• The Honorable Mark H. Buzby, Maritime Administrator, United States Department of Transportation
• Dr. Martha R. Grabowski, Marine Board Vice-Chair; Incoming Chair, Le Moyne College & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

WELCOME VIDEO

Join industry automation thought leaders, maritime educators and training institutions to consider emerging technologies, future vessel operations, and innovative and collaborative education and training programs.

Moderator: Dale Sause, Marine Board Member, Sause Bros., Inc

• Edmond J. Moran Jr, Senior Vice President, Moran Towing Corp; Kelly Curtin, Manager of Training and Employee Development, Moran Towing Corp
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• Elizabeth McNie, PhD, Associate Professor of Marine Transportation, California State University Maritime Academy
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• Gregg Trunnell, Senior Business Development Consultant, MITAGS
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• Capt. Stephen J. Polk, Director, Center for Maritime Education, The Seamen’s Church Institute
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SESSION 1 VIDEO

REPORT OUT SUMMARY

Join researchers, maritime educators and classification society leaders to consider automation and control systems, power systems engineering, offshore wind technology, and alternative fuels’ impacts on future education and training.

Moderator: Edward Comstock, Marine Board Chair, Independent Naval Architect

• Prof. Jing Sun, Professor and Chair, University of Michigan
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• Matthew Werner, Dean, Webb Institute
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• Captain Michael R. Burns Jr, Director, Center for Maritime and Professional Training, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
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• Christopher J. Wiernicki, Chairman, President and CEO, ABS
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SESSION 2 VIDEO

REPORT OUT SUMMARY

Join global supply chain and logistics executives, researchers and transportation planning leaders to consider infrastructure needs, port planning, environmental and sustainability stewardship, and global supply chain challenges, and their impacts on maritime education, training and workforce development.

Moderator: Dr. Craig E. Philip, Marine Board Member; Incoming Vice-Chair, Vanderbilt University

• Dr. Kenneth Ned Mitchell, Research Civil Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Engineer Research and Development Center
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• Dr. Thomas H. Wakeman III, Principal Consultant, Research Professor, General Manager RES, Stevens Institute of Technology, Port Authority of NY & NJ
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• Lee Kindberg, PhD, GCB.D, Head of Environment & Sustainability, North America, Maersk
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• Anne Strauss-Wieder, Director, Freight Planning North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
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SESSION 3 VIDEO

REPORT OUT SUMMARY

• Dale Sause, Marine Board Member, Sause Bros., Inc
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• Edward Comstock, Marine Board Chair, Independent Naval Architect
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• Dr. Craig E. Philip, Marine Board Member; Incoming Vice-Chair, Vanderbilt University
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REPORT OUT VIDEO

REPORT OUT SUMMARY

Join the summary panel of maritime academy superintendents, presidents and executive leaders in a roundtable discussion of this year’s and future years’ important issues: the impacts of COVID-19 , economic and social justice, cybersecurity, future educational programs, the future of licensing and Sea Year time, as well as the ‘Thorny Issues’ that keep our panel up at night.

Moderator: Dr. Martha R. Grabowski, Marine Board Vice-Chair; Incoming Chair, Le Moyne College & Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• RADM Michael A. Alfultis, President, Maritime College, The State University of New York
• Dr. William J. Brennan, RADM (USMS), President, Maine Maritime Academy
• RADM Jack Buono, Superintendent, USMMA
• Rear Adm. Thomas A. Cropper, President, California State University Maritime Academy
• RADM Michael E. Fossum, USMS; USAFR (Ret.); Superintendent, Texas A&M Maritime Academy; Chief Operating Officer, Texas A&M University at Galveston; Vice President, Texas A&M University
• RADM Francis McDonald, President, Massachusetts Maritime
• CAPT Rick Wester, USCG, Assistant Superintendent, U. S. Coast Guard Academy, U. S. Coast Guard

SESSION 4 VIDEO

• The Honorable Mark H. Buzby, Maritime Administrator, United States Department of Transportation

CLOSING VIDEO