Day One (October 16)
Safety and Cybersecurity Challenges and Solutions
Moderator: Cole Cosgrove – Vice President, Marine Management, Crowley
Panelist: SafeMTS Update – Todd Ripley, MARAD
Panelist: Cybersecurity with New Technology – Baha Inozu, Sharp Focus, Inc.
Panelist: Company Security Officer Meeting Recap – Christopher Owsianiecki, MARAD
Panelist: Lithium Ion Battery – Eddie Murphy, Program Analyst, Emergency Response Liaison at Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
Expand Performance & Retention = Boost Your Bottom Line!
Co-Moderator: Workforce Initiatives and Updates – Sarah Scherer, VP Transportation Institute
Co-Moderator: Boot Camp – John Stauffer, President, Maritime Institute
Panelist: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Jenny Johnson, Maritime Inclusion Partners
Panelist: Retention Strategies Around Mental Health – Allison Clonch, Researcher, University of Washington
Unique Consequences and Impacts of Environmental Regulations
Moderator: Jan Hagen Anderson, Business Development Director, DNV
Panelist: Electrification – David Lee, ABB (invited)
Panelist: Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance – Galen Hon, MARAD
Panelist: Current Environmental Issues – NOAA, BSEE, EPA (invited)
Day Two (October 17)
Evolving and Embracing New Technologies to Improve Performance and Vessel Efficiencies
Moderator: Dustin Varnell, Owner V2 SubSea and U.S. Country Manager, OSBIT
Panelist: Remote Technologies – Ted Lester, Vice President, Certification, REGENT
Panelist: Developing Offshore Wind Space – Kyle Pemberton, SEACOR Marine
Panelist: Subsea Power Cable – Owen Rataj, Business Development Director, Kalypso Offshore Energy
Panelist: National Security Multi-Mission Vessel – Chris Clark, Director of New Construction TOTE Services, LLC
United States Coast Guard
Moderator: Captain Gerard Pannell, Director of Training, STAR Center
Panelist: General Mariner Issues – Mayte Medina, Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing
Panelist: Replacement System (NAVITA) – Charles Bright, Office of Merchant Mariner Credentialing
Panelist: Statutory Requirements Related to SASH – Dave Van Nevel, Attorney, Prevention Law
Panelist: Suspension & Revocation – Jason Neubauer, Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis
Popcorn and Chips Panel Review and Discuss Next Steps
Moderator: Robert Sheen, President, Ocean Shipholdings, Inc.
Panelist: Safety and Cybersecurity Challenges – Cole Cosgrove, Crowley
Panelist: Centers of Excellence – MARAD
Panelist: Expand Performance & Retention – Sarah Scherer and John Stauffer
Panelist: Consequences and Impacts of Environmental Regulations – Jan Hagen Anderson
Panelist: Evolving and Embracing New Technologies – Dustin Varnell
Panelist: Regulatory Preparation – Captain Gerard Pannell
SOCP will be building on thirty years of collaboration and innovation experience to explore and discuss new and upcoming innovative technologies affecting vessel operations, including how these will impact, positively or negatively, mariners and mariner availability and inform decision making by both the industry and the regulators.