Monday, February 5, 2024

9:00-12:00

Tidewater II

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee Meeting – Members Only

10:00-5:00

Exhibit Hall

Exhibitor Set Up

NMSAC Meetings

1:15-1:30

Tidewater II

Opening Address – Open Meeting

Captain Andrew Meyers

Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

1:30-3:30

Tidewater II

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee Meeting – Open Meeting
Task T–2023–1: Update of Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 03-03 – Implementation Guidance for the Regulations Mandated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 for Facilities

Moderator – April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

NMSAC Co-Chair-Laurie Thomas

Maritime Security Coordinator
The University of Findlay
National Maritime Security Advisory Committee

  

NMSAC Co-Chair- Ed Madura
Security Director
Port of Everett

  

LCDR Jeffrey Bender
Facility Security Branch Chief (CG-FAC)
U.S. Coast Guard

  

LT Bill Gasperetti
Facility Security Branch
U.S. Coast Guard

3:45-5:00

Independence Hall B

Port Security Grant Program Workshop: Understanding the grant program and how to achieve maximum success

Duane Davis

Port Security Grant Program Section Chief
FEMA

April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

5:00-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Social

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

7:30-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Technologies and Solutions Exhibition

7:30-8:45

Exhibit Hall

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45-9:00

Independence Hall A

Opening Remarks and Pledge of Allegiance

Sareth Neak
President
Neak Media LLC

9:00-9:30

Independence Hall A

Opening Keynote

Jonathan P. Miller

Executive Assistant Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

9:30-10:00

Independence Hall A

U.S. Coast Guard: Office of Coast Guard Port & Facility Compliance

Captain Andrew Meyers

Chief, Office of Port and Facility Compliance
U.S. Coast Guard

10:00-10:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

10:00-12:00

Tidewater II

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee Meeting – Open Meeting
Task T–2023–2: Active Shooter/Active Threat in the Maritime Environment

Moderator – April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

NMSAC Chair – Henry Russell

Director of Maritime Security
SSA Marine

  

John Devine
TSA Industry Engagement Manager – Maritime
Transportation Security Administration

10:45-11:15

Independence Hall A

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland – National Capital Region

Captain David E. O’Connell

Sector Commander, Sector Maryland – National Capital Region
U.S. Coast Guard

11:15-12:15

Independence Hall A

Marine Exchange Leadership Roundtable: Leveraging interdependencies to unify public and private stakeholders in critical waterways

F. Scott Humphrey  

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

Captain Steve White

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of Alaska

Stephen Lyman

Executive Director
Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ

Curtis Cannizzaro

Executive Director
Merchants Exchange, Columbia River

Gary Scheibe
Chair
Houston Ship Channel Security District

12:15-1:15

Independence Hall B

Networking Lunch

1:15-1:45

Independence Hall A

Maritime Enhanced Engagement Initiative

Jeffrey L. Radgowski, PE 

Deputy Assistant Commandant for Intelligence
U.S. Coast Guard

1:15-2:15

Independence Hall B

Port Security Roundtable: Security priorities for ports

  

Moderator – Lyston Lea
Senior Advisor
Global Foresight Strategies

Mark Dubina

Vice President, Security
Port Tampa Bay

Mike Edgerton, CSyP, CPP, CISM

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

Drew J.H. Schneider

Assistant Director of Security
Port of Long Beach, CA

Bill Burket
Director, Maritime Incident Response Team and Emergency Operations
Port of Virginia

  

Fred Dolbow (Representing Port of Baltimore)
Port Security/Recovery Specialist
Sector Maryland-National Capitol Region
U.S. Coast Guard

1:45-2:15

Independence Hall A

MView: Live video sharing program for public safety partners and 1st responders to provide maritime domain awareness for events and incidents

  

Sonya Anderson
MView Senior Program Manager
Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC)
Maryland State Police (MSP)

  

Matt Tripp
CCTV Operations Manager
Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC)

2:15-2:45

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

2:45-3:15

Independence Hall A

Maritime Domain Awareness Data Gaps on the World Stage

Cesar Morales

Portfolio Manager, Defense & National Security
S&P Global Intelligence and Analytics

Christopher M. Hickey

Principal
Hickey Maritime Intelligence Consulting

2:45-3:15

Independence Hall B

Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Foreign Port Security Assessment Program

Jay Berman

Assistant Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

3:15-3:35

Independence Hall A

Discover the Unknown-Unknowns: Breaking the boundaries of MDA with Maritime AI

  

Nadav Libhaber
Director of Partnerships
Windward

3:15-4:00

Independence Hall B

Unmanned Aerial Systems Use and Challenges in the Port Environment: Rules, regulations and use cases

Queron “Q” Thompson, PMP

Manager, UAS Security Program Design & Analytics Division
Security and Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH)
Federal Aviation Administration

Alina George
AUS-410, Project Manager
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office
Federal Aviation Administration

3:35-3:55

Independence Hall A

Maritime Domain Awareness for Ports Utilizing Standoff Chemical Detection

George Lane 

Director Chemical Security
Emergency Response Technology

3:55-4:15

Independence Hall A

Maritime Insights: A data fusion platform for maritime surveillance

Michel Dionne
Director, Business Development
Geointelligence
MDA Geospatial Services, Inc.

