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Mr. Brian Bramah, Regional Director Transportation Security, Pacific Region, Transport Canada addresses audience at the Bi-National Workshop in Seattle on July 7th
Mr. Brian Bramah, Regional Director Transportation Security, Pacific Region, Transport Canada addresses the audience at the Bi-National Workshop in Seattle.
USCG Rear Admiral Keith Taylor addresses the audience at the Bi-National Workshop in Seattle.

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After Action Conference

Date: November 26th | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm  

 

   

 

Location: Hyatt Regency Vancouver

 

  

655 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2R7, Canada 

Followed by a special tour: 

Port Metro Vancouver - Port Operations Centre 3pm-4pm

 

 

 

You are invited to participate in the US-Canada  Maritime Commerce Recovery After Action Conference on November 26th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Vancouver, BC. The purpose of this meeting is to review the findings of the October exercise and develop action items regarding improvements and next steps in the process. Your input will help us move toward implementing the draft communications and information sharing protocol and identify specific action steps to improve regional maritime resilience.  Attendees of this meeting will include maritime and regional supply chain stakeholders as well as business continuity, and critical service providers from Canada and the US. 

Additionally, from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, we will offer a personal tour of the Port Metro Vancouver Control Centre. This special tour will help stakeholders understand how the port coordinates with stakeholders across the lower mainland.  
 
Special Offer!  
For our US stakeholders, PNWER will provide reimbursement for an Amtrak train ticket from Seattle to Vancouver for the November 26 meeting (limited quantities available). If you are interested please indicate so during the registration process. There will be a reimbursement form you will need to fill out. For more information please email Joe Larsen at joe.larsen@pnwer.org .
 
Transport Schedule:
 
Depart - Monday Morning

Seattle, WA, 
King Street Station 
Departs: 7:40 AM 
Arrives: 11:40 AM 
Vancouver, BC 
 
Return - Monday Evening
Vancouver, BC
Departs: 5:45 PM 
Arrives: 10:10 PM
Seattle, WA - King Street Station

Bus
Vancouver, BC
Departs: 5:00 PM
Arrives: 8:45 PM
Seattle, WA - King Street Station 
 
USCG Cpt. Ferguson address the audience at the Maritime Commerce Resilience Tabletop Exercise held in Everett, WA on October 2.
 
This project has been a part of The US-Canada Beyond the Border and Perimeter Security Action Plan to develop information sharing protocols to swiftly recover from any maritime disruption. Click here for more information about the Action Plan.

 

This meeting is the final event in a series of regional workshops and exercises in the Pacific Northwest designed to examine bi-national commerce resumption. To read the full report of the July 10 workshop held in Seattle click here. 
About the Beyond the Border Action Plan
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on February 4, 2011, the Beyond the Border initiative to ensure that the vital economic partnership that joins our two countries continues to be the cornerstone of our economic competitiveness and security as we jointly face the challenges of the 21st century.
 
The Beyond the Border Working Group has proposed the Development of a framework for swiftly managing traffic in the event of an emergency, with the goal being to expedite maritime commerce recovery through regional collaboration between Canada and the United States. Development of the Framework will be guided by a Pilot Project in British Columbia Lower Mainland - United States Pacific Northwest region. Specifically, the Pilot project will leverage region-based, cross-border maritime resilience and recovery committees. The outcomes of this pilot will guide similar work in the Atlantic and Great Lakes regions beginning in 2013.