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	DR. LEE ALEXANDER Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Lee Alexander is a Research Associate Professor at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping – Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire. Previously a Research Scientist with the US Coast Guard, he was also a Visiting Scientist with the Canadian Hydrographic Service. His area of expertise is applied Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) on electronic charting and eNavigation-related technologies. Actively involved in international standards development, he serves on several international committees/working groups including: • IMO, Safety-of-Navigation Sub-Committee • IHO, Hydrographic Systems and Services Committee • IALA, eNavigation Committee; Chair, Information Portrayal Working Group (WG6) He also serves as Technical Advisor to the Inland ENC Harmonization Group (IEHG). Dr. Alexander has published over 100 papers and reports on shipborne and shore-based navigation systems/technologies, and is a co-author of a textbook on Electronic Charting. He received a M.S. degree from the University of New Hampshire, and Ph.D. from Yale University. He is also a Captain (now retired) in the US Navy Reserve.
	CAPTAIN PAUL AMOS Columbia River Pilots Captain Amos was born and raised in Denton, Texas. In 1974, he permanently relocated to Vancouver, Washington and went to work for Knappton Towboat Company. He spent the first sixteen years of his career with Knappton, which later became Brix Maritime and was eventually sold to Foss Maritime. From 1980 to 1990, he was employed as a captain on towing vessels for the Columbia/Willamette/Snake River system. The majority of those years were spent on grain barge tows between Portland, Oregon and Lewiston, Idaho. In 1990, Captain Amos became a member of the Columbia River Pilots. He served two years as treasurer and was vice president of COLRIP in 1999 and again in 2006. Shortly afterward, he became president and has served continuously in that position ever since. Captain Amos was instrumental in developing COLRIP’s AIS-based traffic management system and continues to work to expand its capabilities.
	JORGE ARROYO U.S. Coast Guard Office of Navigation Systems Jorge Arroyo joined the United States Coast Guard in 1980 and in the subsequent 13 years served as a commissioned officer with assignments and duties in recreational boating safety, search & rescue, vessel traffic management, polar icebreaking, ship and shore-side operations. He was project officer in more than two dozen regulatory projects including the 1986 Summer Olympic yachting events and US vessel traffic service rules. After a 5 year hiatus, he returned to the US Coast Guard in 1999 and is currently a program & management analyst in the Office of Navigation Systems at USCG Headquarters in Washington, D.C and the USCG’s regulatory project officer and subject matter expert for Automatic Identification System (AIS). He is also: US delegate to the International Maritime Organization Navigation Sub-Committee; member of various working groups of the International Electrotechnical Committee and Radio Technical Committee for Maritime Services; and, Vice-Chair of the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (AIS) working group. Mr. Arroyo obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois, Juris Doctor from DePaul Law School in Chicago, Illinois, and, has sailed the seven seas and made land-fall on every continent.
	DAVID BOLDT Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Currently RCCL's superintendent for navigation safety, David deals with accident investigation for RCCL's 35 ships. He is the chair of the company's Navigation Working Group and is in charge of review and implementation of new and existing navigation policies. He is on the committee of RCCL employees working with Resolve Marine to build a state of the art simulator training facility. David has more than twenty years in the marine industry including cruise ships, Canadian Coast Guard, high speed ferries, salvage, towing, yacht delivery and tall ships. He taught marine firefighting at the Justice Institute of British Columbia and has been instrumental in the effort to adapt BOQA from its roots in aviation.
	DANIEL BRETON Canadian Coast Guard Mr. Breton joined the Canadian Coast Guard in 2007 where he was responsible for nation-wide consultations on the services provided by the Canadian Coast Guard to its various clients, in addition to key special projects in the fields of Search and Rescue and Aids to Navigation. In 2008, he was appointed Director of Navigation Systems where he continues to oversee the services provided by the Coast Guard in relation to icebreaking, waterways management, and aids to navigation. He is also championing the implementation of the e-navigation concept and is the Canadian Councilor for the International Association of Lighthouses and Marine Aids to Navigation Authorities. Mr. Breton’s career is marked with leading business re-engineering initiatives that resulted in better services to his various clients. He earned his bachelor degree in business management at Université de Sherbrooke.
