Capt Kate Higgins-Bloom

Captain of the Port & Sector Commander
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bayr

Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A

Professor and Academic Director
National University

Kevin M. Clement

Director
Port of the Future Conference

Mark Condon

Senior Account Executive
Kale Info Solutions

Robert Crane

Program Executive for Public Sector Engagements Energy Security and PNT
The Institute for Homeland Security

David Cummins

Executive Director, President and CEO
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

Kevin A. Damoa

Founder and CEO
Glid Technologies

Thomas Damsgaard

Head of the Americas
BIMCO

April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

Wilfred de Gannes

Wilfred de Gannes
Chairman and CEO
Shipbuilding and Repair Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd

Jeffrey DeCoux

Chairman
Autonomy Institute

Dr. Joe Direnzo III

Director of Research Partnerships
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center

William P. Doyle

Chief Executive Officer
Dredging Contractors of America

Mark Dupuis

Co-Founder/Chief Customer Offficer
BASE

Javier Franco

Maritime Lawyer and Research Professor
Universidad del Externado, Colombia

Julio R. Gonzalez

CEO
Sentinel Resilience Group

Natascha A. Gutermuth

Lead Program Manager
Biometrics Program Office
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Ms. Charlie Harrison

Marine Engineer and Downstream Market Specialist
FuelTrax

Robert Hawn

Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA

Brian P. Hill

Director, Western Gulf Gateway U.S. Maritime Administration Dept. of Transportation

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen

Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation

Miles Keeney-Ritchie

Founder and CEO
Aloft Systems

Izzy Khawaja

Co-Founder and COO
A&I Strategic Solutions

Margaret A. Kidd

Program Director/Instructional Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics
University of Houston

Vesa Koivumaa

Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

Mark Lester

Information Security Manager
South Caroline Ports Authority

Tricia Lucas

President
Armada Growth Partners

Carleen Lydon Walker

CEO
SeaTrain Technology

Stephen P. Metruck

Executive Director
Port of Seattle

André Murphy

CAPT, USCG (Retired)
Co-Founder and Principal Cybersecurity Officer
Captain and Commander

Nawaf Nazir

Staff Research Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)

Shawn Newman

Chief Intelligence Officer, CISO
Armada Growth Partners

C.N. “Nick” Parham

Chief, Office of Maritime Cybersecurity Policy
U.S. Coast Guard

Tucker Perkins

President and CEO
Propane Education & Research Council

Jeff Podgorski

Vice President Regional Sales Americas
Konecranes

Marco Poisler

Chief Operating Officer Global Energy & Capital Projects
UTC Overseas, Inc.

Berto Ponce

Co-Founder and CEO
AI Strategic Solutions

Joseph C. Powell

Director of Security
Port Pascagoula

Michael Proulx

Regional Director of Business Development and Ecosystems
REGENT

Col. Randall Pugh, USMC (ret.)

Vice Provost, Warfare Studies
Director, Naval Warfare Studies Institute
Naval Postgraduate School

Steve Putnam

Managing Director
PEI TECH LLC

Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD

Author and Professor
Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M – Galveston

Hady Salloum, PhD

Professor
University of Houston

Greg Sisson

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
CI-Discern

Kelly Skiba

Regional Sales Manager – Electrification
U.S. Energy®

David St. Pierre

David St. Pierre
Director of Public Safety & Security
SeaPort Manatee

Darwin Telemaque

Chief Executive Officer
Antigua Port Authority

Sharmila Tilwalli

Client Partner
IBM Consulting

Elliott Vera

Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime

Suresh Vijayakumar

Global Business Development Manager
Honeywell Process Solutions

Andrew J. Von Ah

Director, Physical Infrastructure
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

David Walker

Vice President
ABS

RADM James Watson

USCG,(Ret.),
Author

Chris Wolski

Founder and CEO
Applied Security Convergence
(ASC)

Dan Yuska

Director
Office of Environment and Innovation
U.S. Maritime Administration