NAMEPA is heading back to Houston for its annual Marine Operations Conference to be held on March 5th, 2025, at the headquarters of the Houston Pilots in Houston from 1200 to 1630hrs. The theme for this year’s groundbreaking conference, entitled “Operation in a Period of Disruption”, invites maritime companies and industry leaders to examine the challenges and disruptions currently shaping the industry.

Developing Agenda

1130 – Registration & Networking Lunch 

1200 – Welcome

1215 – Opening & Introduction– Joe Hughes, Chairman of The American Club and Chairman of NAMEPA  

1230 – USCG Keynote– RDML Wayne Arguin, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy 

1245 – Keynote: Between Rhetoric and Reality in Trump’s Administration– Keith Letourneau, Partner, Blank Rome 

1300- Navigating Disruption: Cybersecurity, Digitalization, Automation, and Risk Management in Maritime Operations 

• • Cybersecurity

• • Digitalization 

• • Risk Management 

1345- Alternative Fuels: Overcoming Challenges in Adoption and Infrastructure  

• • Laying the Foundation- David Cummins, President and CEO, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition 

• • Hydrogen Hub

• • Hybrid-Electric Propulsion 

• • LNG

1430- Coffee Break  

1500- Maritime Security= National Security: Repowering the US Maritime Industry 

• A discussion with the authors of Zero Point Four- How US Leadership in Maritime will Secure America’s Future and others on the status of the SHIPS Act
  • Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder and CEO of NAMEPA   

1545- Collaborations at Work- Workforce Development and PHPME  

• Moderator: Molly Dushay, Executive Director, NAMEPA 

1630- Houston Happenings- Captain Keith Donahue, Commander Sector Houston-Galveston, USCG

• NAMEPA on Deck – Adopt A Ship Program update and continuation- Meghan Reilly 

1645- Wrap Up- Joe Hughes, Chairman of The American Club and Chairman of NAMEPA