	HELEN A. BROHL US Department of Transportation Helen A. Brohl began as the Director of the Executive Secretariat for the Committee on the Marine Transportation System In July 2006. The CMTS is a partnership of Federal agencies with responsibility for the Marine Transportation System (MTS) – waterways, ports and their intermodal connections – created to ensure the development and implementation of national MTS policies consistent with national needs and report to the President its views and recommendations for improving the MTS. For the previous ten years, Ms. Brohl was the Executive Director of the US Great Lakes Shipping Association, an organization established in 1956 to represent US vessel agents in the Great Lakes. She also previously served for six years as the President of the National Association of Maritime Organizations, which brought together shipping associations, marine exchanges and a harbor safety committee to address issues affecting the safe and efficient navigation of vessels through our nation’s waters. Additionally, Helen served four years as the national coordinator for the Marine Navigation Safety Coalition which encompassed over 60 maritime related companies and organizations involved in maritime safety as it relates to hydrographic services such as charting, mapping, and real time water level monitoring. Before joining the CMTS, Ms. Brohl was a member of two federal advisory committees: The Great Lakes Pilotage Advisory Committee under the US Coast Guard and was Deputy Chair of the Hydrographic Services Review Panel under NOAA. She also served as policy chair for the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species and was a member of the Great Lakes Waterways Management Forum MTS Committee. She previously held positions as the Director of Marketing and Government Affairs for the Illinois International Port of Chicago (Chicago Port District), was an international business development specialist for the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and served as professional staff with the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Ms. Brohl received her Bachelor in Science from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and her Masters in Science from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The CMTS is chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and is comprised of 18 Cabinet-level departments, independent Federal agencies and White House offices. In August 2008, the CMTS issued its “National Strategy for the Marine Transportation System: A Framework for Action.”
	MARK BROSTER ECDIS, Ltd., United Kingdom Mark Broster was voted chairman to the board of directors in October 2008 and is currently the manager director at ECDIS, Ltd. He brings a wealth of ECDIS experience from early developmental stages of courses and equipment through to its incorporation in the maritime community. To date, he has personally trained and accredited over 1000 officers, including over 200 masters and inspectors in approved ECDIS courses. His additional modules to the IMO 1.27 course have made it widely considered to be the most informative and professional ECDIS course within the community. He continues to accredit and monitor the safety of electronic navigation at sea by taking the ships’ officers from the classroom, to training onboard, to the final accreditation, giving them approval to "go digital". His experience is being passed onto the ECDIS Ltd team in order to increase the safe application and development of ECDIS at sea; a field in which he is clearly passionate. Mark is a traditional paper navigator that has made the change to digital navigation, but still respects, and very much believes in the traditional principles of navigation. Mark is also a non-executive director to a global marketing company and a UK based IT company. He is an active officer in the Royal Navy Reserve, an organisation he is extremely proud to be a part of. He is a fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, an associate fellow of the Nautical Institute, an associate fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, and recently joined the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. Mr. Broster recently received accolades at the annual ND Association Prize for Contributions to Navigation; an extract from the citation mentions that he "has been instrumental in ensuring the Fleet transition to electronic navigation has been safe and effective". Mark lives with his wife and children in Southampton, England. Outside of work hours you will find him avoiding the fairway on the golf course.
	KEN CIRILLO Jeppesen Marine/C-Map Ken has been involved in electronic charting and marine electronics for both the recreational and commercial sector for over 20 years. Ken began his career with C-MAP/USA, the light marine division of C-MAP/Italia in 1989 as the vice president and general manager. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of the management and operation of the company. In addition to C-MAP/USA, he was also the general manager of C-MAP/Commercial, the division responsible for the CM-93 electronic charting product in the commercial and professional shipping sector. He also started and managed C-MAP/Aviation, a division that manufactured and sold portable nav systems in the general aviation sector. For the past five years, Ken has been working as a strategy and business development executive in the marine division of Jeppesen in both the light marine and commercial sectors. He is an active member of several electronic charting organizations and standards committees including the RTCM SC109 and the IEC TC80 WG7a. Ken also serves on several industry associations, the Board of Directors of the Sea Tow Foundation for Boating Safety and Navigation and the Alliance for Safe Navigation. Prior to his career with C-MAP, Ken was a commissioned officer in the NOAA Corps serving onboard the Fisheries Research Vessels Miller Freeman and Albatross IV. He received a bachelor of science degree in marine science and a bachelor of arts degree in geology from the University of Rhode Island.
