17:00 – Darsena Viareggio

B2B Special Edition An exclusive opportunity for Seatec Compotec exhibitors to meet shipyards of the nautical district in an informal context, encouraging networking and new collaborations.

Morning

10:00 – Opening

10:30 | 11:00 – Ribbon-cutting ceremony and visit of institutional representatives to the exhibitors.

10:30 – Composite Innovation Area
“Additive manufacturing and the nautical industry”. Future developments of a technology now accepted and used by the nautical sector. The presentations will try to provide information on technologies, applications and materials.
Speakers : CARACOL, P2M, 3ntr, Massivit, Superfici, Northern Light Composites, Università di Bologna Team Argonauts, Bi-Rex, Politecnico di Milano team Physis, Lati 3D, White Lab
Moderator: Simonetta Pegorari

12:30 – Sailing area
“Oceano Italia” talk in Saily area
Talk with interventions by technicians and commentators on Vendée Globe, Mini Transat2025, Class40, projects, designers, shipyards, sponsors, Italian sailors between present and future. Among the guests present and connected there will be: Giancarlo Pedote,fresh from his second solo round-the-world sailing trip in the Vendée Globe; Andrea Pendibene, navigator of the Navy with four participations in the Mini Transat and one inThe Ocean Race; Andrea Mura, in turn protagonist in 2024 of a solo circumnavigation of the globe without stopovers; then the three Italian sailors registered for the Mini Transatthat will be run in 2025: Cecilia Zorzi, Giulia Farnetani and Nicolò Gamenara.
Moderator: Fabio Colivicchi (Saily)

Afternoon

14:00 – 18:00 – Area B2B
International B2B – Business meetings between Exhibitors and ICE Delegates.

14:00 | 17:00 – Area B2B
Job Meetings

14:30 – MYDA Area
Round Table: “The nautical industry of the future, Italian designers point of view”
designed to highlight the trends of innovative projects and to understand how the sector is evolving.
Speakers: Giovanni Ceccarelli, Franco Gnessi, Marco Rossato, Massimo Verme, Michela Palmerini, Matteo Paci, Lorenzo Biancalana

15:00 – Marinas Area

Delegazione studenti Isyl – Italian Super Yacht Life – ITS Academy in un mare di robotica.
Meeting of students with professors of the Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa with field planning.

15:30 – MYDA Area
Round Table: “Marketing or Market? New Boats and the Overvalued Role of Marketing”
analysis and debate on contemporary project trends and market and marketing influences. Participants: Arch. Massimo Franchini (Franchini shipyard and Italia Yachts), Massimo Giulietti (journalist, Lliquida agency), Roberto Franzoni, dean of nautical journalists.
Moderated by Fabio Petrone (Pressmare).

Lectio Magistralis to follow

Sergio Buttiglieri,  Sanlorenzo and Marco Rossato, Marina4All – Two innovative and “enlightened” visions of the nautical industry.

Sergio Buttiglieri will talk about his collaboration as Style Director of Cantieri Sanlorenzo, where he achieved the goal of connecting the nautical world with interior design, collaborating with famous designers and architects such as Rudi Dordoni, Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, Patricia Urquiola and Piero Lissoni, who became the Shipyard’s Art Director in 2018.

Marco Rossato, a disabled sailor, launched Marina4All in 2023, creating a platform to showcase accessibility and sustainability solutions in the nautical industry. Marco Rossato will be present on both March 13 and 14, in the dedicated MARINA4ALL area which will host a series of meetings dedicated to the theme of nautical and disability.

MYDA awarding ceremony will follow.

15:30 – Composite Innovation Area
“On the side of the shipyards: Production and attention to the environment”
Stories of shipyards and producers. ParticipantsAzimut Group, Cantieri Baglietto, Cantieri Sanlorenzo, Cantiere Vismara, Cantiere del Pardo, NorthernLights Composites, Aguacarbon, Beond.

17:30 – Qualitec Area
Qualitec Technology and Qualitec Design

Evening

20:00 – Cava Galleria Ravaccione, Carrara
Gala Dinner