BROWARD COUNTY, FL - The neutral, non-partisan think tank, the Eno Center for Transportation has awarded Broward County's Port Everglades its prestigious Eno P3 Technical Assistance Award, a grant funded by the Surdna Foundation. As a result, Port Everglades will host an invitational P3 educational Summit "Is P3 Right for Me?" in Fort Lauderdale.
WHAT
Attendees from the public sector and stakeholder community exploring or involved with public-private partnerships (P3) will participate in sessions taught or moderated by the Eno P3 Working Group Members and will delve into important and relevant local P3 issues. Critical topics with specific project based examples will be presented. The program is designed as a discussion format, which will allow attendees to ask questions, make observations, exchange information, review best practices, and share lessons learned.
WHERE
Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center
Room 315, 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
WHEN
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Media is invited to the first session from 9:30 to 10:15 AM
Parking vouchers will be provided
WHO
Eno Working Group Presenters
Susan Binder, Senior Associate, Cambridge Systematics
Pamela Bailey-Campbell, Vice-President, Jacobs Engineering Group
Roy Kienitz, former Under Secretary for Policy, US DOT
Mark Blanchard, Vice President, AECOM
Wes Dortch, P.E., Ports & Maritime Area Leader, HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR)
Will Suero P.E., Vice President, HDR
Chuck Sinclair, Senior Vice President, Managing Principal, HDR
Local Panelists
Eric D. Swanson, Director of Real Estate Investment, Odebrecht USA
Kelley Hall, P.E., I-595 Project Program Manager, FDOT
George Burgess, Chief Operating Officer, Becker & Poliakoff
Eno Center for Transportation
Emil Frankel, Interim CEO and President
Alex Bond, Director, Center for Transportation Leadership
Paul Lewis, Vice President of Policy and Finance
Emily Han, Policy Analyst
Planning Partners
Broward County's Port Everglades and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Broward League of Cities
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
Port Everglades Association
Urban Land Institute
Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization
About the Eno Working Group
The Eno Center for Transportation has developed this program to assist public agencies in better understanding the P3 development process, to spur action among states that have an established framework for P3s, and to build technical capacity among agencies' professional staff. The competitive grant is funded by the Surdna Foundation and was awarded in 2015 to the following three governmental organizations: Broward County, San Francisco MPO, and the Washington D.C. Mayor's Office. To learn more, visit enotrans.org.
About Port Everglades
As one of South Florida's leading economic powerhouses, Broward County's Port Everglades is the gateway for international trade and cruise vacations. Consistently ranked among the three busiest cruise ports in the world, Port Everglades is also one of the nation's leading container ports and South Florida's main seaport for receiving petroleum products including gasoline, jet fuel and alternative fuels.
The Port Everglades Department is a self-supporting Enterprise Fund of Broward County, Florida government. It does not rely on local tax dollars for operations. The total value of economic activity at Port Everglades is more than $28 billion. More than 224,000 Florida jobs are impacted by the Port, including 13,322 people who work for companies that provide direct services to Port Everglades.
For more information on Port Everglades, visit porteverglades.net or e-mailPortEverglades@broward.org.
DATE: November 9, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Maisy Alpert
Communications Manager
Corporate & Community Relations
Port Everglades Business Development Division
PHONE: 954-468-3505; 954-213-9095 (cell)
EMAIL: malpert@broward.org
