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
9:00-10:00
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
10:30-11:15
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
4:15-5:15
PANEL: ELECTRIFICATION – PORT SYSTEMS
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
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 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