Navtech Conference

Navtech 2023 is produced by Colibri Northwest.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Navigational Technology for the Modern Mariner.

DAY ONE - DECEMBER 5, 2023

Continental Breakfast & Registration

Opening Remarks: Peter Philips, Colibri Northwest

Operators Experiences with Navigation Technology and Automation

  • Ship-to-ship transfer
Moderator:

CAPT Paul Amos, Columbia River Pilots

Panelists:

CAPT Tim Anderson, American Eagle Tankers 

CAPT Gaetano Gigliotti, Carnival Cruise Lines

CAPT Sean Meagher, M/Y Latitude

CAPT Lindsay Price, SpaceX

Morning Break

New Technologies in the Market Today

  • Infrared vision technology

Moderator:

CAPT Jonathan Samuell, Houston Pilots

Panelists:

Kris English, Wartsila

Jim Locke, Navsim Technologies

Tommy Mikkelson, Trelleborg

Chuck Stoffer, UHU Technologies

Lunch Break

El Faro Lessons Learned

Moderator:

Panelists:

Dr. Chris Landsea, NOAA, National Hurricane Center

Morgan Turrell, National Transportation Safety Board

CAPT Richard Madden, MITAGS

Afternoon Break

Data Collection and Dissemination

  • High Resolution Bathymetry, AIS Weather Data Gathering Project

Moderator:

Brian Tetreault, US Army Corps of Engineers

Panelists:

Scott Beatty, MarineLabs

Jon Dasler, David Evans and Associates

Gerald Thornberry, US Army Corps of Engineers

Darren Wright, NOAA Precision Marine Navigation

DAY TWO - DECEMBER 6, 2023

Continental Breakfast

Search and Rescue Technology

  • Man Overboard Training (Personal AIS Transponders)
  • Wherever you are, there is technology to find you. What is it?

Moderator:

Panelists:

George Burkley, Maritime Pilots’ Institute 

Edwin Thiedeman, USCG SAR Systems Specialist (USCG ret.)

Morning Break

Next Gen Technology

  • MASS
  • USCG: Deliver of Next Gen Tech
  • Skill Sets of the Future Mariner

Moderator:

CAPT Alain Arsenault, National Center of Expertise on Maritime Pilotage

Panelists:

R. David Lewald, US Coast Guard Headquarters

CAPT Gerard C. Pannell, AFNI, STAR Center

Lunch Break

Display Application: Practical Application and Appropriate Use

Moderator:

CAPT Carolyn Kurtz, Tampa Bay Pilots

Panelists:

Jorge Arroyo, US Coast Guard

Cato Eliassen, Kongsberg 

Dale Marsh, AD Navigation AS

Afternoon Break

New Technologies to Protect Marine Mammals

  • Whales, Wind Farms, and more…

Moderator:

Darrell Conner, K&L Gates

Panelists:

CAPT Jeff Baken, Southeast Alaska Pilots Association

Clay Diamond, American Pilots’ Association

RADM Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN (ret)

Dr. Scott Gende, National Park Service