Speakers
![Megan O'Leary](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Megan-OLeary.jpg)
Megan O’Leary
Director of Operations
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
![Christine Abbruscatto](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Christine-Abbruscatto.jpg)
Christine Abbruscatto
Director – Marketing, Branding, & External Communications
Port Houston
![Maria Aguirre](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Maria-Aguirre.jpg)
Maria Aguirre
Director, Community Relations
Port Houston
![Michael Arnett](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Michael-Arnett.jpg)
Michael Arnett
Protective Security Advisor
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security
![Thomas C. Beck](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Thomas-Beck.jpg)
Thomas C. Beck
Senior Vice President
The Howland Group, Inc.
![Peter Bergeron](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Peter-Bergeron.jpg)
CAPT Peter J. Bergeron
U. S. Coast Guard (Ret)
Senior Director, Public Safety & Security
Canaveral Port Authority
![Pablo Bowen-Bobenreith](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Pablo-Bowen-Bobenreith.jpg)
Pablo Bowen-Bobenrieth
HPC Vice President Americas and Associate Partner
HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH
![Rich Byrnes](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Rich-Byrnes.jpg)
Rich Byrnes
Chief Infrastructure Officer
Port Houston
![Eric Carrera](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eric-Carrera.jpg)
CAPT Eric Carrero (USCG, Ret)
President
Greater Houston Port Bureau
![Chett Chiasson](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Chett-Chiasson.jpg)
Chett Chiasson
Executive Director
Greater Lafourche Port Commission/Port Fourchon
![Kevin M. Clement](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kevin-M.-Clement.jpg)
Kevin M. Clement
Executive Director
Port of the Future Conference
BTI Institute, University of Houston
![Brian Cox](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Brian-Cox.jpg)
Brian Cox
Chief Operations Officer
Port of South Louisiana
![David Cummins](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cummins.png)
David Cummins
Executive Director, President and CEO Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
![Thomas Damsgaard](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DAMSGAARD-Cropped.png)
Thomas Damsgaard
Head of Americas
BIMCO
![Olga Davletalieva](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Olga-Davletalieva.jpg)
Olga Davletalieva
Head of Ports Advisory Services
Wärtsilä
![Jeffrey DeCoux](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jeffrey-DeCoux.jpg)
Jeffrey DeCoux
Chairman
Autonomy Institute
![Dr. Joe Direnzo III](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/DiRenzo-Cropped.png)
Dr. Joe Direnzo III
Director of Research Partnerships
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center
![Captain Keith M. Donohue](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/CPTDonohueCropped.png)
Captain Keith M. Donohue
Commander
Sector Houston-Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard
![Mark Dubina](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Dubina.jpg)
Mark Dubina
Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay
![Robert Dubois](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Robert-Dubois.jpg)
Robert R. Dubois
Director
Lamar University
![Jorge Duran](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jorge-Duran.jpg)
Jorge Duran
Chief of Section
Inter-American Committee on Ports
Organization of American States
![Jan Emblemsva](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jan-Emblemsva.jpg)
Jan Emblemsvåg
Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
![Kirsten Foot, PhD](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kirsten-Foot.jpg)
Kirsten Foot, PhD
CEO & Executive Director
Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST)
![Michael Fossum](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Michael-Fossum.jpg)
COL Michael Fossum (USAFR, Ret)
Superintendent
Texas A&M Maritime Academy
Texas A&M at Galveston
![Geoffrey Gauthier](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Geoff-Gauthier_Cropped.jpg)
Geoffrey Gauthier
Commercial and New Business Development Manager, Shipping and Maritime Shell
![Julio R. Gonzalez](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Julio-Gonzalez-Cropped.jpg)
Julio R. Gonzalez
Supervisory Protective Security Advisor- Gulf of Mexico U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
![Jeremy Hansen](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Jeremy-Hansen.jpg)
Jeremy Hansen
Protective Security Advisor
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
Department of Homeland Security
![Robert Hawn](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Robert-Hawn.jpg)
Robert Hawn
Vice President, Maritime Affairs
WGMA
![M. Kelly Hendry](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kelly-Hendry.jpg)
M. Kelly Hendry
President
Hendry Marine Industries
![Brian Hill](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brian-Hill.png)
Brian P. Hill
Director, Western Gulf Gateway U.S. Maritime Administration Dept. of Transportation
![James Nash](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/James-Nash.jpg)
