Port of Hueneme — REGISTER TODAY: World Trade Week Event Next Tuesday – May 3

Details will be posted as they become available

10:30 – 11:00am
Sign in and Networking

11:00 – 11:15am
Call Meeting to Order

• Kristin Decas, CEO and Port Director

Welcoming Remarks

• Mary Anne Rooney, Oxnard Harbor District President
• Jess J. Herrera, Oxnard Harbor District Vice President

How’s Trade at Hueneme?

• Kristin Decas

11:15 – 11:45am
Trade Updates from Global Partners

• Diego Meneses Zamora, Consulado General de Guatemala en Los Angeles
• Manuel Herrera, Consulado de México en Oxnard
• Betty Young, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
  …and more

11:45am – Break
Boxed lunch will be provided

12:00 – 12:30pm
Keynote Address

• Alyson Santoro
  Associate Professor
  UCSB Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
  Santoro Lab’s research at UCSB EEMB focuses on microbes involved in nutrient cycling in the ocean. This research has used genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and stable isotope geochemistry as tools to uncover the activity of microbes in the mesopelagic ocean.

12:30 – 12:45pm
Introduction

• Maryanne Burke
  Director of the US Commercial Service
  US Export Assistance Center
  located at the Port of Hueneme

12:45 – 1:15pm
Roundtable Discussion

• Andrea Neal, PhD, CEO, Board Member, Bring Back the Blue
• Armen Kvryan, PhD, Materials Engineer – Corrosion Subject Matter Expert, NAVSEA Warefare Centers, Port Hueneme
• Giles Pettifor, Environmental Manager, Port of Hueneme
• Moderator: Richard Swanson, Jr., Senior Advisor, US Commercial Service
  US Export Assistance Center, Ventura & Central Coast

1:15 – 1:30 pm
Economic Updates

• Bruce Stenslie, Ray Bowman
  Economic Development Collaborative

1:30 – 1:45 pm
Export Achievement Awards
Presented by Oxnard Harbor District Commissioners

Port tours available to interested parties after end of official program

Port of Hueneme is the site of the World Trade Center, Oxnard — The WTC Oxnard mission is to encourage expansion of world trade activities in Ventura County and vicinity, to foster greater participation in world trade and to attract increased international business to Ventura.

The Port of Hueneme is one of the most productive and efficient commercial trade gateways for niche cargo on the West Coast. The Port is governed by five locally elected Port Commissioners. The Port consistently ranks among the top ten U.S. ports for automobiles and fresh produce. Port operations support the community by bringing $2.2 billion in economic activity and creating 20,032 trade-related jobs. Trade through the Port of Hueneme generates more than $173.2 million in direct and related state and local taxes, which fund vital community services. In 2017, the Port of Hueneme became the first port in California to become Green Marine certified and was voted the Greenest Port in the U.S. at the Green Shipping Summit. www.portofh.org.