This year the 8th edition of the ECPY Riviera Yachting Symposium has taken place at the Hôtel le Méridien in Nice on June 18th, 2025. We welcome more than 90 people: brokers, managers, lawyers, students, and yachting professionals to work together on key topics and challenges the yachting industry is facing. Conferences were moderated by Katia Damborsky "the yacht writer".
The ECPY Riviera Yachting Symposium brings together all yachting & maritime enthusiasts to explore the latest updates, trends, and innovations within the industry. This conference will create a vibrant atmosphere, celebrating the luxury and ingenuity that characterize the world of yachting and its good practices.
Please find below the detailed program with panelists and session's highlights. You’ll have the possibility to download each session’s presentation to get the biggest updates shared during this event. For any further information regarding this event, contact us directly at events@ecpy.org.
Program
8:00 am Registration & Coffee
8:30 - 8:45am Introduction the ECPY Riviera Yachting Symposium by Thierry Voisin - President of ECPY
8:45 - 10:30am Business Intelligence :
- Worldwide market overview by Maxime Georges - BNP Paribas
- Marketshare in the Med by Laurent Monsaingeon - FLYN YACHTING
10:30 - 10:45am Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30am Sustainability: shipyards, bio fuel & solutions.
Panelists:
- Gregory Romano – Romano Energy
- Vincent Escallier - MB92
- Marc Hervàs - MB92
11:30am - 1:00pm Anchorage & Regulations in the EU
- France
What are the regulations in place?
What are the pilots recommendations?
Ecological anchorage solution
- Italy
- Spain
- Greece
- Croatia
- Turkey
Panelists:
Frence:
- Nicolas Samzun - Temano
- Nicolas Plumion - UM06, Head of Nice Pilots
- Pierre-Luc Lecompte - PREMAR
Itay:
- Charity Cheah - ISYBA
Spain:
- Xisco Notaria - Evolution Yacht Agents
Greece :
- Gina Polemis - CEO Regatta Plus Greece
Croatia:
- Dorijan Dujmic - BWA Yachting
Turkey:
- Serhan Cengiz - TYBA
1:00 - 2:30pm Lunch Break
2:30 - 3:30pm Yachting Image
Panelists:
- Dilan Sarac – The Superyacht Life Foundation
- Steve Bailet - IYC
- Natalie Quevert - Sea Index
3:30 - 5:00pm Unified Actions of Yachting Associations: yachting cluster
Panelists:
- Raphael Sauleau – MYBA
- Thierry Voisin – ECPY
- Jacques Consalez - GEPY
- Christophe Bourillon - PYA
- Pedro Suasi - Balearic Maritime Cluster
- Gina Polemis - HCPY
- Sehan Cengiz - TYBA
- Camille Lopez - YPY
Download the presentations
Session 1 – Business Intelligence – Worldwide market overview by BNP Paribas
Session 1 – Business Intelligence – Marketshare in the Med
Session 2 – Sustainability – MB92
Session 2 – Sustainability – Romano Energy
Session 3 – Anchorages & Regulations – France
Session 3 – Anchorage solution – Temano
Session 3 – Anchorages & Regulations – Italy