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HACC NACC
Shipping Conference

32nd Annual Shipping Conference Panelists
U.S. and Shaping the Future of International Shipping

Clay Maitland
IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
Conference Co-Chair

Presenter of the Marlene Daniels Award

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Humera Ahmed
VP of Legal Relations

& Business Development

LISCR
Conference Co-Chair

Opening Remarks

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Mickey Belgrod

Director

First Citizens Bank

Maritime Finance

Panel: Investments and Financing in US Shipping

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Melissa Bert

U.S. Coast Guard, Retired

Senior Attorney & Senior Maritime &
Homeland Security Consultant

Panel: Sanctions and Shipping in Turbulent Times

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Jeremy Borkowski
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer
Auxilior Capital Partners, Inc.

Panel: U.S. Investments and Financing in Shipping

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Sophia Brown
General Manager
IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry
Conference Co-Chair

Opening Remarks

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Darrell Conner
Government Affairs Counselor
K&L Gates LLP

Panel: U.S. Shipyards, The Ships for America Act

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Hew Crooks
Chief Executive Officer
MTM Maritime

Panel: Shipowners Perspective

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Thomas Damsgaard
Head of Americas
BIMCO

Panel: Operational Efficiency and Environmental Compliance: Finding the Balance

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Han Deng
Partner
Reed Smith LLP

Closing Remarks

Brian P. Devine
Partner & US Head of Transport
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Conference Co-Chair

Moderator: U.S. Investments and Financing in Shipping

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Laura DiBella
Chairman at the Federal Maritime Commission

Panel: U.S. Shipyards, The Ships for America Act

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Geoff Douglass
Co-Founder, Mythos AI
TEDx Talker

Panel: Technology & Innovation, AI

Hugh Eden
Managing Director
Jefferies LLC

Panel: U.S. Capital Markets and M&A

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Tamekia Flack
Director of U.S. Government Relations
World Shipping Council

Panel: Global Turmoil

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Mark Friedman
Senior Managing Director
Evercore

Panel: U.S. Capital Markets and M&A

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Brian Green
Vice President, Maritime
IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry

Panel: Global Turmoil

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Claire Grunewald
Co-founder
Clarity Compliance Consulting

Panel: Sanctions and Shipping in Turbulent Times

Marina Hadjipateras
Co-Founder and General Partner
TMV Logistics

Moderator: Technology & Innovation, AI

Joe Hughes
Chairman, Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc.
The American P&I Club

Introduction: Marlene Daniels Award

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Dane Inglis
Principal
Rystad Energy

Keynote: Global Economic and Markets Outlook - Energy Perspectives

Dorothea Ioannou
Chief Executive Officer of the Managers
The American P&I Club

Recipient of the Marlene Daniels Award

Nick Katsanos
Partner
Seward & Kissel LLP

Panel: U.S. Capital Markets and M&A

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Patrick Keffler
Regional Manager Americas
INTERTANKO

Panel: Operational Efficiency and Environmental Compliance: Finding the Balance

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Allan Krogsgaard
Business Development Director and Principal Surveyor, Maritime
DNV

Panel: Operational Efficiency and Environmental Compliance: Finding the Balance

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James Lightbourn
CFO
Stealth Maritime Start-Up

Panel: U.S. Investments and Financing in Shipping

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Ryan Lynch
President, Chief Executive Officer
Hanwha Shipping

Panel: U.S. Shipyards, The Ships for America Act

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Daniel Moore
VP, Strategic Partnerships & Innovation American Bureau of Shipping

Panel: Technology & Innovation, AI

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Kevin O'Hara
Investment Banking
Fearnley Securities

Panel: U.S. Investments and Financing in Shipping

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Daniel Paige

Vice President & General Counsel, Centerline Logistics Corporation

Panel: U.S. Capital Markets and M&A

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Ryan Libhart Pereyda
Principal and CEO
Patriot Maritime

Panel: Shipowners Perspective

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Mads Petersen
Chief Executive Officer
Pangaea Logistics Solutions

Panel: Operational Efficiency and Environmental Compliance: Finding the Balance

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Sean T. Pribyl

Partner

Holland & Knight LLP

Panel: Operational Efficiency and Environmental Compliance: Finding the Balance

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Tomer Raanan
Maritime Risk Analyst
Lloyd's List Intelligence

Panel: Sanctions and Shipping in Turbulent Times

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Sydney Redden
Associate Director of Global External Affairs
IP House

Panel: Technology & Innovation, AI

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Ole Christian Schrøder
Founder & Principal
OSCO Maritime LLC

Conference Co-Chair

Moderator: Operational Efficiency and Environmental Compliance: Finding the Balance

Josh Shapiro
President and CEO
Liberty Maritime Corporation

Panel: Shipowners Perspective

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Sean Simons
CCO
Robot Toolworx

Panel: Technology & Innovation, AI

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Peder Simonsen
Chief Executive Officer
CMB.Tech Norway AS

Panel: U.S. Capital Markets and M&A

John C. Stratakis, Esq.
Partner
Poles, Tublin, Stratakis & Gonzalez LLP
Conference Co-Chair

Moderator: Global Turmoil

Daniel A. Tadros
Chief Operating Officer Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Managers of the American Club
Conference Co-Chair

Moderator: U.S. Shipyards, The Ships for America Act

Joshua Tallis
Principal Research Scientist
Center for Naval Analyses

Panel: Global Turmoil

Alessandra Tebaldi
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
McAllister Towing

Panel: Shipowners Perspective

Matthew Thomas
Maritime and International Trade Partner
Blank Rome LLP

Moderator: Sanctions and Shipping in Turbulent Times

For more information and sponsorship opportunities, contact:

Live Sletten Diakolios (NACC) | 917-797-2421

Alexandra Spyrou-Mitsakis (HACC) | 646-797-1484

info@haccnaccshipppingconference.com

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