The Monaco Smart Yacht Rendezvous is a forum for these innovators to demonstrate their products, connect with the industry and inspire positive change. The Smart Yacht Rendezvous an event organized by M3 – Monaco Marina Management at the Yacht Club de Monaco.
Naval architects, designers, shipyards, engineers, students, suppliers, equipment manufacturers, young entrepreneurs, yacht owners, startups and investors will be part of this event, which was created in response to the great success of last year’s Smart Marina Conference.
PROGRAMME
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THURSDAY 21ST MARCH 2024
3.00pm Opening of the Monaco Smart Yacht exhibition area
Shipyards, naval architects, designers & startups/scaleups.
Welcome Speeches:
Bernard d’Alessandri, YCM General Secretary & Cluster Yachting Monaco President
Jos Marco Casellini, CEO of Monaco Marina Management & organiser of the event
Master of Ceremony: David Seal
3.15pm-3.45pm Speed Networking
3.50pm-4.50pm Parallel Session
Workshops – Sunset Deck
Empowering Yacht owners with sustainable solutions
Bob Wagemakers, Virtue Yacht Refit Management
Bio-composites & New materials in Yacht construction
Guillaume Perben, CEO of Composite recycling
The power of AI in the Yacht’s life cycle
Jan Becker, CEO of Apex.AI
5.00pm-6.00pm Shipyards, Naval architects & Designer pitches (pitch for 3min each)
6.30pm-10.00pm Networking cocktail dinner – Regatta Deck
FRIDAY 22ND MARCH 2024
9.00am-9.15am Welcome Speeches:
Bernard d’Alessandri, YCM General Secretary & Cluster Yachting Monaco President
Jos Marco Casellini, CEO of Monaco Marina Management & organiser of the event
Master of Ceremony: David Seal
9.15am-9.30am Keynote:
Michel Delpon, 2030 French Ambassador
9.35am-10.15am HOW ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC & FUNCTIONAL FACTORS DRIVE YACHTING’S ENERGY TRANSITION
Bram Jongepier, Feadship Senior Designer,
Daniele Bottino, ABS Europe Ltd Manager, Regional Business Development
Giuseppe Sachero, Siemens Energy
James Roy, Lateral Managing Director
10.20am-10.40am Innovation Pitching – Startup (top 5 candidates pitch for 3 min each)
10.45am-11.10am Coffee break and networking
11.15am-11.50am FORGING A SYNERGY BETWEEN CONSTRUCTION & REFIT YARDS THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CLOSE THE LOOP.
Guillaume Perben, CEO of Composite Recycling,
Bob Wagemakers, Director & Naval Architect of Virtue Yacht Refit Management,
Rob Papworth, Managing Director of MB92 La Ciotat,
Laurent Thiebaut, Managing Director Solution France of Rolls Royce/MTU
11.55am-12.15pm Innovation Pitching – Scaleup (top 5 candidates pitch for 3 min each)
12.20pm-1.00pm YACHTING INDUSTRY’S REGULATIONS & INCENTIVES FOR TOMORROW’S CHALLENGES
Moderator: Xavier Perrone, Yacht Manager – Hill Robinson
Mark Kruidenier, DNV Business Development Manager
Captain / Project Manager for the LNG Ferry “Galeotta”, Corsica Linea
Nikolas Rabier, Malta Flag Representative
Assurance
1.00pm-2.30pm Lunch & Networking – Sunset Deck
2.30pm-2.45pm Insipiring Testimony
2.45pm-4.15pm Committee Discussion – Sunset Deck
Concept of tomorrow’s Yacht
4.30pm Closing Session by Olivier Wenden
Vice-President & CEO of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation
Followed by Smart Innovative Yacht Awards Ceremony & Closing words by Jos Marco Casellini,
CEO of Monaco Marina Management & organiser of the event Followed by Closing cocktail & networking