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We welcomed the following speakers to GreenPort Congress America 2018.

Ms. Fidell has been working as a consultant in the maritime industry for almost 20 years. The bulk of her experience lies with planning, analysis, and design for port projects, with a…

Mr. Yuji Mitsutake has been engaged in maritime related business since 1990 in Port and Harbor Bureau of Kitakyushu. He has been mainly in charge of management, operation, marketing and promotion of…

Founder and CEO for Ranmarine Technology, Richard Hardiman developed the idea for the WasteShark, a USV (aqua-drone) trash collector for Ports, Rivers and harbours, based on the principles of good economics, but…

Robert Howe was born in 1962. He graduated with a master of science in civil engineering from TU Braunschweig (the Brunswick Institute of Technology) in Germany in 1992.Mr. Howe started his career…

Shawn Kiernan is the Chief of Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) Project Development for the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration and is responsible for helping to ensure a safe and…

Tom Sprehe is a Senior Vice President and Director of Innovation and Technology at KCI Technologies, Inc. (KCI). He has 35 years of experience in design, construction management, and operations of solid…

Renée HoveySprott Planning & Environment Pty Ltd, AustraliaRenée’s overall career experience includes 5 years of operational port experience at the Port of Brisbane and 5 years at DP World’s Container Terminal/Stevedoring operation…

Raymond Fitzgerald is President and COO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions, the global Logistics unit of Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA.Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA is a global enterprise focused on developing sustainable full lifecycle logistics solutions…

Paul has over 18 years experience in the environmental field , concentrating on port environmental and sustainability issues over the past 10 years. He currently works as the Port of Seattle’s Senior…

Pete K. Rahn was appointed Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) by Governor Larry Hogan on January 21, 2015. He is the first person to have led transportation departments in…

R. Earl Lewis, Jr., was appointed by Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn on January 20, 2016, to serve as Deputy Secretary of Policy, Planning, and Enterprise Services for the Maryland Department…

Noeleen Tillman is the Executive Director for the International Institute for Sustainable Seaports (I2S2). I2S2’s mission is to supply port-specific sustainability-related tools, information, data, network and best practices that members of the…

Mike Pedone is the Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of the Environment for the State of Maryland. With more than two decades of experience in private industry, Mr. Pedone advises the…

Mr. Masao Tanaka has a degree from the Department of Technology at Kobe University. Mr. Tanaka worked for Kobe Municipal Government from 1986-2008, then became Manager, Roads Department, Public Construction Projects Bureau.…

Since earning a BA with high honors in economics with a business concentration from St. Mary’s College of Maryland in 1987, Mike has worked for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (and related companies) in…

Mauricio manages the strategy to drive energy efficiency and fuel cost reduction projects throughout the entire corporation. His current roles also include developing, managing and analyzing operational budgets for bunker and hedging…

Martijn dr. De Jong works at the Harbour, Coastal and Offshore Engineering department of Deltares as Expert Advisor Ports. In addition, he is coordinator of the Deltares Program ‘Ports & Waterways’, which…