Timetable:

Welcome Remarks

Kent Calder, Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Opening Remarks

Masafumi Shukuri, Chairman, JITTI USA & JTTRI

Greetings by Guest of Honor

Shigeo Yamada, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America

Keynote Speeches

Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips US Navy (Ret.), Administrator, DOT Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Yoshimichi Terada, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT)

Panel Discussion #1

Panelists

Admiral Shohei Ishii Japan Coast Guard (Ret.), Former Commandant, Japan Coast Guard; Advisor to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism

Rear Admiral Wayne R. Arguin Jr., Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy (CG-5P), U.S. Coast Guard

Moderator

Geoffrey F. Gresh, Professor of International Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA), National Defense University

Panel Discussion #2

Panelists

Koichiro Hayashi, General Manager, Research Group, NYK Line

Henry Nuzum, President, Waterman Logistics

Rear Admiral Ann C. Phillips US Navy (Ret.), Administrator, DOT Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Yoshimichi Terada, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT)

Moderator

Geoffrey F. Gresh, Professor of International Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA), National Defense University

Kent Calder, Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

Reception to Follow