:30 to 1:30
Lunch Keynote
Climate Change and the Waterfront: Responding to Changes
Speaker: Cynthia Rosenzweig

11:00 to 5:00
Panel Sessions

1.  The Emerging Sustainable Harbor -- It’s About Jobs and Moving
     Goods by Water

2.   The World’s Greatest Harbor Should be a World Class Attraction
      New York-New Jersey Harbor as a tourist destination

3.   One Great Harbor - A Comprehensive Waterfront Plan for New
      Jersey

4.   Ferries – Bang for the Buck and Economic Development
      The tangible economic benefits on ferries on local communities

5.   Great Environmental Waterfront Design
      Incentivize, Build it, and Evaluate it

6.   Fishable, Swimmable, and Boating 
      Planning Water Quality for the 6th Borough

7.   Access and Equity
      An Urban Harbor that Serves Those of Us Who Can’t Go to the Hamptons

8.   Adapting to Climate Change
      Current Plans, Next Steps, and a Draft Playbook for the Future

9.   Waterfront Governance
      How to pay for the future

10. Waterfront Access
      Where, what, and how

11. Harbor Coalition Part 1 – The Harbor Act:  What does it mean for
      you?

12. Harbor Coalition Part 2 – The Harbor Act:  Take action!

5:00pm to 8:00pm
Tour of Harbor on the Hornblower Hybird

Saturday, May 19

Public Access on the Waterfront – How to grow it and expand it by addressing important policy issues.

Come together at Pier 66 for a morning of in depth discussions about issues affecting recreation on the waterfront.

9:15 to 9:30
Harbor Coalition

9:30 to 11:00
What’s that Smell? Safety and Real Time Water Quality Data

9:30 to 11:00
Busy Harbor Rough Waters - What to Do about Wakes

11:00  to 12:30
Use Public Money Wisely!  Design Guidelines for Great Waterfront Access

Join the MWA in 2012 to galvanize support for the New York-New Jersey Harbor Coalition and to explore the economic benefits of harbor revitalization. The conference will feature regional harbor champions, waterfront leaders, advocates, and policy experts from the region and nationwide.

For more information please contact Cortney Worrall at

cworrall@waterfrontalliance.org.