What the Maritime Industry Needs for the Future: 
Creating Order out of Chaos

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Welcome:  Niels Aalund, Sr. Vice President Maritime Affairs, WGMA

Lunch- sponsored by WGMA

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Setting the Stage- Opening Keynotes

• Finding Stability in a Moving Seascape:
  Joe Hughes, Chairman & CEO of Shipowners Claims Bureau (The American Club),
  Chairman of NAMEPA
  
  
• What the Next Decade Portends:
  Professor Maria Burns; Director, Logistics & Transportation Policy Program;
  University of Houston
  
  
• What Industry Should Expect:
  RADM John Nadeau, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy,
  U.S. Coast Guard 

• Pitfalls to Avoid:
  Keith Letourneau, Partner, Blank Rome LLP

• Challenges for Shipowners:
  Clayton Wrenn, President & Managing Director, Lightering LLC

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Keynote:  Maritime’s Vulnerabilities

Gareth Burton, Vice President- Technology, ABS

1430

Plugging the Leaks in Maritime
Moderator:  Doug Martin, President & General Manager, SMIT Salvage Americas

• Port Waste Reception Facilities:
  Galia Kaplan, Marine Transportation Specialist, 
  U.S. Coast Guard
  
  
• A Different Perspective on the 2020 Fuel Scenario:
  Dr. R. Vis, Chairman and CEO, Viswa Group
  
  
• Cybersecurity:
  Cynthia Hudson, CEO, HudsonAnalytix
  
  
• What's on the Horizon for Digitalization/Blockchain
  Darren Shelton, Quality Systems Director, Moran Shipping Agencies
  
  
• AWO Safety Initiatives and Updates on Subchapter M:
  Brian Bailey, Director- Safety & Environmental Stewardship,
  The American Waterways Operators
  

1530

What Ports are Doing for Environmental Management

Ryan Dixon, Lead Environmental Compliance Coordinator,
Port of Houston Authority

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Mid-Afternoon Break- sponsored by DNV GL

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What’s in Your Stack? -Emission Mitigation Strategies
Moderator:  Jan Hagen Andersen, Business Development Director,
DNV GL Americas

• Community impacts:
  Dr. Grace Tee-Lewis, Health Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
  
  
• Ready for Sulphur 2020?
  J.K. Roy Choudhury; Sr. Director, Strategic Projects; Crowley Shipping
  
  
• Preparing for 2023- CO2 strategies:
  Anuj Chopra, Vice President- Americas, RightShip
  
  
• Alternative Fuels:
  
  Methanol
  Larry Navin, Director of Government & Public Affairs- Americas/Europe,
  Methanol Institute
  
  LNG
  Aziz Bamik, General Manager, GTT North America

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Wrap-up:  Niels Aalund, Sr. Vice President Maritime Affairs, WGMA

Networking Reception- sponsored by WGMA