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1-3 April, 2025 Port of the Future Conference
Date: 1-3 April 2025
Location: Hilton University of Houston
Organizer: University of Houston
Marcel Schaefer, Ph.D, Senior Program Coordinator of Fraunhofer USA CMA, will participate in a panel discussion of “BioFuels” at the 2025 Port of the Future Conference, to be held April 1-3, 2025, at the Hilton University Houston, in Houston, Texas.
Biofuels are liquid hydrogen fuels with similar composition and properties to fuel oil. They are produced from renewable sources such as crops, agricultural and forestry waste, animal waste, or vegetable and animal fats. Biofuels offer reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Biofuels’ suitability with existing power generation systems makes them a drop-in solution without the need for equipment retrofits or vessel redesign. As such, Biofuels are a “here-now solution” as they take advantage of existing fuel transport and bunkering infrastructure.
Dr. Marcel Schaefer has been leading the Fraunhofer USA office in South Carolina since March 2021. He is the Senior Program Coordinator for Fraunhofer USA's activities within the South Carolina Fraunhofer USA Alliance, which offers 50% co-funding on all projects with Fraunhofer. Projects so far cover a broad spectrum ranging from Artificial Intelligence, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Digitization, Predictive Analytics to sustainability, renewable energy, battery, hydrogen, and other innovative and emerging technologies. Typically, those projects have a strong manufacturing focus.
Dr. Marcel Schaefer has been a Senior Research Scientist for Fraunhofer USA since January 2019. From 2009 to 2018, he was with the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technologies SIT in Darmstadt, Germany.
He holds a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Wuppertal, Germany, and a PhD in computer science from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. As PI, Co-PI, and researcher, Dr. Schaefer has led and worked on various projects that discover new challenges and opportunities broadly spread over the fields of cybersecurity and software engineering in both the public and private sectors.
This year’s event includes tracks on Port Infrastructure 4.0, Developing Ports; Intermodal Connectivity; Decarbonization and Alternate Fuels; Port Energy and Sustainability; Enhancing Port Infrastructure Resilience; Port Security and Cybersecurity; and other relevant topics.
The 2025 Port of the Future Conference will host representatives from over 50 ports worldwide.
For the list of participating ports access https://pof.egr.uh.edu/participating-ports/