Staged just before the Superyacht Cup in Palma, The Future of Superyachts regularly attracts an elite audience of superyacht builders, designers, managers, brokers, financiers, owners` representatives, flag states, corporate service providers, lawyers, and other senior industry figures, for 2 days of networking and debate.     

The Future of Superyachts 6th Annual Conference 20th and 21st June 2011, Nixe Palace, Mallorca, Spain

DAY ONE:
08.30 Refreshments, Registration and Exhibition

Session One: Welcome to the conference
09.20 Conference organizer`s opening remarks
09.30 Welcome from the Chair
09.40 What is the current state of the superyacht industry worldwide?
10.00 What is the future outlook of the superyacht industry?
Future for delivery and orders
10.20 What are the key issues facing the superyacht industry now and in the future?
An overview
Norma Trease, PYA and ISS board member
10.40 Questions and Discussion
11.00 Refreshments and Exhibition

Session Two: Impact of new MLC regulations
11.30 Differences in implementation between yachts and ships
What yacht management companies should know about MLC
Franc Jansen, MYBA Yacht Managers Committee & Director, YPI Management
11.50 How MLC will impact on crew Tax and Social Security
John Cook, PYA 
12.10 Panel discussion
12.40 Lunch

Session Three: Superyachts and the environment
14.00 Are carbon-zero yachts a realistic and commercial proposition?
Tackling embodied and operational CO2
What can be done pragmatically
Influencing the stakeholders – owners, captains, brokers and managers
Mark Robinson, Managing Director, Yacht Carbon Offset
14.20 Impact of Environmental regulation on the superyacht industry
14.40 Questions and Discussion

Session Four: Taxation and its impact on the yacht industry
15.00 The latest VAT measures across Europe
What is the future for the French Commercial Exemption
Sandra Skuszka, Manager, VAT, KPMG LLC
15.20 The impact of yacht taxes on the industry and local economies
Spanish matriculation tax
Other local taxes
15.40 Discussion Panel: What can be done to change the image that governments have of the industry?
16.00 Exhibition and Refreshments

Session Five: Champagne roundtables
16.30 Network and debate hot topics with delegates and speakers Champagne roundtables assemble groups of up to 10 per table to discuss subjects of mutual interest over refreshments.
superyacht specification: the specific requirements and pitfalls as integral part of any new building contract
Dr. Stefan Schrandt-Zimmer, Dabelstein & Passehl
17.30 Conference Cocktail Party

DAY TWO:
08.30 Refreshments and exhibition
09.10 Chair`s opening remarks to Day Two

Session Six: Designing superyachts of the future
09.20 New designs, new challenges
09.40 Balancing aesthetics versus technology
10.00 Questions and Discussion

Session Seven: The superyacht market: present and future
10.20 Who is the typical yacht charter client?
Fiona Maureso, Head of Charter, YPI Charter 
10.30 Who will be the owners of the future?
Emerging markets
10.50 Questions and Discussion

Session Eight: Financing, registering and managing a superyacht
11.20Superyacht finance
Is superyacht finance: doing deals in a difficult market
Leon Batchelor, Director, Arc and Co
11.40 Registration and jurisdictions
12.00 Yacht registration and contstruction in Germany
Dr Stefan Schrandt-Zimmer, Dabelstein & Passehl
12.10 Superyacht specification:
The specific requirements and pitfalls of the new building contract
Sieke Kremer-Tiedchen, Dabelstein & Passehl
12.20 Questions and Discussion
12.40 Lunch

Session Nine: Handling Crisis
14.00 Countering piracy through technology
14.20 Emergency and media response to crisis situations
crew injuries, piracy, pollution and drifting into foreign seas
Mike Dean, Dohle
14.40 Response by insurance industry to increased piracy threats
15.00 Discussion Panel: Are superyacht owners doing enough to protect their vessels, crew and passengers from the threat of piracy? 

Session Ten: Visit to refit and repair centre/ marina
15.20 Details TBC
18.30 Optional dinner in Palma

Following straight on a separate one day seminar: Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 22nd June 2011, Nixe Palace Hotel, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Taking place just after The Future of Superyachts, the 6th Annual Conference, and just before the Superyacht Cup in Palma, Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) will give delegates an opportunity to find out how the MLC will affect all sectors of the yachting industry.  In particular, Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention will focus on contracts, social security complaints procedures, record-keeping and seafarers employment.

Implementing the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 22nd June 2011, Nixe Palace, Mallorca, Spain

AGENDA (subject to change)

DAY ONE:

08.00 Refreshments, registration and exhibition
09.10 Conference organizer’s opening remarks

Session One: Welcome to the seminar
09.10 Welcome from the Chair
Conference chaired by: Franc Jansen, MYBA, Yacht Managers Committee & Director, MYBA and YPI Group Director & Head of YPI Manager
09.20 MLC: An overview
Objectives of MLC
Benefits of MLC for ratifying countries
Targets for implementation
09.40 Implications of MLC for the yachting industry
Summary of MLC requirements for yachting industry
Update on latest amendments and their implications
Neil Atkinson, MCA
10.20 Inspection and certification
10.40 Questions and Discussion
11.00 Refreshments and Exhibition

Session Two
11.30 The role of the yacht manager in implementing MLC
Franc Jansen, MYBA, Yacht Managers Committee & Director,YPI Group Director & Head of YPI Manager 
11.50 Yacht owner requirements
MLC implications for corporate service providers
Craig Brown, IOMA Group
12.10 Conditions of employment & crew benefits
John Cook, PYA
12.30 Questions and Discussion
12.50 Lunch

Session Three
14.00 Impact on yacht design and build
Impact on yacht design over 50m Jonny Horsfield, H2 Yacht Design
14.20 Implications for superyacht safety requirements
Blending MLC with ISM
Jon Gray, Inserve
14.40 Questions and Discussion

Session Four
15.00 Insurance: P&I Insurance and shipowners` liability
What are or should insurers be doing to take account of MLC?
What MLC says regarding crew death, disablement or illness
15.20 Flag State Inspection
Neil Atkinson, Marine Surveyor, Inspection Branch, MCA
15.40 Port State Inspection
What yachts should expect
Robin Phillips, Deputy Director, Bahamas Maritime Authority
16.00 Questions and Discussion

Session Five
16.30 MLC clinic: delegates can book 2 half hour meetings with our speakers to gain one-to-one advice on their company`s MLC implementation queries.
17.30 End of seminar