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