Showcase of innovation and ecology
The first edition of the Marina High Tech show will be held on May 24 and 25, 2018 in the Marina Baie-des-Anges, in Villeneuve-Loubet. This new event will present technological innovations in boating, with a focus on all the progress made in environmental protection. It will combine a classic exhibition space on land, boats afloat of the latest generation and conferences by speakers such as the underwater architect Jacques Rougerie. With the aim of becoming a showcase for innovation in the boating industry, the show is organized around 3 poles:
- The new generation "Hybrid - Solar and Electric
- The Sail
- Yachts and Superyachts, expected at anchor
Boats afloat will be able to take customers on board for demonstrations at sea.
A competition for the Best French or Foreign Entrepreneur will reward the exhibitor who presents the most convincing innovation.
A professional and international exhibition
The show is first and foremost a professional meeting place," explains Sophie Mordelet, in charge of the organization. "It is a BtoB show. The objective is to exchange cards and do business. The entrance is reserved for professionals from 10am to 4pm. The general public will be able to access the spaces between 4 and 10 p.m. to admire the new products and meet the exhibitors who want to."
Open to both classic yachts and yachting, the show is immediately positioned on the international market, in Europe and the United States.
A mobilized local fabric
Marina High Tech is organized by the Yacht Services association which deals with crew management and federates nautical professionals on a regional scale. The show is also the result of the will of the municipality of Villeneuve-Loubet to reposition the Marina Baie-des-Anges, innovative at the time of its foundation in the 1970s, at the forefront of modernity. The Yacht-Club society and the association Foncière Urbaine de la Marina Baie-des-Anges are also partners.
First reservations
The organizers aim to gather about sixty exhibitors and fifteen boats afloat. About twenty professionals have already responded.
