Focusing on Solutions in Today's Maritime World

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
8:00am to 5:00pm CDT

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West Gulf Maritime Association Offices
1717 Turning Basin Drive
Suite 200
Houston, TX 77029

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Jane Seyer, j.seyer@namepa.net
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Join industry colleagues as we explore “Focusing on Solutions in Today’s Maritime World”. Never since the change from sail to steam, and from coal to oil has the maritime industry experienced such profound changes. In this round, though, the changes are being compressed into less than a decade.

With the low sulphur mandate coming in 2020, and the greenhouse gas pathway being developed leading up to 2023, shipping is being faced with challenging, and immediate, decisions.

Join us as we address these issues, along with the risks posed by cyber threats, the impacts of autonomous shipping, and the changing educational landscape.

DEVELOPING AGENDA

0800	Continental Breakfast and Check-in
0830	Welcome: Niels Aalund, Sr. Vice President Maritime Affairs, WGMA Setting the Stage- Opening Keynotes Industry resilience in sustainability: *Joe Hughes, CEO the American Club, Chairman of NAMEPA* The future of shipping: *Tracey Gunnlaugsson, President & CEO, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.* Emission regulations- expectations & enforcement: *RADM Paul Thomas*; Commander, Eighth District; US Coast Guard
0915	Fuels for the 21^st Century Moderator: *Doug Martin*, President & General Manager, SMIT Salvage Americas Feasibility of LNG as fuel: *Aziz Bamik*, General Manager, GTT North America Investing in LNG: *Alexander Panagopulos*, Founder & CEO, Forward Ships How competitive are scrubbers: *Dr. Ram Vis*, Director, Viswa Labs Fuel transitioning: Jan-Willem van den Dijssel, Americas Lead Ocean Transportation, Cargill The energy transition, implications for maritime transport: *Jan Hagen Andersen*, Business Development Manager, DNV GL
1030	Mid-Morning Break
1100	The Future Mariner Moderator: *Ole Chr. Schroder*, Director of Environmental Compliance, Scorpio Group Emotional stability: *Jason Zuidema*, Executive Director, NAMMA Tooling the future mariner: *RADM Mike Rodriguez, USMS;* Superintendent; Texas A&M Maritime Academy Ensuring the health of the mariner: *Gordon Cooper*, Global Business Development Director, Future Care My expections!: Student from the Texas A&M Maritime Academy Graduate Program
1215	Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Eduardo Campirano, CEO & Port Director, Port of Brownsville
1330	IOT & Digitalization – Benefits and Risks Mitigating cyber risks: *Cynthia Hudson*, Chief Executive Officer, HudsonAnalytix Cyber insurance coverage: *Boriana Farrar; VP, Business Development Director North America, Sr. Claims Executive,Counsel; The American Club* Digital transformation: *Per Ostman*, Director of Marketing, Veson Nautical Extracting wisdom from Big Data: *Anuj Chopra*, Vice President, RightShip Americas
1445	Mid-Afternoon Break
1515	Ships of the Future- Autonomous & more Moderator: Niels Aalund, Sr. Vice President Maritime Affairs, WGMA Regulating autonomy: *Jon Waldron*, Partner, Blank Rome Failsafe propulsion- the autonomous ship: *Kevin Humphreys*, Business Development Manager- Americas, Wartsila Compliance verification on an autonomous ship: *Dr. Xiaozhi (Christina) Wang,* Vice President Global Engineering and Technology, ABS
1630	Shipowner Reflections Roundtable Moderator: *Carleen Lyden Walker*, Co-Founder & Executive Director, NAMEPA
1700	Wrap up

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