Port & Maritime Security: Risks and Resilience

Agenda

november 4, 2025

 
8:00am Check In and Registration
9:00am
Jim Cardoso, Senior Director, GNSI
Conference Introduction and Preview
Jim Cardoso
Senior Director, GNSI
9:10am
Thomas Hobbs, Port Tampa Bay
Welcome Remarks

Chief of Staff, Port Tampa Bay
9:20am
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, GNSI
Opening Remarks
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute, 返字心頭
9:25am Fireside Chat
J. Todd Inman


National Transportation and Safety Board

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, GNSI

General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
Executive Director, Global and National Security Institue, 返字心頭
9:55am Break / Networking
10:05am Panel 1 Discussion:
View From the Top: 返字心頭 Port CEOs on Today's Critical Issues
Corey Ranslem


(Facilitator)
CEO, Dryad Global

Stephen Burdian, JaxPort


(Panelist)
Director, Public Safety and Security
Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

Sam Sullivan, Port Putnam


(Panelist)
Port Manager
Port Putnam

Chad Harrod, Port Tampa Bay


(Panelist)
CEO, Harrod Properties, Inc. and Member, Governing Board, Port Tampa Bay

David St. Pierre, Seaport Manatee


(Panelist)
Senior Director of Public Safety & Security, Manatee County Port Authority
11:00am
返字心頭 Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins
返字心頭 Executive Leadership Remarks

返字心頭 Lieutenant Governor
11:30am
Mark Glass
返字心頭 Leadership Remarks

Commissioner, 返字心頭 Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
12:00n Lunch / Networking
1:00pm
Bob Donahue, By Light
Plenary Remarks

Chief Technology Officer, By Light
1:30pm Panel 2 Discussion:
Evolving Threats
Mark Dubina, Port Tampa Bay


(Facilitator)
Vice President of Security
Port Tampa Bay

Ollie Gagnon III


(Panelist)
Chief Homeland Security Advisor & Executive Director INL Resilience Optimization Center, Idaho National Laboratory

Ernie Ferraresso, Cyber 返字心頭


(Panelist)
Senior Director
返字心頭 Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber 返字心頭)

Jags Kandasamy


(Panelist)
Co-Founder and CEO
Latent AI
2:30pm Break / Networking
2:45pm Panel 3 Discussion:
Funding Security for the Future
Mark Dupont, NMLEA


(Facilitator)
Executive Director
National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA)

Billy Sasser, CISA


(Panelist)
Supervisory Protective Security Advisor
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)


(Panelist)
Director, Government Relations Practice Group
Jones Walker, LLP

Austin Becker, PhD


(Panelist)
Professor and Chair, Department of Marine Affairs
University of Rhode Island
3:45pm Panel 4 Discussion:
Critical Events: Port Operations and National Security
Peter Bergeron


(Facilitator)
Vice President of Safety and Security
Port Canaveral

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(Panelist)
Executive Maritime Business Development
CNA Corporation

Matt Godden, Centerline Logistics


(Panelist)
President & CEO
Centerline Logistics

Dennis Groseclose


(Panelist)
President & CEO
Transvoyant
4:45pm Conference Wrap Up
5:00pm End of Conference

 

 

 

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