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March 24-25, 2026
Hilton University of Houston
Houston, TX

Speakers

Dwight Agriel

Lead Cybersecurity Architect
Honeywell

Maria Aguirre

Director, Community Relations
Port Houston

Arnie Tyler

President and Founder
MerLion Advisory Group

Scott Beatty, PhD

CEO
MarineLabs

Sharon Beemer

Independent Board Member
BWC Terminals

Capt Kate Higgins-Bloom

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

Jonathan Breen

Director of Engineering
Carbon Ridge

Jim Bunsey

Senior Manager, Business Management
Propane Education & Research Council (PERC)

William Busey

Vice President, Technical Sales
NORBIT Subsea

Kenneth Christopher

Kenneth Christopher, D.P.A

Professor and Academic Director
National University

Kevin M. Clement

Kevin M. Clement

Director
Port of the Future Conference

Kyle Collins

Director of Business Development
DSWi

Michael Complita

Principal in Charge
Vice President Strategic Expansion

Elliott Bay Design Group

Jonathan W. Cook

CEO
Navergy Infrastructure Partners LLC

Robert Crane

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

David Cummins

David Cummins

Executive Director, President and CEO
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

Martin Curtin

President and CEO
Curtin Maritime Corp.

Kevin A. Damoa

Founder and CEO
Glid Technologies

Thomas Damsgaard

Head of the Americas
BIMCO

April Danos

April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

Shaun Davison

Chief Development Officer
Galveston LNG Bunker Port

Wilfred de Gannes

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

Jeffrey DeCoux

Jeffrey DeCoux

Chairman
Autonomy Institute

Jeff DeCoux

President
The Autonomy Institute

Rohith Devanathan

Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Tim Dipetropolo

President & COO
Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG)

Dr. Joe Direnzo III

Dr. Joe Direnzo III

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

Geoff Douglass

CEO and Co-Founder
Mythos AI

William P. Doyle

Chief Executive Officer
Dredging Contractors of America

Mark Dupuis

Co-Founder/Chief Customer Offficer
BASE

Christian Ford

Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)

Julio R. Gonzalez

Julio R. Gonzalez

CEO
Sentinel Resilience Group

Gustavo Grande

Chief Strategy Officer
Port Miami

Natascha A. Gutermuth

Natascha A. Gutermuth

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

Capitán de Altura Manuel Fernando Gutiérrez Gallardo

Coordinator General of Ports and Merchant Marine
Gobierno de México

Robert Hawn

Robert Hawn

Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA

Kevin Hebert

National Account Manager
Capacity Trucks

Chad E. Hensley

Vice President
HK Dredging LLC

Alfred Henson, PhD

Assistant Professor, Marine Transportation
Texas Southern University

Brian P. Hill

Director
West Gulf Gateway U.S. Maritime Administration

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen

Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation

CAPT Gajanan Karanjikar

Senior Consultant, FMC International LLC
President, All India Maritime Pilots’ Association (AIMPA)

Miles Keeney-Ritchie

Founder and CEO
Aloft Systems

MG Jason Kelly

Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Izzy Khawaja

Co-Founder and COO
A&I Strategic Solutions

Margaret Kidd Updated Profile Picture

Margaret A. Kidd

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

Vesa Koivumaa

Vesa Koivumaa

Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

Mark Lester

Information Security Manager
South Caroline Ports Authority

Josh Ley

Global Capability Head for Electrified Systems
Ricardo

Tricia Lucas

President
Armada Growth Partners

Carleen Lydon Walker

CEO
SeaTrain Technology

Sabina Malnis

CIP Secretariat
Organization of American States

Soma Maroju

Head of Data Services
BMT

Stephen Metruck

Stephen P. Metruck

Executive Director
Port of Seattle

Sanjay Mukhi

Sanjay Mukhi

Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
Deployable Energy

André Murphy

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

Nawaf Nazir

Staff Research Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)

Ray Newby

Waterways Program Coordinator
Maritime Division
Texas Department of Transportation

Shawn Newman

Chief Intelligence Officer, CISO
Armada Growth Partners

C.N. “Nick” Parham

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

Ambassador (ret) Michael Pelletier

Founding Executive Director
Aspire Endowed Institute for Global Engagement

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

Col. Randall Pugh, USMC (ret.)

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

Steve Putnam

Managing Director
PEI TECH LLC

Chris Ransom

National Account Manager – AutoGas
AmeriGas

Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD

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

Leslie Ruta

DIrector of Planning
Port of Corpus Christi

Tim Scarbrough

Director of Maritime
Ricardo

Michael P. Scherer

Chief Technology Officer
Chance Maritime Technologies

Yvonne Rita Setser

Program Manager, Maritime Division
Texas Department of Transportation

Greg Sisson

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
CI-Discern

Kelly Skiba

Regional Sales Manager – Electrification
U.S. Energy®

Quentin Smith

Director for New Business in Energy and Commodities
Veson Nautical

Curtis D. Spencer

CEO
IMS Worldwide Inc and
Bloodhound Tracking Device, Inc.

David St. Pierre

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

John Stauffer

Associate Vice Chancellor, Maritime
San Jacinto College

Daniel Strosnider

Vice President, Energy and Environment for North America
RICARDO

Darwin Telemaque

Chief Executive Officer
Antigua Port Authority

Felipe Tello

Commercial Lead, Crude Oil & Feedstock Logistics
Motiva Enterprises

Paal Eric Thorsen

Strategic Marketing and Customer Relations Director
DNV

Savyashachi (Savi) Thumkur

Chief Operating Officer
Honeywell Process Automation

Kevin J. Traver

Head of Ports, Private Networks
Boldyn Networks

ELLIOTT VERA

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

David Walker

Vice President
ABS

Carl Walters

Sales Director, Port Services Americas
Konecranes

RADM James Watson

USCG,(Ret.),
Author

Chris Wolski

Chris Wolski

Founder and CEO
Applied Security Convergence
(ASC)

Dan Yuska

Dan Yuska

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

Tony Zhao

Senior Project Engineer
Shell US