Port & Maritime Security: Risks and Resilience

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Agenda

november 4, 2025


8:00am	Check In and Registration
9:00am	Conference Introduction and Preview Jim Cardoso Senior Director, GNSI
9:10am	Welcome Remarks Thomas Hobbs Chief of Staff, Port Tampa Bay
9:20am	Opening Remarks General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute, USF
9:25am	Fireside Chat J. Todd Inman National Transportation and Safety Board General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, Global and National Security Institue, USF
9:55am	Break / Networking
10:05am	Panel 1 Discussion: View From the Top: Florida Port CEOs on Today's Critical Issues Corey Ranslem (Facilitator) CEO, Dryad Global Stephen Burdian (Panelist) Director, Public Safety and Security Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Sam Sullivan (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 (Panelist) Senior Director of Public Safety & Security, Manatee County Port Authority
11:00am	Florida Executive Leadership Remarks The Honorable Jay Collins Florida Lieutenant Governor
11:30am	Florida Leadership Remarks Mark Glass Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
12:00n	Lunch / Networking
1:00pm	Plenary Remarks Stu Armstrong Chief Technology Officer, By Light
1:30pm	Panel 2 Discussion: Evolving Threats Mark Dubina (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 (Panelist) Senior Director Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida) 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 (Facilitator) Executive Director National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA) Max Bobys (Panelist) Vice President & Practice Leader Hudson Cyber HudsonAnalytix Jennifer Ungru (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 Randall Gentry, PhD (Panelist) Executive Maritime Business Development CNA Corporation Matt Godden (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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