	CAPTAIN DAVE CRAWFORD Horizon Lines Captain Crawford graduated from the California Maritime Academy in 1990 and started working on ship assist tugs in the San Francisco Bay Area. He spent seven years at West Coast Shipping while continuing to work part time for various tug companies in the Bay Area. He has sailed for Sea-Land, Matson, and APL and has spent the past eleven years at Horizon Lines. He sailed in the Alaska trade as chief mate and master for six years and has spent the past two years as master of the "Horizon Tiger" sailing for Horizon Lines in their US West Coast - Guam - China service.
	DANA A. GOWARD U.S. Coast Guard Mr. Dana Goward is Director, Marine Transportation Systems Management. His directorate is responsible for a wide variety of navigation safety and security functions including Aids to Navigation, Domestic and Polar Ice Operations, Waterways Management, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, and permitting for Bridges that span navigable waters. Prior assignments include service as Director, Assessment, Integration and Risk Management, and Director of Maritime Domain Awareness Program Integration. Mr. Goward served as an active duty Coast Guard officer for 29 years. His military assignments included service as Operations Officer aboard an offshore patrol vessel; Chief Civil Penalty Magistrate for the Gulf Coast, Caribbean and Inland River System; Director of Human Resources for the Eighth Coast Guard District; and Chief of the Coast Guard’s Office of Boat Forces. In the latter position he led the world’s largest public safety and security boat operation with over 1,700 vessels and 9,000 people. He was awarded the Legion of Merit for leading the transformation of the U.S. Coast Guard’s boat operations. A majority of his military career, however, was spent as a helicopter pilot serving in the Caribbean, Great Lakes and on both coasts before being assigned as Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. He is the recipient of the Air Medal and the Helicopter Association International’s Igor Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service for the rescue of two fishermen during the height of a hurricane. He has also been recognized for his creation of the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Rescue Swimmer program. Mr. Goward is a 1974 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree. He holds a Master’s Degree from the Naval Post Graduate School and a certificate in Human Performance from the University of New Orleans.
	JOHN ERIK HAGEN Norwegian Coastal Administration John Erik Hagen is Regional Director for the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s Region Western Norway, a region with about 200 employees. He pursued a career in the Norwegian Navy, serving nearly ten years as a naval officer. In addition to naval training he attended the prestigious Norwegian Defence College. He also holds a university degree in law, social science, economics and business administration. After his naval career he spent several years in managing positions in the offshore industry and transportation services. Over a period, John Erik Hagen functioned as acting Director General for the Norwegian Coastal Administration on behalf of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. Today, he serves on many national and international boards and advisory boards. He is also Coordinator of the IMO Correspondence Group on e-navigation and Chairman of IMO Working Groups (NAV, COMSAR and STW) on e-navigation, as well as the Norwegian delegation’s Chairman of the Working Group established by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation for the cooperation between the Russian Federation and Norway on maritime safety in the Barents area.
	CAPTAIN SANDER GROOTHUIS Windstar Cruises Captain Sander Groothuis has been with Windstar Cruises since 2009 as director of marine operations. In this role, he is responsible for support to the Windstar Fleet with regards to nautical operations. Sander is involved in developing and implementing policies, procedures, standards and practices for the Fleet Operations Department. Additionally, he manages port operations along with itinerary development. Since joining Windstar Cruises he has sailed in the position of captain on Wind Spirit and Wind Surf. Prior to Windstar Cruises, Sander spent 15 years with Holland America Line starting as a cadet and climbing the ranks to chief officer. He received a bachelor’s degree in maritime science from the Hogeschool Zeeland in Vlissingen, The Netherlands and a master’s degree in maritime economics and logistics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Sander also holds an Unlimited Master’s License, a Company Security Officer Certificate and Designated Person Ashore Certificate.
	CDR CHRISTIAN HEMPSTEAD US Merchant Marine Academy Christian Hempstead, Master Mariner; MNI, MA, trained at sea as a youth and at U. S. maritime academies, sailed 19 years as junior and senior deck officer with SeaRiver Maritime Inc. (formerly Exxon Shipping Co.) including 5 years responsible for type-approved ECDIS and other electronic chart systems as watchstanding navigation officer; ongoing development and delivery of certified ECDIS training in the US since 1999 including author of first approved ECDIS course in the US, 2000, and first certified ECDIS course at US maritime academies; contributed significantly to the ECDIS training requirements in the 2010 Manila Amendments to the STCW Code and Guidance; ongoing innovations in design and implementation of large-scale ECDIS simulation and integrated navigation training environments - methods and models that are being adopted at training sites in the U.S and abroad; ongoing trainer training in ECDIS instruction; 4 years instructor & developer at PMI & MITAGS; 6 years to present Associate Professor at USMMA, teaching topics in integrated navigation.
