Moderator: Michael Cashner

Panel:

• Mr. Ernest Bezdek, Director of Trade Development, Port of Beaumont

• Mr. Don Jones, Account Manager, Industrial Products & Government, Norfolk Southern Corporation

• Mr. Chris Heibel, Senior Vice President Commercial, American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group

• CAPT Samson Stevens, Sr., Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Virginia and Port of Norfolk’s Captain of the Port

Description: The panel examines a range of potential disrupters and potential mitigators.

• High streamlined & efficient systems
• Complex logistics and transportation systems
• Vulnerable, unprotected command and control
• Capacity and labor limitations
• Others