4:00-4:45

Independence Hall B

U.S. Dept of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction’s Mobile Detection Deployment and the Secure the City Programs: CBRNE preparedness for port areas

Justin Brown

Radiological and Nuclear Program Specialist
Mobile Detection Deployment Program
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

LCDR Tim Jones, USCG

Securing the Cities Program, Maritime Specialists
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

4:15-4:35

Independence Hall A

Leveraging Unmanned Technology and the Value of Persistent Remote Surveillance in the Maritime Fight

  

Rear Admiral Joe “Digger” DiGuardo (U.S. Navy Ret)
Senior Director, Government Strategy and Development
Ocean Power Technologies

4:35-5:00

Independence Hall A

From Ports to Perimeters: GIS Solutions for Maritime Domain Awareness and Security

  

Carl Walter
Director, Homeland Security Solutions
Esri

    

Tosia Shall
Senior Solution Engineer, Public Safety
Esri

4:45-5:15

Independence Hall B

Detecting and Mitigating Vessel AIS and GPS Spoofing

Chuck Stoffer

Director, Sales & Business Development
UHU Technologies LLC

 

5:15-6:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Social

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

8:00-4:00

Exhibit Hall

Technologies and Solutions Exhibition

8:00-8:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Breakfast

8:30-8:50

Independence Hall A

Keynote: Interagency Collaboration and Information Sharing

Captain Matt Waldron, USCG

Deputy Director
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO)

8:50-9:00

Main Session

National MDA Executive Steering Committee Excellence Award
Presented by: National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

9:00-9:30

Independence Hall A

Keynote: Port Security Grant Program Update and Insights

Kerry L. Thomas

Director, Preparedness Grants Division
Grant Programs Directorate
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency

9:30-10:00

Independence Hall A

Marine Firefighting Preparation and Training

Bill Burket

Director, Maritime Incident Response Team and Emergency Operations
Port of Virginia

9:30-10:00

Independence Hall B

Real-Time Decision Support and Resilience Planning for Maritime and Intermodal Transportation in the Face of Extreme Weather and Sea Level Rise: An operational approach

F. Scott Humphrey 

Executive Director
Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region

10:00-10:30

Exhibit Hall

Networking Break

10:15-12:15

Tidewater II

National Maritime Security Advisory Committee Meeting – Open Meeting
Task T–2023–3: Unmanned Systems in the Maritime Environment

Moderator – April Danos

Vice President
OD Grant Solutions, LLC

NMSAC Chair – John Rowan

General Manager and FSO
Tioga Marine Terminal, Delaware River Stevedores

  

Casey Johnson
Management and Program Analyst
U.S. Coast Guard

  

Jim Bamberger
Branch Chief for Requirements and Capabilities Analysis
Transportation Security Agency

10:30-11:00

Independence Hall A

Structure and Control Your Command Communications Across Multiple Domains and Agencies

Scott VanValkenburg

Director of Rave Federal Products and Services
Motorola Solutions

10:30-11:00

Independence Hall B

Smart Port Investment and the Threat Landscape

Alex Hoover

Science and Technology Dept. Head
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office

Matthew Butram
Strategic Ports Program
Office of Sealift Support (MAR-630)
Maritime Administration

11:00-11:45

Independence Hall A

The Perfect Storm Project:  Building the boat of the future centering on the long term health and effectiveness of the operator

Ronald E. Carpenter

Chief Warrant Office Five (Ret.)
President, Ullman Dynamics USA

Scott Porta

President
Porta Products

Todd Salus

Vice President
Ocean Craft Marine

 

Keith Hubble

Principal Engineer
TMS Group USA

11:00-11:45

Independence Hall B

Off-Shore Wind Farms: Building security and safety protocols in a unique environment

Michael T. Lundsgaard

Director, Offshore Wind Operations
Dominion Energy

11:45-12:00

Independence Hall A

Timezero Coastal Monitoring Software – a Turn Key Marine Domain Solution

        

Daniel Joram
Government Sales Manager
Nobeltec 

12:00-12:15

Independence Hall A

Intelligent Operational Decision-Support for Professional Vessel Operators

      

Karl Birgir Björnsson
CEO, Founder
Hefring Marine

12:15-1:00

Independence Hall B

Networking Lunch

1:00-1:30

Independence Hall A

Afternoon Cyber Keynote

  

Iranga Kahangama
Assistant Secretary for Cyber, Infrastructure, Risk, and Resilience
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:45-2:15

Independence Hall A

The U.S. Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center (GMCC): Emergent challenges, the integration imperative, and collaborative best practices

Brian Wilson

Deputy Director, Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security

1:45-2:15

Independence Hall B

Cyber Trends & Insights in the Maritime Transportation System

LCDR Quinton L. DuBose

Chief, Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch
U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command

2:15-2:45

Independence Hall A

The Future of Patrol Boats: Achieving zero emissions

Cole Christensen

Business Development
SAFE Boats International

Nigel Watkins

Naval Architect, Marine Engineer
VITA Power

2:45-4:00

Exhibit Hall

Exhibit Visit

2:15-2:45

Independence Hall B

U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Security Guidance and Update

Charles Blackmore – CISSP, C|EH, CIPP/US, C|CISO

Marine Transportation System Specialist (Cyber)
Office of Port & Facility Compliance
Domestic Ports Division (CG-FAC-1)
U.S. Coast Guard

2:45-3:45

Independence Hall B

Cyber Security Best Practices

Max Bobys

Vice President
HudsonCyber

  

Kenneth Washington
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Port Tampa Bay

LCDR Quinton L. DuBose

Chief, Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch
U.S. Coast Guard Cyber Command

  

 

Shawn Ricketts
Principal Technical Advisor, Disruptive Security Technology Team, Emerging Threats & Technology
National Security Directorate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

Derek Mueller 
Cybersecurity Advisor, State Coordinator
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

3:45

Independence Hall A

Closing Remarks

Sareth Neak
President
Neak Media LLC