	CAPT. PRASH KARNIK Holland America Line Captain Prash Karnik has been part of the maritime industry, working both onboard ships and ashore for more than 30 years. He started his career at sea in 1979 as a cadet on cargo ships tramping worldwide. In 1987, after sailing in various ascending capacities as navigation officer on break bulk ships, large bulk carriers, container carriers and oil tankers, he joined Admiral Cruise Lines, Miami on the SS Azure Seas. Upon Royal Caribbean International’s take over of Admiral Cruise Lines, he sailed on several of the cruise ships both on the West and East Coasts of United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean and Bermuda. Prash achieved his Master Class I license from the Australian Maritime College in 1992. In 1996 he received his first command on the cruise ship ms Viking Serenade and since on several Royal Caribbean International luxury cruise ships for the next 8 years. He returned to school and completed his business degree with honors from City University in 2005. The same year, he accepted his present position as Deputy Director Nautical Operations with Holland America Line, Seattle, where he is responsible for operational support of the company’s 15 cruise ships in navigation, safety, lifesaving and stability functions. He is deeply engaged in nautical training programs for the navigation officers and has been instrumental in coordinating the Navigation Skills Assessment program for Holland America Line officers at the Pacific Maritime Institute as well as the Bridge Team Management training at CSMART in Netherlands. He holds ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, Company Security Officer, Maritime Instructor, and FEMA Incident Command System Certifications. He has chaired the Holland America line’s Fleet Safety Committee to support the onboard safety programs. Prash is a member of the Operations and Technical Committee of the North West and Canada Cruise Association and the American Society for Quality.
	LCDR JAMES LARSON U.S. Coast Guard LCDR Jim Larson is currently assigned to the Office of Shore Forces at USCG Headquarters in Washington, D.C., as the program manager for Vessel Traffic Services (VTS). In this role, LCDR Larson is responsible for management of all aspects of the U.S. Coast Guard’s VTS program, including personnel, training, systems and infrastructure and policy and regulations. Prior to assuming the VTS Program Manager role, LCDR Larson served on the VTS Program Staff as the lead for VTS Policy and Doctrine, including conduct of Operational Evaluations of all US VTS Centers. Prior to his role on the VTS Program Staff, LCDR Larson was assigned to the Navigation Standards Branch within the Office of Waterways Management at Headquarters as the regulatory project officer for the SOLAS V navigation equipment/Electronic Charting System rule making project. Other previous assignments include VTS Director in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, Integrated Engineering Product Lead for VTS at the U.S Coast Guard Command and Control Engineering Center, and deck watch officer and combat systems officer onboard USCGC LEGARE. LCDR Larson received his bachelor’s degree in 1996 from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, an MBA with an IT management concentration from Old Dominion University in 2002, and a master’s degree in transportation security management from American Military University in 2008.
	JEFF LILLYCROP U.S. Army Corps of Engineers W. Jeff Lillycrop is the technical director for Navigation Research and Development at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center. As navigation TD he is responsible for nine research and development programs covering a wide range of topics including e-navigation, river information services, dredging, ship simulation, locks and dams, environmental impacts, surveying and mapping, and many more. He is chair of the committee on the Marine Transportation System R&D Integrated Action Team and co-chair of the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping. Mr. Lillycrop has worked for the Corps since 1983. From 1996 to 2007 he was stationed at the Mobile District, as chief of the spatial data branch, operations division. From 1984 to 1986 he worked for the Jacksonville District, coastal and navigation, planning division. Jeff holds a master of science in coastal and oceanographic engineering and a bachelor of science in engineering sciences and mechanics, both from the University of Florida. He has over 50 technical publications related to airborne lidar mapping, sediment management, dredging, and other topics related to navigation and coastal engineering.
