Navtech Conference

  Navtech is produced by Colibri Northwest.  December 4-5, 2024, in Seattle, WA.

2024 CONFERENCE AGENDA

As of December 2, 2024.

Navigational Technology for the Modern Mariner.

DAY ONE - DECEMBER 4, 2024

Continental Breakfast & Registration

Opening Remarks: Peter Philips, Colibri Northwest

Operators Experiences with Navigation Technology and Automation

Moderator:

CAPT Paul Amos, American Pilots’ Association

Panelists:

CAPT Richard Madden, Masters, Mates & Pilots

CAPT Lindsay M. Price, Women Offshore Foundation

CAPT Frank Vargas, American Seafoods

MORNING BREAK

New Technologies in the Market Today

  • Acoustic Technology
  • Pilot Boat Technology
  • Under-keel Clearance Project on the Savannah River
  • Enhanced Weather Awareness for Pilots

Moderator:

CAPT Wesley Moore, Sabine Pilots

Panelists:

Dr. Scott Beatty, PhD, MarineLabs

Tommy Mikkelsen, Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure

John Patterson, Artemis Technologies

CAPT Chris Yarbrough, Savannah Pilots Association

LUNCH BREAK

Case Study Analyses: The Limitations of Technology

 Jon Kjaerulff, MITAGS

Liam LaRue, National Transportation Safety Board

AFTERNOON BREAK

Data Collection and Dissemination

Moderator:

Brian Tetreault, US Army Corps of Engineers

Panelists:

Jon Dasler, David Evans and Associates

R. David Lewald, US Coast Guard Headquarters

Gerald Thornberry, US Army Corps of Engineers

Darren Wright, NOAA Office of Coast Survey

DAY TWO - DECEMBER 5, 2024

Continental Breakfast

Search and Rescue: Technology and Best Practices

Moderator:

Jon Kjaerulff, MITAGS

Panelists:

CAPT Jonathan Samuell, American Pilots’ Association

Michiel Versteeg, Saltchuk

MORNING BREAK

Next Generation Technology

  • New ECDIS Rules
  • New GPS Augmentation
  • Future of Relative Positioning

George Burkley, Maritime Pilots Institute 

Christian Hempstead, Hempstead Maritime Training LLC

Chuck StofferUHU Technologies

LUNCH BREAK

New Technologies to Protect Marine Mammals

  • Whales, Wind Farms, etc.

Moderator:

Brendan O’Shea, American Pilots’ Association

Panelists:

John DePersenaire, Viking Yachts

VADM Mike Connor, USN (ret), ThayerMahan

Dr. Caroline Good, PhD, NOAA

AFTERNOON BREAK

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation: Best Practices and Challenges

  • MARPOL Pollution Regulations

Moderator:

CAPT Tim Lagarde, Associated Branch Pilots, Port of New Orleans

Panelists:

CDR Tonya Lim, USCG, Sector Columbia River

CAPT Jeremy Nielsen, Columbia River Pilots