C. Thomas Burke 

Since 1997, Mr. Burke has served as Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, “K" Line America, Inc., in Washington, D. C. "K" Line is an Ocean Carrier with over 400 ships in a fleet serving the World. Headquarters Office, Tokyo, Japan.

Chairman of the National Maritime Security Discussion Agreement (Federal Maritime Commission Authority No 11852).  The MSDA is composed of over 45 members representing Ocean Carriers; Terminal Operators and Operating Port Authorities. The Mission of the Group was to develop a strategy to comply with Government mandates on providing new and improved Security measures for North American Ports.

In 1990, President George H.W. Bush appointed Mr. Burke a U. S. Commissioner of the Panama Canal Study Commission, U. S. Department of State.  

He has served as Executive Director of three U. S. Port Authorities:  The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth Minnesota (Lake Superior), The Cleveland Ohio Port Authority (Lake Erie) and the Port Everglades Port Authority, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.   His first Port assignment was Assistant to the Director of Port Commerce, The Port Authority of New York/New Jersey.

Mr. Burke is currently Chairman of the Transportation Law Section of the Virginia Bar Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia.  He is a former National Vice President of the Federal Bar Association.

He is the recipient of numerous Honors and Awards such as:

The  "Amity Medallion" of the French Government presented by Marcel Antionez, French Secretary of State, Paris, France. 1972

45th  Recipient of the "Medal of Honor" Antwerp, Belgium; presented by Dr. Leo Del Waide, Chairman of the Legislative Council, City of Antwerp, 1975. 

"Medal of Honor" of the Frei Und Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, presented by former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Federal Republic of West Germany. 1985  

Mr. Burke was inducted into the "International Maritime Hall of Fame" at the United Nations, New York City. 2003 

Mr. David Jacoby
President of Boston Logistics Group

If you're not importing or exporting from the Gulf States, you're going to be soon. Trade with the UAE has more than doubled over the past five years, and the country will invest $300 billion in infrastructure by 2012 - almost five times as much as the Marshall Plan cost, and more than twice what it cost to put a man on the moon. What is your logistics plan for shipping into and out of the Gulf? Which ports, carriers, terminals, and channel partners should you work with?

Mr. Jacoby will share recent developments in trade and transportation in the Gulf and Dubai in particular, and put them into perspective based on his 20 years of experience.

 Ibrahim Al Mubayadh                                          Saudi Aramco

Mr. Harold G. Clampitt
CEO of  American RFID Solutions

RFID & Security

Today's business ecosystem is becoming more complex with expanded supply chains, vendor managed inventory, and countless other best practices which increase the network of people participating in your wealth

creation steps.

Many sectors also face increased regulatory pressures for privacy control and authentication of vital tasks.  Infusing RFID with Biometrics offers an efficient means to increase the level of trust operating within your ecosystem.

This presentation explores the current situation and explains how RFID, Biometrics and Encryption technology can create innovation for security, privacy and new benefits to lower costs such as shrinkage, gray marketing and counterfeiting.

 American RFID Solutions and Pentamaster  partner to promote awareness of Radio Frequency Identification technology (RFID) among Malaysian companies.  Plans are under way to do the same for UAE companies.