	CAPT. ROBERT MOORE FNI, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret) Robert G. Moore recently retired as President of Coastwatch, Inc., a maritime consulting firm specializing in government and industry projects to improve safety and vessel operations as well as other coastal zone work. He has more than 40 years of experience in maritime and international affairs. He is a master mariner and a retired US Coast Guard officer with special expertise in ship operations and marine navigation. Captain Moore served as military readiness/operations program manager in the Coast Guard, represented the United States at foreign conferences, managed multinational navigation systems, and was public safety advisor for the Agency for International development to the Government of Somalia. His consulting assignments and publications cover subjects such as coastal defense and security, vessel traffic management, command and control systems, and surveillance. Captain Moore served as a member of the Marine Board Committee on Maritime Advanced Information Systems and the Transportation Research Board’s Committee for Evaluating Shipboard Display of Automatic Identification Systems. He has a B.S. in Engineering from the US Coast Guard Academy and received continuing education at the US Naval War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute and an Associate Fellow of the British Royal Institute of Navigation.
	FLORIAN MOTZ Fraunhofer - Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE Florian Motz is a senior scientist and project manager in the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE. Since 1999, he has been responsible for projects related to the display and integration of navigational information on ship bridges. Today, he serves on several international committees and working groups, including the IMO Sub-Committee on Safety of Navigation. He chaired, as coordinator, the IMO correspondence groups for the development of performance standards for the harmonized presentation of navigational information on ship bridges, for integrated navigation systems (INS) and integrated bridge systems (IBS). He is coordinator of the collaborative project VESPER for improving the security of passengers on ferries carried out for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. He has a master of science in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Aachen, Germany.
	CAPTAIN SAMUEL R. PECOTA, M.A. Department of Marine Transportation, California Maritime Academy Sam Pecota, a 1980 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY, spent twenty years at sea, predominantly in the hopper dredging industry. He served as master of the hopper dredge Stuyvesant from 1989-2000 before joining the faculty at the California Maritime Academy in 2001. He received an M.A. in Transportation Management from American Military University in 2005. He is author of the textbook Radar Observer Manual (6th Ed., 2006) and has co-authored several conference papers with Captain Buckley. With Dr. Eric Holder he is coauthor of “Maritime Head-Up Display: A Preliminary Evaluation” published Oct. 2011 in the Journal of Navigation.
	PETER PHILIPS Philips Publishing Group Peter is the president of Philips Publishing Group, publishers of trade journals for the maritime and transportation industries. In the years since Philips Publishing was founded by Peter’s father in 1983, the company has grown to become the largest maritime and transportation publishing house on the West Coast. Titles include Pacific Maritime Magazine, aimed at West Coast commercial vessel and terminal operators, FOGHORN, the official publication of the Passenger Vessel Association, Clipper Vacations Magazine, published for Seattle’s Clipper Navigation, Catalina Express Magazine, published for Catalina Express and Fishermen’s News, the oldest commercial fishing publication on the Pacific Coast. In addition to publishing trade journals, Philips Publishing also specializes in creative design services for the maritime and transportation industries, with clients across the country. Peter serves as President of the Seattle Marine Business Coalition, which represents the interests of marine industrial land users. Peter is past president of the Port of Seattle Chapter of the Propeller Club, and past regional vice president, West Coast, of the International Propeller Club. Peter has a B.A. in history from Whitman College, and has been employed in the maritime publishing field since 1985.
	FRED W. POT Marine Management Consultants Mr. Pot received a master’s degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the Technical University at Delft, the Netherlands and an MBA from Stanford University. He worked for Oceanroutes, Inc., a ship weather routing company, in the UK and spent 20 years in various management positions at Matson Navigation Company, Inc. in San Francisco and Honolulu. More recently Fred worked for Holland America Line in Seattle and as a consultant to P&O Princess Cruises in Los Angeles. Mr. Pot has been involved in AIS since 1999 when he directed the first of three AIS tests on cruise ships. He has written articles about navigation systems for CompuShip, The Digital Ship and Pacific Maritime Magazine. He co-produced three AIS conferences in Seattle with Pacific Maritime Magazine. Mr. Pot was a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the US Delegation to Work Group 8A of Technical Committee 80 of the International Electrotechnical Commission. This Work Group was responsible for developing worldwide standards for ‘Class-B’ AIS transponders. He was also was a member of Work Group 13 that was responsible for developing worldwide standards for Navigation Displays that integrate AIS with Radar, ECDIS, GPS and other sensors. Mr. Pot is Co-Chair of the 2011 eNavigation Conference.
