(provisional panels and speakers)
PROGRAM
APRIL 17th
04/06/2026
NETWORKING
09:30
Registrations
All participants will have to
10:00
Welcome of Marco Bucci, Mayor of Genoa
APRIL 18th
04/06/2026
WORLD FOILING CONGRESS
APRIL 19th
04/06/2026
GENOA NAUTIC DISTRICT TOUR
THE FOILING INDUSTRY: A LOOK INTO A VERY PRESENT FUTURE
Luca Santella
Founder and Head of Production Strategy at Bluegame
THE FOILING ORGANIZATION – CLEAR FOR TAKE OFF
Luca Rizzotti
President and Founder of The Foiling Organization
CERTIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR FOILING CRAFTS
Ulrich Heinemann
International Marine Certification Institute
Kristoffer Uulas
DNV
THE RECREATIONAL CRAFT DIRECTIVE REVIEW: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOILING INDUSTRY
Stefano Pagani
Confindustria Nautica
Klaus Roeder
ICOMIA
Alberto Carmagnani
RINA
COLLISION COURSE – NEW TECHNOLOGIES VERSUS BUILD AND OPERATIONAL COMPLIANCE
Michelle van der Merwe
Pantenius
Sarah Allan
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Rudy Jurg
The Foiling Organization
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE INDUSTRY: FROM LCA TO THE EU ANTI GREENWASHING LAW
Erwan Faoucher
VP Innovation and Sustainability Beneteau
THE PRICE OF IDEAS: IP AND FOILING
Andrea Klein
AKRAN
Francis Hueber
Caponnetto Hueber SL
ENERGY AND PROPULSION: WHAT DOES THE INDUSTRY NEED
Floris Lettinga
Yanmar
Jean François Nicolino
EHP2
Chris Ballin
TYDE
GENOVA, A ROADMAP TO CITY FOILING AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Mario Caponnetto
Caponnetto Hueber SL