Conference Agenda Day Three
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April 6, 2023
7:30 – 8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 1:15
Technologies and Solutions Exhibits
3:00-5:00
Port Houston Tour
TRACK 7 – PORT SECURITY
8:30-9:00
Case Study: Maritime Domain Awareness
Colin Nelson
Senior Sales Executive, Certified Port Executive
WAV Systems, Innovative Signal Analysis Inc.
Panelists TBA
9:00 – 10:00
PANEL: MAKING AMERICA’S PORTS SMARTER THROUGH ACCREDITATION AND DIGITIZATION – MARSEC ADaPT Program
Moderator – Mark R. DuPont
MARSEC ADaPT Program Manager
Executive Director
International/National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy
Mark Dubina
Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay
10:00- 10:30
Networking Break
10:30-11:30
Case Study: Security at Port of Kribi, Cameroon
Jonathan Sawicki
Associate Managing Director
Witt O’Brien
CAPT Mustapha (Garbati) Mohamed
Port Kribi
Cameroon
11:30 – 12:30
FEMA Port Security Grants
Duane Davis
Section Chief, Port Security Grant Program
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, FEMA
Brian P. Hill
Director, Western Gulf Gateway
U.S. Maritime Administration
Department of Transportation
TRACK 8 – Relevant Topics
8:30-9:00
Land Use – Port of Hamburg
Speaker TBA
9:00-10:00
PANEL: EPA Pilot Program: Community and Port Collaboration
Moderator TBA
Chris Waterson
General Manager
Waterson Terminal Services, LLC
Emily A. Federer
Sustainability Manager
Port of New Orleans
Christina R. Billingsley, MSc
Senior Program Manager, Community Engagement
Port of Seattle
10:00- 10:30
Networking Break
10:30-11:30
PANEL: Ports – Offshore Wind Energy
Moderator – Marco Poisler
Chief Operating Officer – Global Energy & Capital Projects
UTC Overseas, Inc.
Melanie Kenderdine
Managing Principal, Energy Futures Initiative
EJM Associates
Stephen Kelly
President of Sales & Business Development
Carver Companies
Joshua Singer
Offshore Wind Port Lead
Moffatt Nichol
11:30-12:30
PANEL: Shoreside Charging and Fueling
Moderator – Alfred B. Henson, PhD
Instructional Assistant Professor
University of Houston
Narendra Pal, PhD
Director of Hydrogen Technology
Hornblower Group Inc
Michael Complita, P.E.
Principal in Charge | VP Strategic Expansion
Elliott Bay Design Group
12:30-1:15
U.S. Coast Guard Research Portfolio
Joseph DiRenzo, Ph.D.
Director
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
1:15
Conference Closing
Kevin M. Clement
Executive Director, 2023 Port of the Future Conference
College of Technology
University of Houston