Agenda

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

11:00-5:00

Exhibit Hall

Exhibitor Set Up

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

7:30-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Technologies and Solutions Exhibition

7:30-8:45

Exhibit Hall

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:00

Main Hall

Opening Remarks and Pledge of Allegiance

Sareth Neak
President
Neak Media LLC

9:00-9:45

Main Hall

Keynote: U.S. Coast Guard Leadership

Vice Admiral Thomas G. Allan Jr
Acting Vice Commandant
U.S. Coast Guard

9:45-10:15

Main Hall

Securing the U.S. Maritime Borders: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations

Scott T. Leach

Director, Marine Operations, Headquarters
Air and Marine Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

10:15-10:30

Main Hall

From Sea to Service: A Vietnamese Refugee’s Incredible Journey to Honor His Promise
** Book Signing in Tideman Marine’s Booth to Follow

Sponsored by:

CDR Marc Nguyen, USCG (Ret)
Senior Advisor and Program Manager
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach

10:30-11:15

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

11:15-12:00

Main Hall

U.S. Coast Guard Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Program Executive Office (PEO): Current capabilities and program aspirations

Anthony J.L. Antognoli

Assistant Commandant and Program Executive Officer for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
U.S. Coast Guard

12:00-12:15

Main Hall

Gold Sponsor Presentation:
Securing Ports and Other Critical Infrastructures Using Cryptographically Signed Biometric Barcodes for In-Person and Remote Identification

Geoff Slagle

Executive Vice President, Digital Identity
FaceTec

12:15-1:00

Main Hall

Networking Lunch

1:00-2:00

Main Hall

Port Security Leadership Roundtable: Security priorities for ports

Kathleen “Pickett” Bowen

Director of Security
Maryland Port Administration

Mike Edgerton

Manager, Port Security
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Mark Dubina

Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

Mike Goldschmidt
Assistant Director of Security
Port of Long Beach

2:00-2:15

Main Hall

Enhancing Coastal Domain Awareness: Automated Target Classification for the PBSO/South Florida Radar Network

David Katz
Program Manager & Architect
Coastal Security, South Florida Radar
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office

2:00-2:30

Independence B

From Cyber Shock to Cargo Flow: A continuity playbook for every U.S. Port that will host a large-scale event

Shawn Whiteside
Senior Vice President, Commercial Practice, OneZero Solutions
Executive Director, MTS-ISAC

2:15-3:15

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

3:15-3:45

Main Hall

Unmanned Surface Vessel Use in the Port Environment: Policies and regulations challenges and needs

Jack R. Dougherty

Co-Founder/Uncrewed Systems Principal
Janus Defense

Jorge R. Alcazar “Pumba”
CEO and Founder
The Unmanned Advantage LLC

Reid McAllister
Defense Strategist
Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International

3:15-3:45

Independence B

Smart Ports, Secure Futures: Harnessing AI and Automation for Resilient Maritime Operations

Marco (Marc) Ayala
Sector Chief of Energy
InfraGard National Members Alliance

3:45-4:15

Main Hall

Maritime Security Solution Presentations

Layered Maritime Protection from Port to Open Ocean: Unmanned Technology as the Backbone to Sovereignty, Safety, Interdiction, and Security

CAPT Chris Glander (USCG Ret.)

President
ThayerMahan Offshore

Strength in Swarms: Persistent Maritime Domain Awareness with Unmanned Systems

Cleo Haynal
Vice President, Commercial Strategy
HAVOC AI

Modernizing Maritime Awareness Through Smart Software

Andrew Rains
Senior Sales Director
Tocaro Blue

3:45-4:30

Independence B

Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Security Roundtable: Protecting port’s critical operational technologies

Julio R. Gonzalez – Moderator

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Sentinel Resilience Group

Alex Boesenberg

Standards Advocacy Manager
International Society of Automation

David Forbes

Director, Cyber Physical Defense
Booz Allen Hamilton

Craig Whittinghill, PhD

Deputy Director, Applied Research and Services
McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
Auburn University

4:15-4:45

Main Hall

Maritime Security Solution Presentations

Hard Environment, Real Results: What Overseas USV Operations can Teach U.S. Security Forces

Jack R. Dougherty

Co-Founder/Uncrewed Systems Principal
Janus Defense

Benefits of HDPE Hulls on Patrol Boats

Eric Caplan
Director
Tideman Marine

Leveraging Video, Analytics and Other Detection Tools to Build a Complete Common Operating Picture in Ports and On-Water

Chad Carpenter
Director of Technical Offerings
Program Manager, SCCI RAPTOR Platform
Sandoval Custom Creations Inc. (SCCI)

4:30-5:15

Independence B

Port Cyber Security Leadership Roundtable

Max J. Bobys

Vice President, Practice Director, Marine Cyber Risk Advisory
ShorelineHudson

Kenneth Washington
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Port Tampa Bay

