Conference Agenda Day One

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April 4, 2023

7:00 – 8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:00 – 6:30
Technologies and Solutions Exhibits
8:30 – 8:40
Welcome Remarks and Administrative Announcements

Kevin Clement
Conference Director
College of Technology
University of Houston

8:40 – 9:00
Welcome Remarks:  Port Houston

Ric Campo
Chairman of the Port Commission
Port of Houston Authority

9:00-9:30
Latin American And The Caribbean: Port Development Challenges

Jorge Duran
Chief of the Secretariat

Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP), Organization of American States (OAS)

9:30-10:00
Keynote Address:  U.S. Maritime Administration – Beyond The Horizon  

Rear Admiral, Ann C. Phillips, US Navy (Ret.)
Administrator
Maritime Administration/MARAD
U.S. Department of Transportation 

10:00 – 10:30
Networking Break
10:30-11:00
A Vision of the Future – South Carolina Ports

Barbara Melvin
President & CEO
South Carolina Ports

11:00-11:30
Port Congestion

General Stephen R. Lyons (U.S. Army, Retired)
Port and Supply Chain Envoy
White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force

11:30 – 1:00
Networking Lunch
12:00-1:00
Lunch Panel: THE OPERATORS’ PERSPECTIVES – STRATEGY FOR PORT EXPANSION & OPERATIONS

Moderator – Rich Byrnes
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston

Thomas Damsgaard
Head of Americas
BIMCO

  

Richard Heath
President & CEO
TALKE USA Inc.

  

Morgan Jackson
Director, International Transportation
Walmart

  

John Kueck
Port Optimization Manager
Maersk

Track 1: Intermodal Connectivity
1:00-2:00
The Vision: A National Strategy for Port Expansion & Operations

John D. McCown
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Center for Maritime Strategy

Barbara Melvin
President & CEO
South Carolina Ports

Roger Guenther
Executive Director
Port Houston

2:00-3:00
PANEL: The Port System of The Future

  

Moderator – Timothy Brown
Managing Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL)
Georgia Institute of Technology

    

Shashank Panchangam
Chief Product Officer
Crowley Solutions


    

 Benoit Montreuil
Professor
Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

      

 Chelsea C. White III
Schneider National Chair of Transportation & Logistics
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

3:00 – 3:30
Networking Break
3:30-4:30
Panel:  America’s Marine Highways

Moderator – Aimee Andres
Executive Director
Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals, Inc.

Timothy Pickering
Office of Ports & Waterways Planning
Maritime Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

Lucy Fletcher
Business Development Manager
AGRIServices of Brunswick

  

Jody W. Peacock
Chief Executive Officer
Ports of Indiana

    

Richard Tuebner
Vice President
Seacor AMH

4:30-5:30
Case Study:  Expanding Capabilities of Inland Ports

Moderator –  Margaret A. Kidd
Program Director/Instructional
Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics
University of Houston

Pablo Bowen-Bobenrieth
Associate Partner & Business Development Manager Americas
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

Christoph Schoppmann
Head of Terminal Planning and Logistics – Intermodal
Deputy Business Development Manager Americas
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

Dorothe Görtz
Terminal Planning Expert
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

Track 2 – Artificial Intelligence and the Automated Port of the Future
1:00-2:00
The Vision: AI and the Automated Port of the Future

Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman

Autonomy Institute

2:00-3:00
Panel: Autonomous Vessels

  

Moderator –  Captain Jason Smith
Commander, Sector Houston – Galveston
Captain of the Port
U.S. Coast Guard

Brett A. Phaneuf
President
Submergence Group LLC

Geoff Douglas
CEO and Co-Founder
Mythos AI

Wim Dillen
International Development Manager
Port of Antwerp-Bruges

  

Vesa Koivumaa
Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

3:00 – 3:30
Networking Break
3:30-4:15
Case Study: Automated Systems at the Port of Hamburg

Sven Daniels
Head of Automation and Digitalization
Partner
Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

Dr. Juergen Hellmich
Chief Executive Officer
iSAM North America Corp.

4:15-5:00
Panel:   Automated Systems and Robotics

Moderator – Captain Keith M. Donohue
Deputy Commander, Sector Houston-Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard

Vesa Koivumaa
Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

  


Dr. Rishabh (George) Das
Advisory Specialist Master
Deloitte

  


Jason Schwartz
Vice President of Corporate Development
Terradepth, Inc.

5:30
Closing of Day One
5:30-7:00
Networking reception in Exhibit Hall
6:00-7:00
Student Research Poster Contest and Awards Ceremony

 

Presented by the International Propeller Club