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December 9 (11:00AM) - 10 (4:00PM), 2014
NMMA SC Education Conference & Annual Meeting
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Charleston Marriott Riverview
NMMA South Carolina
Education Conference & Annual Meeting
Charleston Marriott Riverview
December 9 – 10, 2014
Tuesday, December 9
11:00AM –Topaz Promenade - Registration Opens; 11:30 Light Buffet
12-Noon – Topaz Blue - Welcome – Iggy del Valle, Chairman NMMA SC Advisory Board
12:10PM - State of the Marine Industry – Thom Dammrich, President, National Marine Manufacturers Association
1:15PM – Marketing Best Practices: Making the Most of Social Media, Online Marketing and the NMMA – Armida Markarova, NMMA Director of Integrative Marketing & Web
2:15PM - Break
2:30PM - Economic Outlook for the SE Region – Frank L. Hefner, Director of Economic Analysis, College of Charleston
3:30PM - Legislation & Regulations to Watch – David Dickerson, NMMA Director, State Government Relations
4:15PM – The Evolution of Working Waterfronts in a Changing Climate – April Turner, Coastal Communities Specialist, SC Sea Grant Extension Program
5:15PM - Adjourn
5:30PM – Yellow Topaz – Cocktail Reception til 8 PM
Wednesday, December 10
7:30AM – Blue Topaz - Continental Breakfast
9:00AM – The Honorable Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina*
10:00AM - Ports Panel: Denver Merrill, Maritime Association of SC VP, Pennie Bingham, Executive Director, World Trade Center; Minna Hoikkala, Boat Shipping International
10:45AM - Break
11:00AM - Ports & Exports - Phil Minard, Manager, Charleston Export Assistance Center, US Dept. of Commerce
12-Noon - Lunch
12:30PM - Business Outlook for South Carolina - Burnett R. Maybank III, Nexsen Pruet Law Firm
1:30PM - Panel on the State of our Waterways: Brad Pickel; David , Southern Dredging*; David Warren, Project Manager, USACE Charleston District*; Rutledge Leland, Mayor of McClellanville*
2:30PM - Update on BIG and CVA programs: Scott Meister, SCDNR; Clean Marina program - Milt Hazel, CMM, Benchmark Marine
3:30PM - Annual Meeting
President’s Report – Iggy del Valle, Chairman NMMA SC Advisory Board
Advisory Board Replacements
4:00PM - Adjourn