AGENDA 
ICOMIA World Marinas Conference 2023

Big Challenges – Big Opportunities – Big Decisions

Conference and Marina Exhibition

Register Today Exhibition Floorplan

 

DAY 1 OPERATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY

OPENING ADDRESS BY AUTHORITIES

09:05

APPR President

Isolete Correia

09:10

Mayor of Loulé

Vitor Aleixo

09:20

Marina de Vilamoura

Isolete Correia

09:30

ICOMIA President

Darren Vaux

09:40

ICOMIA IMG

Martinho Fortunato

09:50

Minister

TBD

KEYNOTE BY BILL YEARGIN

10:00

Keynote - “The Economics of Culture”

Bill Yeargin

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY AROUND THE GLOBE

10:45

Covid and post Covid - moderated panel

Oscar Siches - moderating five regional experts

11:15 - 11:25 COFFEE BREAK

DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

11:25

ICOMIA briefing on the de-carbonisationstudy carried out by Ricardo UK

Darren Vaux

11:40

De-carbonizing the leisure marine industry - how to align the industry

Frank Hugelmeyer

11:55

How environmental programs are influencing marinas and boaters

Jonathan White

12:10

Marine protected areas

Tiago Pitta e Cunha

12:25

Sustainable best practices in marinas

Johann Durand

MARINA FAST FORWARD -MARINAS OF THE FUTURE - ROUNDTABLE

12:40

Future of technology

Elsa Nicol; Tone Britovsek; Idan Cohen

12:55

Future of equipment

Oscar Siches; Patrick Lindley; Kim Haaning

13:10

Future marina services

Jose Marco Casellini; Isolete Correia

13:25

Future of consumer behavior

Femke Irik; Joana Glória; Arturo Gutierrez

13:25 - 14:25 LUNCH & EXHIBITION

OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AND MITIGATIONS

14:25

One year post-Hurricane Ian presentation

Michael Shanley

14:40

A fire in a marina - lessons learned

Areti Priovolou

14:55

Leading, Developing, Finding & Keeping marina employees

Yiannis Kalogerakis

15:10

Maintenance tools - avoiding fast degradation

Michael Sigvardsson

FINDING YOUR NICHE IN THE MARINA WORLD

15:25

Increasing marina profitability through Boat Clubs

Arturo Gutierrez

15:40

Superyacht sector - Port Habacoa

Ra'anan Ben-Zur

15:55

Superyacht sector - Balearic Marine Cluster

Pedro Suasi

16:10

Floating possibilities - Smart Lifestyles

Cristiano Bozzetti

16:25 - 16:35 COFFEE BREAK

SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS R&D

16:35

Plymouth University

Sarah Fear

16:50

Sustainable and ecological anchorage - Algarve University

André Pacheco

17:05

SunConcept

João Bastos

17:20

ECOncreteJourney from R&D to market

Ido Stella

17:30 INTERMEDIATE MARINA MANAGEMENT (IMM) COURSE CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

18:00 CONFERENCE DAY 1 CLOSING

18:30 WELCOME COCKTAILS AT PURO BEACH CLUB

DAY 2 MARINA TOUR PROGRAMME

08:30

Visit to Marina: Vilamoura, Marina de Albufeira and Marina de Lagos

20:00

Gala dinner and World Marina Awards - Golden Cleat Awards






Conference lead & Gala dinner sponsor

Conference main sponsor

Marina Visit Sponsor






Correct CraftGalpMarketing MarinaSecuritasKOS MarinaLoulé

Conference sponsors






Golden Cleat Award sponsor

Welcome Cocktail sponsor

Marina Visit Sponsor

www.lindley.pt

Marina Visit Sponsor: Lindley


DAY 3 TECHNOLOGY INTO THE SMART FUTURE

7:30 – 8:30 Industry breakfast drystacks 2023
‘The evolution and future needs of generating places to store boats up to 50’ by ASAR

Industry trends

09:00

Industry trends by Oliver Dörschuck

Oliver Dörschuck

Keynote on SMART FUTURE: AI, Smart Technology & Smart People

09:15

Keynote by Yiannis Kalogerakis

Yiannis Kalogerakis

SMART MARINAS INITIATIVES - ROUNDTABLE

09:45

Smart marinas initiatives - Roundtable

Yonatan Bukhdruker; Jose Marco Casellini; Philip Easthill; Mattias Gehring

10:30 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK

TECH START-UP NEEDS

10:45

Tech start-up needs - Algarve evolution

Vanessa Nascimento

11:00

Tech start-up needs - Blue Fund

Rui Rodrigues

EXAMPLES OUTSIDE THE MARINA WORLD

11:15

Amorim Cork Composites -sustainable innovations

João Pedro Azevedo

11:30

Roundtable

João Pedro Azevedo; Dan Byles; Alex Bamberg; Rui Rodrigues

ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING FOR MARINAS - CHANGING CONSUMER TRENDS

12:00

Brand of destination 

Alfonso Vargas-Sánchez 

12:20

Marketing and communication of nautical events

Petros Michelidakis

12:35

Portuguese Tourism Board -tourism marketing

Lídia Monteiro

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH & EXHIBITION

BIG MARINA CHAINS VS BOUTIQUE MARINAS - ROUNDTABLE

14:00

Big Marina Chains vs. Boutique Marinas - Roundtable 

Dan Natchez; Dean Smith; Melanie Symes; Ingrid Fortunato; Roberto Perocchio 

ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF FINANCING MARINAS

15:00

Marina acquisitions and financing 

Gyozo Lantos 

MARINA ADAPTATIONS TO NEW PROPULSION SYSTEMS

15:15

Developments on electric propulsion 

Jon Partridge 

15:30

Developments on hydrogen solutions 

Ruggero Morreale 

15:45

Adapting a marina - PIANC 

Esteban Biondi 

16:00 - 16:15 COFFEE BREAK

CONCESSION REGULATIONS AND TAX REGIMES -ROLE OF NATIONAL MARINA ASSOCIATIONS

16:15

Concession regulations and tax regimes -the role of National Marina Associations

Jonathan White; Darren Vaux; Klaus Peters; Roberto Perocchio; Gary Groenewold

LARGE SCALE INNOVATIONS - NEOM

16:30

Large scale innovations - NEOM 

Richard Bush

17:00 FINAL REMARKS

19:00 FAREWELL DRINKS & NETWORKING

 

NOTE: The agenda can still be adapted according to speakers & content confirmations.