Speakers

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Aimee Andres 

Executive Director
Inland Rivers, Ports and Terminals (IRPT)

  

Thiago Bacic

Business Development Manager
Radix US

LCDR DANIEL BELL

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

CARL W. BENTZEL

Commissioner
Federal Maritime Commission

 Capt. NDI Mendugena Bertrand 

Harbour Master/Maritime Pilot/PSO
Port Authority of Kribi

Christina R. Billingsley

Senior Program Manager, Community Engagement
Port of Seattle

 Dr. Anima Bose 

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

PABLO BOWEN-BOBENRIETH

Associate Partner & Business Development Manager Americas
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

TIMOTHY BROWN

Managing Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology

MARISA BRUSUELAS

Maritime Intelligence Analyst
Texas Department of Public Safety

 Felipe Fray Buschinelli

Logistic Access Control manager
Santos Port Authority

  

 Matthew Butram 

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

  RICH BYRNES

Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston

RIC Campo

Chairman of the Port Commission
Port of Houston Authority

MICHAEL COMPLITA

Principal in Charge | VP Strategic Expansion
Elliott Bay Design Group

KEVIN M. CLEMENT

Executive Director, 2023 Port of the Future Conference
College of Technology
University of Houston

MATTHEW COSTELLO

CEO
Voyager Portal

DAVID CUMMINS

Executive Director, President and CEO
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

DANIEL DAGENAIS

Vice President, Port Performance and Sustainable Development
Port of Montreal

THOMAS DAMSGAARD 

Head of Americas
BIMCO

Duane Davis

Section Chief, Port Security Grant Program
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, FEMA

  

DR. RISHABH (GEORGE) DAS

Advisory Specialist Master
Deloitte

JEFFREY DECOUX

Chairman
Autonomy Institute

Wim Dillen 

International Development Manager
Port of Antwerp-Bruges

DR JOE DIRENZO III

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

CAPTAIN KEITH M. DONOHUE

Deputy Commander, Sector Houston-Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard

Geoff Douglas

CEO and Co-Founder
Mythos AI

Mark Dubina

Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

MARK R. DUPONT

MARSEC ADaPT Program Manager
Executive Director
National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy

SAYANTA DUTTA

Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
Hyzon Motors

MIKE EDGERTON

Manager, Port Security
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

  

Dr. Nima Fathi

Assistant Professor
Department of Marine Engineering Technology
Texas A&M University At Galveston

EMILY A. FEDERER

Sustainability Manager
Port of New Orleans

GELSON FILHO

Senior Consultant
Radix US

CHRIS FISHER

Port Director and CEO
Port of Beaumont

LUCY FLETCHER

Business Development Manager
AGRIServices of Brunswick

  David Foster  

Homeland Security Program Manager
Port of San Diego

TIM GALE

Senior Industrial Cybersecurity Consultant
1898 & Co., Part of Burns & McDonnell

GEOFFREY GAUTHIER

Commercial and New Business Development Manager, Shipping and Maritime
Shell

  

JULIO R. GONZALEZ

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

Dorothe Görtz

Terminal Planning Expert
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

ROGER GUENTHER

Executive Director
Port Houston

CRAIG HALFORD

Vice President of Sales
Portchain

Richard Heath 

President & CEO
TALKE USA Inc.

JAMES HELLIWELL

R&D Engineer
Shell Shipping and Maritime

Dr. Juergen Hellmich

Chief Executive Officer
iSAM North America Corp.

  

Dr. Lawrence Henesey

Vice President, North America
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

Alfred B. Henson, PhD 

Instructional Assistant Professor
University of Houston

BRIAN P. HILL

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

  

Mike Hoffman 

Director of Inland Ports
South Carolina Ports Authority

  

