Speakers 2025
Massimo Mancini
Head of Corporate Identity & Sponsorships at Generali
Hugo Kerhascoët
CTO, we.deploy (science)
Jo Grindley
CMO/CCO, Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team
Linda Bomhof
Event Director, Dutch Water Week
Solenn Gouerou
Head of Marketing & Communications, SEA.AI
Giorgio Benussi
Secretary General and Sports Director, Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
Luca Manzoni
Luca Manzoni, CEO, Nuncas group
Paolo Manganelli
Structural engineer, Gurit
Jeremy Wilton
CEO, Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC)
Peter Rusch
Communications Director, The Ocean Race
Stratis Andreadis
Race Director, Yacht Club of Greece
Niels Klarenbeek
Director of RAI Maritime Events
Corinne Migraine
World Sailing Vice-President
Antonio Alquézar
CEO and Team Principal, Los Gallos Spain SailGP Team
Marcus Hutchinson
Director, VIVI RESOURCES Ltd
Martina Reche Vilanova
Benoît Gaudiot
Co-founder and pilot, SP80 challenge
Adrian Peet
General Manager, Amaala Yacht Club
Alex Reid
Director of Performance Engineering at SailGP
Katia Merle
Engineer, VPLP Design
Rosanna Chopra
Executive Director, Red Sea Global
Antoine Mermod
President, IMOCA Class
Sir Russell Coutts
SailGP Chief Executive Officer
Pip Woods
Managing Director, Rockley Watersports & RYA Board Member
Dan Jaspers
Marine Consultant
Andraž Mihelin
Co-founder and CEO of Seascape
Ana Čalić
Business & Marketing Development Manager at Navela
Holly Cova
Team Director of Team Malizia
Helen Fretter
Editor, Yachting World
Emily Nagel
Pro Sailor and Performance Data Analyst
Ferran Muniesa
CEO, Trofeo Princesa Sofia
Edward Bell
Project Manager, Magic Carpet e
Alexandra Rickham
Director of Sustainability, World Sailing
Jeremy Pochman
Co-Founder & CEO, 11th Hour Racing
Chris Trodden
Head of Business Development, FT Technologies
Jörg Müller-Dünow
Managing Partner, markenzeichen
Simon Keijzer
CEO Miles Media
Laura Marimon Giovannetti
Senior Researcher at RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden)
Joe Lynch
ICOMIA CEO
Rosalin Kuiper
Professional Sailor and Skipper
Bruno Dubois
Team Manager, France SailGP Team
Julia Castro
Social media expert and professional waterwoman (kitesurfer)
Andy Rice
Professional sailing journalist and commentator
Mark Somerville
CTO & Marine Race Director, Persico
Mark Jardine
Managing Editor
Imogen Dinham-Price
Sustainability Manager, IMOCA Class
Quentin Lucet
Naval Architect, Partner, VPLP
James Pleasance
Executive Director, World Match Racing Tour
Richard Brisius
Chairman, The Ocean Race
David Graham
CEO, World Sailing
Meg Reilly
Program Strategy & Marketing Consultant
Victoria Low
CEO, The Magenta Project
Shirley Robertson
Yacht Racing Forum Chair
Richard Moore
CEO - Alter Agency
Knut Frostad
Executive Chairman