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
8:30-9:00
Creating Standard for Port optimization Systems
Carl W. Bentzel
Commissioner
Federal Maritime Commission
9:00-10:00
PANEL: ADVANCES IN PORT OPTIMIZATION
Moderator – Christine Schlenker
Vice President
Greater Houston Port Bureau
Matthew Costello
CEO
Voyager Portal
Captain Abhishek Nair
Director of Business Development
PortXchange
10:00 – 10:30
Networking Break
10:30-11:15
Case Study: Digitalization Plan for Developing Ports
Panelists TBA
11:15-12:00
Use of Digital Twins and AI to Increase Cargo Utilization at the Port of Santos, Brazil
Uri Yoselevich
Founder & CEO
DockTech
Panelists TBA
12:00 – 1:00
Networking Lunch
TRACK 4: DECARBONIZATION AND ALTERNATE FUELS
8:30 – 9:00
Presentation Title TBA
David Cummins
Executive Director, President and CEO
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
9:00 – 10:00
PANEL: HYDROGEN POWERED VESSELS
Panelists TBA
10:00 – 10:30
Networking Break
10:30-11:15
PANEL: AMMONIA – AN ALTERNATE FUEL
Seonghoon Woo
CEO
Amogy
Joel Thigpen
General Manager, Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä
Panelists TBA
11:15-12:00
PANEL: GREEN SHIPPING CORRIDORS
Moderator – David Walker
Vice President
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
Daniel Dagenais
Vice President, Port Performance & Sustainable Development
Port of Montreal
Panelists TBA
12:00 – 1:00
Networking Lunch
TRACK 5 – PORT ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
1:00-2:00
Presentation Title TBA
Maarten Poort
General Manager, Shipping and Maritime Americas
Shell
2:00-3:00
Panel: Challenges to Attaining the Zero-Carbon Footprint
Moderator – Dr. Alok Verma
Department Head and Professor
Texas A&M University – Galveston
Rich Byrnes
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston
Panelists TBA
3:00 – 3:30
Networking Break
3:30-4:15
PANEL: HYDROGEN ENERGY IN THE PORT Operations
Moderator – Nima Fathi PhD
Texas A&M Galveston
Chendhil Periasamy, Ph.D.
Vice President, Energy Transition
Air Liquide
Sayanta Dutta
VP Growth & Strategy
Hyzon Motors
4:15-5:15
PANEL: ELECTRIFICATION – PORT SYSTEMS
Moderator – Captain Jason Smith
Commander, Sector Houston – Galveston
Captain of the Port
U.S. Coast Guard
Travis Sheehan
Lead for City Solutions, North America
Shell New Energies
Coulston Van Gundy
Vice President, Engineering
Crowley Engineering Services
Additional Panelists TBA
Strategic Ports
1:00-2:00
Panel: U.S. Strategic Ports – the Imperative to Modernizing Infrastructure
Moderator – Geir-Eilif Kalhagen
Director of Maritime
Texas Dept. 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
Additional Panelists TBA
TRACK 6 – PORT AND MARITIME CYBERSECURITY
2:00-3:00
PANEL: CONVERGENCE – PHYSICAL SECURITY AND 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
3:30-4:00
Cyber Trends and Insights
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
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