SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
RADM Thomas H. Gilmour, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security & Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard

New Coast Guard Regulations implementing MTSA: What’s in the details?
RADM Larry Hereth, Director of Port Security,
U.S. Coast Guard

Container Security: What’s happening
Jayson Ahern ,Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations,U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

SECURITY PANEL:
Implementing MTSA and ISPS requirements
Class society as representative of flag state : ADM Robert E. Kramek, USCG (Ret.), President, ABS Americas
Port Representative: COL Peter Miller USMC, Ret., Security Director Tampa Port Authority
Shipowner: Robert Miller, Counsel, Ocean Shipholdings, Inc.
Maritime Security Specialist: Kim Petersen, Executive Director, Maritime Security Council

LUNCHEON

The National Response Plan: What it is and what it requires from ship operators and port authorities
Dan Sheehan, P.E.
Arthur J. "Skip" Volkle, jr., Vice President and legal Counsel, Maritrans Operating Co., LP

Unintended consequences of security legislation
Jeanne Grasso, Esq., Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Training & Credentialing of seafarers and transportation workers
Joe Cox, President, Chamber of Shipping of America

Don’t find yourself busting U.S. trade sanctions by mistake
Barbara Linney, Esq., Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Foreign-lease financing of U.S. flag vessels: An update
Constantine G. Papavisas, Esq., Partner, Winston & Strawn

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

OCTOBER 1, 2003

Keynote Address: Strategic thinking in transportation security

The world post-Prestige: The tanker community’s view on EU developments
Svein A. Ringbakken, Deputy Managing Director & General Counsel, INTERTANKO

Besides security and tanker phase-outs, what’s been happening at IMO?
Joe Angelo, Director of Standards, U.S. Coast Guard

Moves toward increased transparency of vessel ownership. What are the implications?
Clay Maitland, Managing Partner, International Registries

OPA 90 Update
CAPT. Joseph saboe, Chief of the Office of Response, U.S. Coast Guard
LUNCHEON

Market impact of accelerated single hull phase outs
Jeff Goetz, Poten & Partners

Ballast water management: What's required by law and what actually works?
Roger Rufe, President, The Ocean Conservancy

Criminal prosecutions of shipowners: What are the trends?
Jane Barrrett, Esq., Partner, Blank Rome LLP