Conference Agenda Day Two

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April 5, 2023

7:30 – 8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 6:30
Technologies and Solutions Exhibits

TRACK 3:  DIGITALIZATION AND INFORMATION SHARING

Carl W. Bentzel
Commissioner
Federal Maritime Commission

Moderator – Christine Schlenker
Vice President
Greater Houston Port Bureau

Matthew Costello
CEO
Voyager Portal

Captain Abhishek Nair
Director of Business Development
PortXchange

Craig Halford
Vice President of Sales
Portchain

10:00 – 10:30
Networking Break

Thiago Bacic
Business Development Manager
Radix US

Gelson Filho
Senior Consultant
Radix US

Matthew Jacobs
Manager
Deloitte

Uri Yoselevich
Founder & CEO
DockTech

Felipe Fray Buschinelli
Logistic Access Control manager
Santos Port Authority

12:00 – 1:00
Networking Lunch

TRACK 4:   DECARBONIZATION AND ALTERNATE FUELS

David Cummins
Executive Director, President and CEO
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

9:00 – 10:00
PANEL: HYDROGEN POWERED VESSELS

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

Moderator – Geir-Eilif Kalhagen
Director of Maritime
Texas Dept. of Transportation

James Helliwell
R&D Engineer
Shell Shipping and Maritime

  

Benjamin Weinacht
Managing Director CMB Germany
Director Business Development CMB.TECH
CMB Germany GmbH & Co. KG

    

Elliott Smith
Director of Real Estate and Asset Management
Port of Bellingham

10:00 – 10:30
Networking Break

Moderator – Julio R. Gonzalez
Supervisory Protective Security Advisor- Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Seonghoon Woo
CEO
Amogy

Joel Thigpen
General Manager, Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä

Nick Karim
General Manager
VMH Terminals – a Vopak Moda JV

  

John Reinert
Senior Maritime Consultant
ABS Group

11:15-12:00
PANEL: GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDORS

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

Moderator – David Walker
Vice President
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

  

Daniel Dagenais
Vice President, Port Performance & Sustainable Development
Port of Montreal

Alexandra Pierce
Tourism Manager
City and Borough of Juneau

  

New Wei Siang
Director, Maritime Decarbonisation & Net-Zero Pathways
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

  

Alisa Kreynes
Head, Ports & Shipping
Climate Solutions & Networks
C40 Cities

12:00 – 1:00
Networking Lunch
TRACK 5 – PORT ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
1:30-2:00
Focus on the Future:  Accelerating Port Decarbonization

NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

  

Karrie Trauth
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Shipping and Maritime
Shell

Moderator – Dr. Alok Verma
Department Head and Professor
Texas A&M University – Galveston

Rich Byrnes
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston

Clark Robertson
Chief Operating Officer
Port of Corpus Christi Authority

3:00 – 3:30
Networking Break

Moderator – Dr. Nima Fathi
Assistant Professor
Department of Marine Engineering Technology
Texas A&M Galveston

 

Chendhil Periasamy, Ph.D.
Vice President, Energy Transition
Air Liquide

Sayanta Dutta
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
Hyzon Motors

Matt Wartian, Ph.D.
Ports & Maritime National Business Development Manager
Burns & McDonnell

  

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

 

Geoffrey Gauthier
Commercial and New Business Development Manager, Shipping and Maritime
Shell

 

Dr. Anima Bose
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology
Director of Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage Lab, College of Technology
University of Houston

Graham VanderSchelden
Environmental Project Manager
The Northwest Seaport Alliance

Strategic Ports

  

Matthew Butram
Strategic Ports Program & MARAD NATO Support
Office of Sealift Support (MAR-630)
Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Chris Fisher
Port Director and CEO
Port of Beaumont

Jon Nass
Executive Director & CEO
Mississippi State Port Authority

Steve Ribuffo
Director
Port of Alaska

TRACK 6 – PORT AND MARITIME CYBERSECURITY

Moderator – Tim Gale
Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Consultant
1898 & Co., Part of Burns & McDonnell

Mike Edgerton, CSyP, CPP, CISM
Manager, Port Security
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Irfan Khan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University at Galveston

Glenn A Wiltshire
Deputy Port Director
Broward County Port Everglades

3:00 – 3:30
Networking Break

Commander Boris Montatsky
Cyber Effects and Protection Division Chief
U. S. Coast Guard Cyber Command

4:00-5:15
How Safe is Your Port? A Joint Industry and Government Team Investigate Port Cybersecurity NO PRESENTATION AVAILABLE

 

Moderator: Amy Strauss
AEP Project Champion, Maritime Port Cybersecurity
Federal Maritime Commission

Robert Le Monde
Policy Analyst
U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

Marisa Brusuelas
Maritime Intelligence Analyst
Texas Department of Public Safety

Daniel Bell
Maritime Terrorism & Critical Infrastructure Analyst/Coast Guard Liaison Officer
National Counterterrorism Center

Ben Trowbridge
Board Member and Cybersecurity Advisor
Outsourcing Center

5:15
Closing of Day TWO
5:40
Bus Departs for Port Houston tour
6:00-7:30
7:45
Bus Returns to Hilton University of Houston