Revitalizing the American Maritime Industry: Next Steps

October 15th:

0730 – Blue Sky Maritime Coalition Breakfast 

0800 – Registration and networking

0900 – Welcome and Introduction- Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight

• Conference Chairman Reflections– Darren Shelton, Moran Shipping Agencies
• Opening Keynote: Making Moves in Maritime – Barbara Pickering, President, Chevron Shipping
  
• Opening Keynote: How Digitalization will Lead the Revitalization of the American Maritime Industry – Staci Satterwhite, ABS Wavesight, Chief Executive Officer

• Case Study: Port Galveston – How a Port Can Revitalize the Maritime Industry for 200 years – Roger Rees, Port Director/Chief Executive Officer, Galveston Wharves

0945- Texas Taking the Lead in Maritime’s Revitalization– Vincent DiCosimo, Senior Vice President, Targa Resources

• • Charlie Jenkins, Port of Houston
  • Randy Giveans, Executive Vice President, Navigator Gas
  • Cara L. Drake, Head of Commercial Operations & Logistics, Aramco Trading Americas
  • Rick Marriner, Vice President, Parkland Corporation 

1045 – Coffee Break

1115 – Necessity for Change: RADM James Watson, USCG (Ret.), Managing Partner Maritime Accelerator for Resilience (MAR) and Co-Author of ZERO POINT FOUR- How US Leadership in Maritime will Secure America’s Future

• The Demand Signals
  • Meeting Public Needs and Expectations – Jonathan Chia, MTI Network
  • SHIPS Act Status/implementation – Senator Mark Kelly, SHIPS Act Sponsor (video)
  • Build Opportunity – Ryan Lynch, Hanwha Shipping
  • Revitalizing American Shipping and the Impact of Energy Trading – Utsav Mathur, Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Don’t Confuse Efficiency with Effectiveness – Benjamin Miner, Military Sealift Command

• The Supply Opportunities- Overview of Innovative Solutions– Derek Novak, ABS Vice President and Chief Engineer, Moderator
  • Cyber Safety-Sahil Chand, Founder and CEO, Cybremacy
  • Efficiency and Safety First Tools- Jesse Vecchione, Business Development Lead, Americas- WNI Weathernews
  • Near Term Action to Achieve Net Zero by 2050- David Cummins, CEO and President, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition 
    
  • Bringing Nuclear Power to the Forefront- Mathias Trojer, President and CEO, Prodigy Clean Energy
  • AI and Our Mariners- Maria Kolitsida, Founder and CEO, SignalFusion

1245 – Lunch

1400- Keynote: Facilitating Change- Elizabeth O’Connor, Chief Counsel, MARAD

1415 – Fostering Innovation: The Latest from the U.S. Center for Maritime Innovation – Domenic Carlucci, ABS Vice President for Government Services, The Center for U.S. for Maritime Innovation is operated by ABS

1430- Charting the Future: Maritime Tech Through Partnerships and Capital – Moderated by: Marina Hadjipateras, Co-Founder and General Partner, Trail Mix Ventures

• • • Sean Simons, Co-Founder & CCO, Robot Toolworx
    • Kenji Togasaki, Innovation Office in New York, IINO LINES
    • Geoff Wagner, Chief Strategy Officer, ABS
    • Casey Steuer, Co-Founder, Oceanus Technologies
    • Joshua Gold, Investor: Maritime, Land Logistics & Transportation at TMV

1515: Coffee break

1545: SHARK TANK

• • SHARKS
    • Marina Hadjipateras, Trail Mix Ventures 
    • Matt Glass, Houston Pilots
    • Kenji Togasaki, Innovation Office in New York, IINO LINES
    • Joshua Gold, Investor: Maritime, Land Logistics & Transportation at Trail Mix Ventures (TMV)
    • Derek Novak, ABS Vice President and Chief Engineer
  • CHUM
    • SeaTrain Technology – Randy Durst, Founder
    • Carbon Ridge – Anastaija Kuprijanova, Director of Business Development
    • Aloft – Miles Keeney Ritchie, Founder
    • Base – Mark Dupuis, Founder / Chief Customer Officer
    • Robot Toolworx – Sean Simons, Co-Founder
    • Sentinel Resilience– Julio Gonzalez, Founder and Risk Mitigation Leader 

• Presentation of the SHIPPINGInsight 2025 Innovation Award
• 5:00: Reception
• 5:15 Reception – Hosted by Houston Pilots

October 16th:

Leadership Forum: Meeting Transition with Strategy for Long-Term Success

0800 – Registration, Coffee & Networking

0900 – Welcome and Recap from Previous Day – Carleen Lyden Walker, Chief Evolution Officer, SHIPPINGInsight

• Outline and Goals for the Day – RADM James Watson, USCG (Ret) and Managing Partner, Maritime Accelerator for Resilience

0915 – Transitioning to Tomorrow: Identifying Expectations

• The View of the Public – Jonathan Chia, Vice President, MTI Network
• The View from Washington DC – RADM James Watson, USCG (Ret) and Managing Partner, Maritime Accelerator for Resilience, Co-Author Zero Point Four
• The View from Shipping – Capt. Robert Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer, McAllister Towing
• The View from Maritime’s Startup Frontier: Can we build a Silicon Valley for Shipping – Chris Aversano, The Last Dinosaur
• The View from Charterers – Julie Ferland, Vice President, Shipping Maritime Americas, Upstream and Integrated Gas, Shell
• The View from Ports – Rob Lowe, Chief Financial Officer, Freeport

1245 – Messaging Action – Jonathan Chia, MTINetwork

Summary and Close – RADM Jim Watson and Carleen Lyden Walker

1300 – Luncheon