The final day of The Superyacht Forum opened with a critically important keynote featuring new research from Superyacht Life and SYBAss (Superyacht Builders Association). This revealed the €54bn positive economic benefit of the superyacht sector for the wider global community annually and reinforced the importance of the work of the 900 delegates attending.

The Superyacht Forum unveils research indicating significant positive social impacts

The final day of The Superyacht Forum opened with critically important keynote featuring new research from Superyacht Life and SYBAss (Superyacht Builders Association). This revealed the true nature of positive economic benefits of the superyacht sector upon the wider global community and reinforced the importance of the work of the 900 delegates attending.

The Superyacht Forum unveils research demonstrating sector’s €54bn economic impact on wider global community

This year’s 11th edition of the Boat Builder Awards saw Targa Boats’ founders Johan and Britt-Marie Carpelan honoured for Lifetime Achievement and Brunswick’s Vittorio Bichurcher and Kevin Fehrenbach named as this year’s Rising Stars. Plus 31 companies from around the globe highlighted for their successes in innovation, design, sustainability and partnership collaboration.

Brilliant industry and personal achievements celebrated at Boat Builder Awards

ICOMIA’s Technical Director, Patrick Hemp, presented the globally recognised DAME Design Awards 2025 to LXNAV's E360 chartplotter at the Metstrade Official Opening this morning. The Jury also identified eight Category Winners, 18 Special Mentions and named two Environmental Design Award winners from 67 nominated products selected out of 146 entries.

DAME 2025 winner brings aviation sector expertise into marine instrumentation

The Superyacht Forum greeted a record number approaching 900 delegates as it opened its doors for a packed programme within the atmospheric setting of RAI Amsterdam’s Auditorium. Visionary author of The Blue Economy, Gunter Pauli, set the scene for the two days in his opening keynote, encouraging the superyacht sector to be better than they ever thought they could be and drive for brilliantly creative and innovative solutions to sustainability.

Largest edition of The Superyacht Forum opens with call to be bold and think differently

The Superyacht Forum’s NXT-themed agenda takes centre stage at this year’s event, dedicated to providing the platform for sustained growth. There will be more audience interaction to enable a broad range of perspective and views, and speakers from outside of the industry are a core part of the agenda to provide a unique, fresh outlook.

Deep dive into The Superyacht Forum 2025 agenda

The Marine Impact Lab has announced another incredible panel to the day’s line up, focused on sustainable event and organizational solutions. Bringing together leading voices from across the global marine and events sectors, the panel aims to address one of the industry’s most pressing questions: how do we build resilient, future-ready organizations in an increasingly complex and threatened environment?

Marine Impact Lab presents future-focused organisation and event solutions

The deadline to register for free tickets for all three days of Metstrade is fast approaching. Metstrade 2025 (18 – 20 November 2025) will be the biggest edition to date, taking over the entire RAI Amsterdam complex for the first time due to the growth of the show.

Deadline for free tickets to Metstrade approaches fast

The Superyacht Coating Conference - Driving Sustainability, Quality and Innovation in Superyacht Coatings
We are excited to announce that two highly respected leaders in the global superyacht industry will be this year's keynote speakers: Michael Breman, Sales Director at Lürssen Yachts, and Tom de Vries, Managing Director at Royal de Vries Shipyards – Feadship.

Superyacht Coating Conference announces Lürssen and Feadship leaders as keynote speakers

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