Join the National Association of Waterfront Employers (NAWE) at our Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico from November 13-15, 2024! We will examine the regulatory and legislative environment impacting MTOs, the EPA's Clean Ports Program, cybersecurity strategies to keep your organization safe, ways to achieve decarbonization and so much more. Please utilize the links below to learn more about our planned program. We look forward to seeing you this November!
NAWE 2024 Annual Meeting Agenda
All Hands on Deck: Making an Impact in the New Political Landscape
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
1:00pm - 2:30pm Insurance Committee Meeting
1:00pm - 2:30pm E3C Committee Meeting
1:00pm - 2:30pm Legislative Committee Meeting
1:00pm - 2:30pm Security Committee Meeting
3:00pm - 4:30pm NAWE Board Meeting
4:45pm - 7:30pm Shuttle service from Hotel Rumbao to and from Fraternidad AFDA for the
Welcome Reception
5:00pm - 7:00pm Welcome Reception sponsored by Puerto Nuevo Terminal
Thursday, November 14, 2024
8:30am - 9:00am Welcome from NAWE Chairman, Tom Saunders, Head of Government Affairs,
Ports America and NAWE Chairman of the Board, Reports from NAWE
Committee Chairpeople, and a State of the Association Report
9:00am - 10:00am Impact of the US 2024 Election Results and How to Promote NAWE Priorities
in the New Congress and Administration with Stephen Peranich, Principal,
Blank Rome Government Relations; Omar Franco, Senior Director, Becker & Poliakoff,
and Anthony Bedell, Senior Corporate and Government Relations Director,
Becker & Poliakoff
10:00am-10:15 am Break
10:15am - 11:15am Impact of Supreme Court Decisions in Jarkesy and Corner Post and DC
Circuit Decision in Evergreen on Regulatory Landscape for MTOs with Jeff Vogel,
Shareholder, Cozen O'Connor and Katie Bennett, General Counsel, Ports America
10:00am - 4:00pm Spouse/ Companion Program! Meet in the lobby of the Hotel Rumbao for a walking tour of
Old San Juan which will be followed by lunch in a local restaurant. The group will travel to
Casa Bacardi for a 90-minute tour and tasting and will be dropped off at the hotel by 4pm.
11:15am - 12:00pm DOT and MARAD Initiatives--Permitting Reform and FLOW Initiative--
and Discussion of Funding Opportunities with Tretha Chromey, Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Ports and Waterways, U.S. Maritime
Administration and Jennifer States, Director of Ports, Momentum
Noon - 1:00pm Lunch with Keynote Speaker The Honorable Max Vekich, Commissioner,
Federal Maritime Commission
1:00pm - 2:00pm Cybersecurity - How to Protect Critical Port Infrastructure moderated by Mike Lee,
President, Terminal Security Solitions, Security Committee Chairman with LCDR Kristi
Sloane, U.S. Coast Guard Office of Port and Facility Compliance; LTJG Matt Fritz, CGCYBER
Command Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch (MCRB); and Rick Siebenaler, CEO and
Executive Director, Maritime Cybersecurity Institute
2:00pm - 3:00pm A Case Study and Lessons Learned in the Deployment of Electric Cargo Handling
Equipment with Dave Turner, VP HSSE, Yusen Terminals; Spencer Pope,
Product Manager, Engineering/Sales Coordinator, Taylor Machine Works;
and Lisa Lillelund, Director, Partner Development, Proterra Inc.
3:00pm - 4:00 Realistic Resiliency Strategies - When and How to Plan for What May or May
Not Come with Discussion Leader Jason Gasparik, Business Development, Moffatt & Nichol
and speakers Ashley Chappell, Executive Director, U.S. Committee on the Marine
Transportation System and Jeffrey Oskamp, P.E., P. Eng., Coastal Engineer, Moffatt & Nichol
4:00 Closing Remarks
4:00pm - 5:00pm Reception
Friday, November 15, 2024
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast
8:30am Bus for the tour of the Port of San Juan departs Hotel Rumbao (pre-registration is required for this tour)
8:45am Tour of the Port of San Juan
10:15am Bus returns Port of San Juan tour participants to Hotel Rumbao
10:45am Bus for the Inaugural NAWE Golf Tournament departs Hotel Rumbao for Bahia Beach Resort + Golf Club (pre-registration is required for the Golf Tournament)