Matthew Jacobs

Manager
Deloitte

MORGAN JACKSON

Director, International Transportation
Walmart

GEIR-EILIF KALHAGEN

Director of Maritime
Texas Dept. of Transportation

Nick Karim

General Manager
VMH Terminals – a Vopak Moda JV

DARRELL KEACH

Business Systems Manager
Port of Corpus Christi

STEPHEN KELLY

President of Sales & Business Development
Carver Companies, Port of Coeymans

MELANIE KENDERDINE

Managing Principal, Energy Futures Initiative
EJM Associates

KATE KERIGAN

Lead, Marine Heavy Offroad Electrification R&D Project
Shell

IRFAN KHAN

Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University at Galveston

MARGARET A. KIDD

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

VESA KOIVUMAA

Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage

John Kueck 

Port Optimization Manager
Maersk

ROBERT LE MONDE

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

 General Stephen R. Lyons (U.S. Army, Retired)  

Port and Supply Chain Envoy
White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force

Melanie Magee

Infrastructure and Ozone Section Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6

JOHN D. MCCOWN

Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Center for Maritime Strategy

BARBARA MELVIN

President & CEO
South Carolina Ports

 Capt. Mustapha MOHAMED  

Head of Safety and Security Department
Port Authority of Kribi

COMMANDER BORIS MONTATSKY

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

BENOIT MONTREUIL

Professor
Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

CAPT. ABHISHEK NAIR

Director of Business Development
PortXchange

JON NASS

Executive Director & CEO
Mississippi State Port Authority

Colin Nelson

Senior Sales Executive, Certified Port Executive
WAV Systems, Innovative Signal Analysis Inc.

NARENDRA PAL, PHD

Director of Hydrogen Technology
Hornblower Group Inc

SHASHANK PANCHANGAM

Chief Product Officer
Crowley Solutions

JODY W. PEACOCK

Chief Executive Officer
Ports of Indiana

CHENDHIL PERIASAMY, PH.D.

Vice President, Energy Transition
Air Liquide

BRETT A. PHANEUF

President
Submergence Group LLC

REAR ADMIRAL ANN C. PHILLIPS, US NAVY (RET.)

Administrator
Maritime Administration/MARAD
U.S. Department of Transportation

  

 L. Rene Phillips  

Program Analyst, Port Security Grant Program
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, FEMA

TIMOTHY PICKERING

Office of Ports & Waterways Planning
Maritime Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

ALEXANDRA PIERCE

Tourism Manager
City and Borough of Juneau

MARCO POISLER

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

John Reinert  

Senior Maritime Consultant
ABS Group

  

Jon Sawicki

Associate Managing Director
Witt O’Brien’s LLC

STEVE RIBUFFO

Director
Port of Alaska

    

 Clark Robertson 

Chief Operating Officer
Port of Corpus Christi Authority

CHRISTINE SCHLENKER

Vice President
Greater Houston Port Bureau

JIAN (JASON) SHI, PH.D.

Assistant Professor
University of Houston

  

JASON SCHWARTZ

Vice President of Corporate Development
Terradepth, Inc.

  

 New Wei Siang 

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

JOSHUA SINGER

Offshore Wind Port Lead
Moffatt Nichol

CAPTAIN JASON SMITH

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

Elliott Smith 

Director of Real Estate and Asset Management
Port of Bellingham

Amy Strauss  

AEP Project Champion, Maritime Port Cybersecurity
Federal Maritime Commission

JOEL THIGPEN

General Manager, Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä

 Richard Tuebner 

Vice President
Seacor AMH

  

 Karrie Trauth  

Senior Vice President and Global Head of Shipping and Maritime
Shell

BEN TROWBRIDGE

Board Member and Cybersecurity Advisor
Outsourcing Center

GRAHAM VANDERSCHELDEN

Environmental Project Manager
The Northwest Seaport Alliance

DR. ALOK VERMA

Department Head and Professor
Texas A&M University – Galveston

DAVID A. WALKER

Vice President
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Matt Wartian, Ph.D. 

Ports & Maritime National Business Development Manager
Burns & McDonnell

CHRIS WATERSON

General Manager
Waterson Terminal Services, LLC

Benjamin Weinacht

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

CHELSEA C. WHITE III

Schneider National Chair of Transportation & Logistics
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

GLENN A WILTSHIRE

Deputy Port Director
Broward County Port Everglades

SEONGHOON WOO

CEO
Amogy

URI YOSELEVICH

Founder & CEO
DockTech