James Nash
Director, Maritime Affairs
WGMA
![Suhaib Kaissi](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Suhaib-Kaissi.jpg)
Suhaib Kaissi
University of Houston
![Geir-Eilif Kalhagen](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/geir-kalhagen-Cropped.png)
Geir-Eilif Kalhagen
Director of Maritime Texas Dept. of Transportation
![Margaret A. Kidd](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Margaret-A-Kidd.jpg)
Margaret A. Kidd
Program Director/Instructional Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Logistics University of Houston
![Vesa Koivumaa](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Vesa-Cropped.jpg)
Vesa Koivumaa
Head of Growth
Wartsila Voyage
![Lisbeth Laurie](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lisbeth-Laurie.jpg)
Lisbeth Laurie
Program Manager of Maritime and Port Security Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE)
Organization of American States
![Andrea LaVorgna](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Andrea-LaVorgna.jpg)
Andrea LaVorgna
Marketing Manager and Editor
Port Bureau News
Greater Houston Port Bureau
![CAPT Randall Lund](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CAPT-Randall-Lund.jpg)
CAPT Randall Lund
Senior Marine Risk Consultant
Allianz Commercial Insurance
![Morten Siem Lynge](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Morten-Siem-Lynge.jpg)
Morten Siem Lynge
Consul General
Kingdom of Denmark
![Janine M. Mansour](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Janine-Monsour.jpg)
Janine M. Mansour
Head of Key Accounts
Port of New Orleans
![William Marshall](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/William-Marshall.jpg)
William Marshall
Freight Program Manager
The Electrification Coalition
![John Moseley](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/John-Moseley.jpg)
John Moseley
Chief Commercial Officer
Port Houston
![Andrew Pau](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Andrew-Pau.jpg)
Andrew Pau
Partner
Deloitte
![Marco Poisler](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Poisler.jpg)
Marco Poisler
Chief Operating Officer – Global Energy & Capital Projects UTC Overseas, Inc.
![Kevin Pollari](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kevin-Pollari.jpg)
Kevin Pollari
Principal
Deloitte
![Jesper Raakjaer](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Jesper-Raakjaer.jpg)
Jesper Raakjær, PhD
Group Chief Visionary Officer
Port of Aalborg
![Jean-Paul Rodrigue](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jean-Paul-Rodrigue.jpg)
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, PhD
Author and Professor
Department of Maritime Business Administration
Texas A&M – Galveston
![Leslie Ruta](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Leslie-Ruta-1.jpg)
Leslie Ruta
Director of Planning
Port of Corpus Christi
![Phyllis Saathoff](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Phyllis-Saathoff.jpg)
Phyllis Saathoff
Executive Director and CEO
Port of Freeport
![Hady Salloum](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Hady-Salloum.jpg)
Hady Salloum, PhD
Professor
University of Houston
![Rohit Saxena](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Rohit-Saxena-1.jpg)
Rohit Saxena
Director, Facility Planning
Planning
![Mark Schrupp](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Mark-Schrupp.jpg)
Mark Schrupp
Executive Director
Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority
![Rick Siebenaler](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rick-Siebenaler.jpg)
Rick Siebenaler
Chief Executive Officer
Maritime Cybersecurity Institute
![Jennifer States](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Jennifer-States.jpg)
Jennifer States
Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
![John Stauffer](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/John-Stauffer.jpg)
John Stauffer
Associate Vice Chancellor
San Jacinto College
![Joel Thigpen](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ThigpenCropped.jpg)
Joel Thigpen
General Manager,
Marine New Build Sales
Wärtsilä
![Arnie Tyler](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Arnie-Tyler.jpg)
Arnie Tyler
President
MerLion Advisory Group
![ELLIOTT VERA](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/vera.png)
Elliott Vera
Americas Technology Project Manager
Shell Shipping and Maritime
![Dr. Alok Verma](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Alok-Portrait-Cropped-small.jpg)
Dr. Alok Verma
Department Head and Professor Texas A&M University – Galveston
![Greg Villano](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Greg-Villano.jpg)
Greg Villano
Critical Infrastructure Protection – OT Cyber
Deloitte
![David A. Walker](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_0_150_174_David-Walker-Cropped.jpg)
David A. Walker
Vice President
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
![Joel Whitehead](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Joel-Whitehead.jpg)
Rear Admiral Joel R. Whitehead (USCG, Retired)
President
J. Whitehead and Associates, Inc.
![Kathleen Yurchesyn](https://pof.egr.uh.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kathleen-Yurchesyn.jpg)
Kathleen Yurchesyn
Vice President
Operations and Corporate Development
Novaporte