	PANKAJ SHARMA Institute for Infocomm Research Pankaj Sharma is currently working with Institute for Infocomm Research, an RI of A*STAR, Singapore. He worked on various technologies like UWB for high data rate, UWB for localization, long distance WiFi and TV White Space. Presently, he has been working on the development of High Speed Maritime Mesh network System for the last three years. He received his M.Tech. degree in microwave electronics in 1995 from University of Delhi (India). He worked with Indian Telecom industries for five years as designer for the VSAT RFT and as project manager for development of Terrestrial equipment. In early 2001, he moved to Singapore and joined Agilis technologies to develop Terrestrial equipment for various frequency bands.
	VICTOR J. SHISLER California Maritime Academy Captain Schisler is a 1964 Graduate of United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island. He is presently serving as a Facilitator for Simulation at the California Maritime Academy at Vallejo, CA. He has over forty (40) years piloting experience in San Pedro and San Francisco Bays and tributaries. Since 1997, he has been a consultant and part time facilitator at Marine Safety International Shiphandling Simulator in San Diego, CA and Newport, RI. From September 1970 until 2010, Captain Schisler was employed by Jacobsen Pilot Service Inc. as a harbor pilot on San Pedro Bay, as watch captain, and senior ops pilot. He has also worked as a docking pilot in San Francisco Bay for Crowley Maritime and the California Inland Pilot Association (CIPA), and as 2nd Mate, Chief Mate, and Master of seagoing and harbor tugs for Crowley Maritime. He earned a BS Degree in marine transportation at Kings Point, and holds a U.S. Coast Guard License for Mate and Master with endorsements for First Class Piloting on San Francisco and San Pedro Bays. He is a member of USMMA Alumni, member of Council of American Master Mariners and a Fellow of The Nautical Institute.
	J. MICHAEL SOLLOSI U.S. Coast Guard Mike Sollosi has served in the United States Coast Guard since 1976 as a commissioned officer and as a civil servant. In the beginning of his Coast Guard career, he worked in the aids to navigation field, including service on buoy tenders in the North Atlantic and Alaska. He is now chief of the Office of Navigation Systems in Coast Guard Headquarters. In this capacity, he has responsibility for short range aids to navigation, Electronic Navigation systems, navigation equipment standards and the Navigation Rules. He served as Head of Delegation or as a delegate to the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Navigation Subcommittee for several years, and was recently elected Chairman of the Subcommittee. Mr. Sollosi has more than 20 years of experience in the operation, administration and management of Vessel Traffic Services, with service ranging from watchstander to program director, and including the Chairmanship of the VTS Committee within the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities.
	RADM KEITH A. TAYLOR U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Keith A. Taylor serves as the Commander of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As District Commander, he is responsible for U.S. Coast Guard operations covering 4 states, more than 4,400 miles of coastline, 600 miles of inland waterways, and a 125 international border with Canada. Prior to this assignment, Rear Admiral Taylor served as the Assistant Commandant for Resources and Chief Financial Officer, where he was responsible for Coast Guard financial management and resource activities including planning, programming, budgeting and execution of the service’s appropriations. He was promoted to flag rank in March 2008. A native of Westfield, Massachusetts, Rear Admiral Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, a Master of Science in Industrial Administration degree from the Krannert School at Purdue University and a Master of business administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a Sloan Fellow in 2000/2001. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, the Air Medal, two Commendation Medals and the Transportation 9-11 Medal.
	ALAN WEIGEL Blank Rome LLP Alan Weigel is Of Counsel in the law firm of Blank Rome LLP in New York. He concentrates his practice in the area of commercial and insurance litigation and arbitration, with particular emphasis on the maritime industry. Mr. Weigel represents clients in a wide variety of both domestic and international maritime, commercial, and insurance matters, including vessel collisions, groundings and oil spills, vessel arrests, charter party disputes and cargo damage claims. Mr. Weigel is a 1979 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a 1987 distinguished graduate of the United States Naval Postgraduate School. During his twenty year career as a submarine officer in the United States Navy he developed skills as both a deck officer and engineer, as well as in deep ocean search and salvage. He commanded a Deep Submergence Vehicle and served ashore in a variety of staff positions.

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