Solutions through Innovation—Bringing Good Ideas to Reality 

0730- WISTA Women’s Entrepreneur Breakfast

0800- Registration

0900- Welcome and Goals for the day– Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight 

Opening Keynote Addresses:

0915- The US Election and Its Impact on Maritime: View from Legal Counsel – Sean Pribyl, Partner, Holland & Knight

0930- Geopolitical Impacts Today and Tomorrow – Professor James Bergeron, Political Advisor to the Commander, NATO Allied Command

0945- Maritime State of Play – Matan Peled, Co-Founder & Head of U.S. Business, Windward

FLEET OPTIMIZATION

1000- Fleet Optimization Panel: Top Three Challenges into tomorrow- Keegan Plaskon, Director, Business Development, North America ABS

• Commercial – Fred Gordon, SVP Corporate Affairs, Navios Maritime Partners L.P.

• Financial –  Bart Kelleher, President, Ardmore Shipping

• Today’s Fuels – Margaret Doyle, Director TSEA GREEN, Transparensea Fuels

• Security – RDML James Watson (USCG Ret.), co-author Zero Point Four

• Workforce – RADM John Okon, President, SUNY Maritime College

1100- Morning Coffee Break 

1130- Fleet Optimization Presentations: Near-, Mid-, and Long-Term Solutions – Moderator: Marius Suteu, Lloyd’s Register OneOcean

• Training and recruitment – Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, President & Executive Director, Seaman’s Church Institute

• Enabling Digital Transformation in Shipping Through Satellite Communications – Taoufik Ameziane, Director, MTN

• Risks in a Digitalized World- Matan Peled, Co-Founder & Head of U.S. Business, Windward

• Decarbonization tools and Strategies- Megan O’Leary, Director of Operations, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition

• Embracing the New Nuclear – Sanjana Shashikumar, Legal and Regulatory Analyst, CORE POWER

1230- Networking Luncheon

1400- Shipowner and Port Roundtable – Moderator: Han Deng, Partner, Reed Smith

• Captain Robert Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer, McAllister Towing
  
• Beth Rooney, Director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
• Jan-Willem van den Dijssel, Americas Lead at Cargill Inc. Ocean Transportation
• Paolo Magnani, EVP Legal Affairs, MSC USA
• Boriana Farrar, Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel, Patriot Maritime
• Mads Petersen, Chief Operating Officer, Pangaea

INNOVATION

1445- Necessary Innovation and Investment for Today’s Maritime Industry – US Maritime Innovation Center – David Walker, Executive Director and Vice President, Global Government Services at ABS 

1500- Launch of TOOL– Birgit Liodden, Founder 

1530- Afternoon Coffee/Tea Break 

1600- SHIPPINGInsight’s SHARK TANK – Moderator: Evangelos Efstathiou, CEO Burmester & Vogel

• SHARKS:
  • Marina Hadjipateras, Founder and General Partner, TMV
  • Birgit Liodden, Founder of TOOL
  • Jonathan Chia, Strategy and Corporate Development, Marine Money
  • Caitlin Hardy, Founder and Managing Director of NESS
  • David Walker, Executive Director and Vice President, Global Government Services at ABS 
•  CHUM:
  • Signal Fusion: Maria Kolitsida, Founder and CEO
  • Tanker Wise: Katherine Mattikow, Founder and Developer
  • Veer Voyage: Danielle Southcott, Founder and CEO
  • Sea Calm: Pam Kern, Port Medical Management
  • Fleet Robotics: Talia Zaverdinos, Application Engineering Manager
  • EyeSea: Marius Suteu, Chief Technology Officer

1715- Next Generation Remarks

1730- Reflections: Carleen Lyden Walker, CEO, SHIPPINGInsight 

1730 – 1830 – Closing Reception