2024 Speakers

Keynote Speakers

ADM Linda L. Fagan, USCG

Commandant, United States Coast Guard

Daniel B. Maffei

Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission

CAPT Tina Peña, USCG

USCG Military Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

  • RADM John A. Okon

    President, State University of New York Maritime College

  • Jennifer Garson

    Senior Vice President, Boundary Stone

  • RADM Chad Cary

    Director for the Office of Marine & Aviation Operations, NOAA

  • Beth Rooney

    Port Director, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

  • Ira Breskin

    Senior Lecturer, State University of New York Maritime College

  • Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano

    Department Chair, Campbell University

  • Robert Hurd

    National Security Advisor, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08)

  • Jeffrey Lewis

    Acting Deputy Administrator Chief Counsel, Maritime Administration

  • Jonathan Gold

    VP of Supply Chain & Customs Policy, National Retail Federation

  • Bud Darr

    Executive Vice President, Mediterranean Shipping Company

  • Max Vekich

    Commissioner, Federal Maritime Commission

  • Chris Aversano

    Principal Product Manager, Veson Nautical

  • Sean Plankey

    Global Head of Cybersecurity Software, WTW

  • RADM David M. Wulf

    Deputy Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy

  • Shawn Whiteside

    Executive Director, Maritime Transportation Systems ISAC

  • Josh Shapiro

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Maritime Corporation

  • Amit Basu

    Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, International Seaways

  • Marc Armas

    Counsel, Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP