Speakers

Thiago Bacic
Business Development Manager
Radix US

CAPT. NDI Mendugena Bertrand
Harbour Master/Maritime
Pilot/PSO
Port Authority of Kribi

Christina R. Billingsley
Senior Program Manager,
Community Engagement
Port of Seattle

Pablo Bowen-Bobenrieth
Associate Partner & Business Development Manager Americas HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH

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

Kevin M. Clement
Executive Director, 2023
Port of
the Future Conference
Division of Technology
University of Houston

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

Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman
Autonomy Institute

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

Mark Dubina
Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

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

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

James Helliwell
R&D Engineer
Shell Shipping and Maritime

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

Matthew Jacobs
Manager
Deloitte

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

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

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

John D. McCown
Non-Resident Senior Fellow Center for Maritime Strategy

Capt. Mustapha Mohamed
Head of Safety and Security Department Port Authority of Kribi

Jon Nass
Executive Director & CEO
Mississippi State Port Authority

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

Shashank Panchangam
Chief Product Officer Crowley Solutions

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

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

John Reinert
Senior Maritime Consultant
ABS Group

Steve Ribuffo
Director
Port of Alaska

Clark Robertson
Chief Operating Officer
Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Christine Schlenker
Vice President
Greater Houston Port Bureau

Joshua Singer
Offshore Wind Port Lead
Moffatt Nichol

Joel Thigpen
General Manager,
Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä

Richard Tuebner
Vice President
Seacor AMH

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 PhD
Ports & Maritime National
Business Development Manager
Burns & McDonnell