Developing Agenda: 1130: Registration & Networking Lunch
1200: Welcome - Captain Clint Winegar, Presiding Officer, Houston Pilots
1215: Opening & Introduction - Joe Hughes, Chairman of the Managers of The American Club and Chairman of NAMEPA
1230: Keynote - Between Rhetoric and Reality in Trump's Administration - Keith Letourneau, Partner, Blank Rome
1300: Navigating Disruption - Cybersecurity, Digitalization, Automation, and Risk Management in Maritime Operations Moderator: Angeliki Zisimatou, Director of Cybersecurity, ABS
- Cybersecurity - Max Bobys, Vice President and Practice Leader, HudsonCyber
- Digitalization - Mauricio Garrido, President, T&T Salvage
- Risk Management - Joe Hughes, Chairman of The American Club
1345: Alternative Fuels - Overcoming Challenges in Adoption and Infrastructure Moderator - Jan Hagen Andersen, DNV
- Laying the Foundation - David Cummins, President and CEO, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
- Hydrogen and Electric - Andy Morgans, Sustainability Program Manager, Port Houston
- LNG - Donnie Brown, Senior Vice President, Maritime Policy, CLIA
- Response Preparation for Future Fuels - Mario Haldenwang, Salvage Master, SMIT Salvage Americas
1430: Coffee Break
1500: Maritime Security = National Security: Repowering the US Maritime Industry A Discussion with the authors of Zero Point Four - How US Leadership in Maritime will Secure America's Future and other on the Stauts of the SHIPS Act
- RADM Jim Watson (USCG Ret)
- Carleen Lyden Walker, CEO and Co-Founder of NAMEPA
1545: Collaborations at Work - Workforce Development and PHPME Moderator - Molly Dushay, Executive Director, NAMEPA
- Jacquie Young-Hall, Maritime Education Outreach Manager, Port Houston
- John Stauffer, Assoicate Vice Chancellor - Maritime, San Jacinto College
- Captain Nate Swerdlin, Maritime Instructor, Texas City Independent School District
- Robert Bruce, Senior Manager for Standards and Performance, Chevron
1630: Houston Happenings
- Houston Pilots - Clint Winegar, Presiding Officer, Houston Pilots
- Houston Maritime Center and Museum - Brian Cosgrove, Interim Executive Director at Houston Maritime Center & Museum
- NAMEPA On Deck: Adopt a Ship Program update and continuation - Meghan Reilly, Education and Outreach Manager, NAMEPA
1645: Wrap Up - Joe Hughes, Chairman of the Managers of The American Club and Chairman of NAMEPA |