Chris Wolski

President & CEO
Applied Security Convergence LLC

4:45-5:15

Main Hall

Counter UAS Policy Needs and Challenges

Brandon Youngblood
Vice President, Government Programs
UNIFY C2

5:15-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Social

Thursday, February 5, 2026

8:00-4:00

Exhibit Hall

Technologies and Solutions Exhibition

8:00-8:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Breakfast

8:30-9:15

Main Hall

Keynote: U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command

Rear Admiral Jason P. Tama

Commander, Cyber Command
U.S. Coast Guard

9:15-10:00

Main Hall

Marine Exchange Leadership Roundtable: Engaging industry in the safety and security of our maritime domain

F. Scott Humphrey

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

Stephen Lyman

Executive Director
Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ

Michael Fink

CAO & Director of Information Technology
Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay

Curtis Cannizzaro
Executive Director
Merchants Exchange

10:00-10:30

Main Hall

Houston Ship Channel Security District: A model public-private partnership supporting maritime security and law enforcement

Lt. Steve Twitty
Lieutenant, Maritime Tactical Operations Section
Harris County Sheriff’s Office

10:30-11:15

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

11:00-11:30

Independence B

Four-Dimensional MDA: Achieving Enhanced Maritime Domain Awareness through the Lens of Economics

Cesar Morales

Government, Defense & National Security
S&P Global Market Intelligence

11:15-11:45

Main Hall

Maritime Security Solution Presentations

Modernizing Distress Detection: Unifying VHF Voice, AIS, RDF, and Real-Time Analytics for Enhanced Maritime Awareness

Santiago Becerra
CEO/CTO
VesselAware

Leveraging Low-Cost SBU Maritime Domain Awareness Coordination To Protect the Maritime Sector with Interagency Operations and Real-Time Situational Tasking

Joe Abeyta
Director of Business Development Government Programs
TeledyneFLIR / Raymarine

Seeing Beyond AIS: Remote Sensing Intelligence for Law Enforcement in a Darkening Maritime Domain

Mike Malito
Solutions Engineer
Windward

11:30-12:00

Independence B

Field Updates From Coast Guard Office of Facility and Compliance and Coast Guard Office of Maritime Cybersecurity Policy: Managing Cybersecurity in the Maritime Transportation System

CDR Brennan Dougherty
Deputy Office Chief, Office of Port & Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

Charles Blackmore
Marine Transportation System Specialist (Cyber)
Office of Maritime Cybersecurity Policy
U.S. Coast Guard

11:45-12:15

Main Hall

Location Intelligence for Maritime and Port Security

Carl Walter – Moderator
Director, Homeland Security Solutions
Esri

Colin Cate
Public Safety Solution Engineer
Esri

Jeffrey Lenard
Firefighter/EMT
Special Operations Division – Fireboat Company Master Public Safety Diver
District of Columbia Fire and EMS Dept.

Timothy Hutchison
GIS Public Safety Analyst, The Office of the Chief Technology Officer
Government of the District of Columbia

12:15-1:00

Exhibit Hall

Networking Lunch

1:00-1:30

Main Hall

Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse: Key findings and lessons learned

Fred Dolbow
Port Security/Recovery Specialist
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region

Dorie Murphy
Emergency Management Chief
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District

1:30-2:00

Main Hall

MSC Michigan VII: The Port of Charleston runaway vessel incident

Lt. Sigrid Phinney
IOC State Coordinator, Fusion Liaison Officer
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

2:00-2:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

2:30-3:15

Main Hall

Ronald Reagan Airport Mid-Air Collision: The recovery effort in the Potomac River

Thomas Chenworth
Deputy Chief
District of Columbia Fire and EMS Dept.

Jeffrey Lenard
Firefighter/EMT
Special Operations Division – Fireboat Company Master Public Safety Diver
District of Columbia Fire and EMS Dept.

Special Agent Joseph Marx
Underwater Search and Recovery Team
Federal Bureau of Investigations

Michael Puglisi
Captain
District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department

Lt. Andrew Horos
Harbor Master
D.C. Metropolitan Police Dept.

3:15-3:45

Main Hall

The MV Mississippi Container Collapse: The Port of Long Beach Unified Command Response

Mike Goldschmidt
Incident Commander, Assistant Director of Security
Port of Long Beach

3:45-4:30

Main Hall

Multi-Agency Collaboration and Information Sharing: Building interoperable communication and situational awareness between state, local and federal partners

Captain David Jasper
Division Commander of the Industry & Emergency Management Division
Harris County Sheriff’s Office

Lt. Sigrid Phinney
IOC State Coordinator, Fusion Liaison Officer
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

4:30

Main Hall

Closing Remarks

Sareth Neak
President
Neak Media LLC