Carole Plessy

Head of Maritime Product Development, OneWeb

Max Evers

Lufthansa

Jon Harrison

Vice President and General Manager at Intellian Technologies

Jon Harrison is a Vice President and General Manager at Intellian Technologies.  As a member of the Intellian Executive Team, Job’s role is to develop Intellian’s Global Satcom based business and the end to end welfare of the Intellian Europe, Middle East and Africa teams.  Jon is often keynote speaker at many of the Intellian showcase events and has seen the Satellite Communication Echo System evolve over the past 30 years and with data demands increasing exponentially, it’s the most exciting time for the Satellite Industry.

Jon’s has a Batchelors in Satellite Communication Technology and more recently an MBA

Theo Kalomirakis

Executive Director

Theo Kalomirakis is is considered the world’s premiere designer of private theaters. His award-winning home theater interiors reflect his thorough understanding of home theater design and the skillful incorporation of technology in it. Career highlights during the last 25 years include:

• Over 600 private theaters designed for entertainment luminaries, business leaders, heads of States and sports celebrities in four continents.
• Amenity theaters for residential buildings designed by star architects such as Herzog de Meuron, Caesar Pelli and Robert Stern
• Private theaters for residences designed by interior designers such as Phillip Stark, Peter Marino, Juan Pablo Molineux, Thom Filicia, etc.
• The Theo Kalomirakis for Walt Disney Signature furniture collection
• Custom designs for IMAX Private Theatres in China, India, the UAE and the US
• Featured articles about his work in international publications including Architectural Digest editions in the US, Russia, Italy and Germany, Robb Report, Elle Décor, House and Garden, etc.
• TV appearances in HGTV’s Multi-Million Dollar Homes, the Discovery Channel’s Home theater revolution, Entertainment Tonight, Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous, etc.
• Ten CEDIA awards for Best Home Theater Design
• CEDIA’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
• Two best-selling coffee table books featuring his work published by Harry Abrams, “Theo Kalomirakis’ Private Theaters,” and “Great Escapes”

Rogier van der Heide

Former Head of Innovation, Phillips

Rogier is one of the world’s leading lighting designers with clients such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Apple, Boeing and Aston Martin under his belt. But also in the world of superyachts, Rogier van der Heide is no stranger.

Rogier started his career 30 years ago in entertainment design, led the world’s largest lighting design studio during 8 years and was Chief Design Officer at Philips Lighting. He created iconic lighting for the Olympic Games (China, Sochi and London) and for national museums such as the Rijksmuseum in The Netherlands, home to some of the world’s most important artworks by Rembrandt and Vermeer.

In superyacht design, Rogier specializes in connected, changeable lighting scenes that accommodate any event aboard and that are relaxing, festive, and stimulating. Rogier’s light gives your yacht a stunning appearance in the marina. In close collaboration with Mr. Smith Entertainment Systems, His imaginative design creates not only beautiful light, but is also tightly integrated with all other entertainment aboard

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Highland Wireless

Ivo Veldhuis

Technical Manager, Mayfair Marine

Ivo is the Technical Manager of Mayfair Marine and he has gained substantial engineering and commercial project management experience in the large yacht, ship building and renewable energy sectors. He has been part of the engineering management of several large-scale, multi-disciplinary, engineering projects with budgets exceeding €100 million.

Ivo has combined his professional life with obtaining a Doctorate in Engineering at the University of Southampton on the topic of hydrogen as a marine fuel and more recently completed his MBA at Koç University, Istanbul in 2015.

He has published several academic papers about renewable energy and alternative fuel sources for ships and this subject is his real passion. Ivo is now widely involved in the new technology of alternative fuels, electric propulsion and hydrogen. His knowledge in this area is sought after as the yacht and shipping sectors seek to find more sustainable ways to power their vessels.

Howard Lowe

Managing Director, Mayfair Marine

Howard is the Managing Director of Mayfair Marine and he is a Chartered Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the superyacht sector.

He has worked on many yachts, primarily in the 50 to 100m range and has managed a wide variety of projects. This has given him first-hand knowledge of the many complex processes involved in both new construction and major refit work.

Howard has worked as both an Owner’s Representative and for major European Shipyards so he can see the perspective from both sides and is also experienced working with family offices, designers, lawyers, insurers, finance teams and suppliers.

He has a strong customer focus and approaches his work with honesty and integrity.

Howard recognises the need for greener alternatives within the marine sector and he is proud to work with Owner’s and shipyards to support this culture change within yachting.

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Edwin Edelenbos

Managing Director, FWD Innovations

Joseph Adir

Founder & CEO, Winterhaven

oseph has been part of the yachting industry since 1992 when he became a licensed Yachtmaster and acquired a stake in a Chandlery and Yacht Brokerage business. His passion for yachting has grown over the years, and in 1999 he completed a full season of Yacht Racing inclusive of Fastnet 1999.

Daniel Briggs

ETO/AVIT 110 Meter

Giovanni Alessi Anghini

Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, Camper & Nicholsons International

Born in Italy and raised in Switzerland, Giovanni studied at the University of Florence concentrating his attention on courses in sociology and cultural anthropology. In 2002, Giovanni began his professional journey applying his studies in human sciences to industrial, product, business and service design.

In the following years, Giovanni collaborated with some of the world’s most renowned companies from the luxury and design spheres, such as Alessi and Vitra, and part of his work was also requested and developed for mass production companies in other industry sectors, such as Lenovo, Oppo and Philips.

Giovanni had his work recognized by international design museums and included in the permanent collection at Chicago’s Museum of Art and Architecture (The Chicago Athenaeum).

Since 2014, Giovanni’s work and know-how has been applied to business and service design, creating experiences across industries and product categories. He founded and developed Nowboat.com; the worlds’ most advanced business and marketing solution for seafaring professionals, aiming to empower small and medium enterprises in the yachting industry.

In 2019, Giovanni became Chief Innovation & Technology Officer for Camper & Nicholsons International, leading the overall activities related to product and service innovation.

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Riela

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VBH

Andrew Faiola

Head of Mobility, Newtec

Andrew is currently Head of Mobility at Newtec, where he is responsible for the company’s strategy for aviation, maritime, and land mobile. Previously, Andrew spent 15 years at Intelsat, the world’s leading satellite company, in a number of different direct account management and leadership positions, most recently leading the Mobility Solutions sales team for Europe, Middle East, and Asia. He also held various sales and marketing roles at NewSkies Satellites, and at an independent teleport in the USA called ESATEL Communications. Earlier in his career, he performed research and project development work at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, and at NASA, which involved the provision of Internet service and remote sensing for environmental purposes.

Rutger Schaap

Sony

Bjoern Scheidewig

Solar Impact

David Savage

Excelerate

Ian Hornsby

Yacht Data and Software Guru

Rufus Whiteford

WASSP Multibeam

Cheryl Zimmerman

Director, Farsounder

Marco Widmann

Samsung

Svein Ove Farstad

General Manager for Sales and Market, Norwegian

Gwen Benoit

Naval Architect/Training Manager at Quantum Marine Stabilizers

Pippa Nichols

Yacht Projects International