Ports in the Storm: Setting a New Course in 2009

Date: March 12 -14, 2009
Location: Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa Bonita Springs, Florida
Register by mail/fax only; online registration is not available for this conference

Program Chairpersons
Margaret Van Meter of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Gregory J. Gamalski of Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC

Thursday, March 12, 2009
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Welcoming Reception – Pool Deck

Friday, March 13, 2009
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast will be served
Sponsored by: Stout Risius Ross Inc.

Program — Shorten Sail and Take New Tack
9:00 - noon

• Revisiting Your Financing
  Gregory J. DeMars of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
• Repositioning Industrial Real Estate Developments
  Larry H. Emmons of First Industrial Realty Trust
• Re-tenanting Retail Projects
  C. Leslie Banas of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
• Reconfiguring Troubled Condominium Projects
  Gregory J. Gamalski of Giarmarco Mullins & Horton PC
• Legislative Update 2008-2009
  Mark P. Krysinski of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC

6:30 -- 8:00 p.m. Reception

Saturday, March 14, 2009
7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast will be served

Presentations

8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Your Ship Has Come in! All Aboard: Revitalizing the Waterfront

Joan L. Cleland, Senior Vice President – Commercial Real Estate, Acquest Realty
John K. Kerr, Economic Development Specialist, Port Authority of Detroit/Wayne County
Faye Alexander Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Inc.
Michael B. Poole, Director of Finance, Jacksonville Port Authority, Florida
Roy Schleicher, Senior Director of Trade Development, Marketing and Customer
Service Jacksonville Port Authority, Florida
Moderator: Catharine B. LaMont, President, LaMont Title Corp

Accommodations: Group room rates are as follows:
Partial Bay View Rooms $339
Delux Bay View Rooms $389
Plus State and Local Tax (which are currently 11%) and Resort Fee (currently $12)

All reservations must be made through the hotel’s reservation department by calling (800) 233-1234 or (239) 444-1243. The “cut-off “ date is February 12, 2009. Reservation requests received after the cut-off date will be based on availability at the hotel’s prevailing rate.