Program
2026 VERSION
DAY ONE
9:00-9:30
Registration
9:30-9:45
Opening ceremony
9:45-10:45
Panel 1: The future of the Adriatic - follow up panel to WIN24
• Kruna Šolić Sutlović – Product Manager, Croatian National Tourist Board
• Andreja Vukojević – Vicepresident, Croatian Chamber of Commerce
• Anthony La Salandra – Director, Adriatic Sea Forum
10:45-11:15
Presentation 1: Autonomous boating & the AI facilitating it
• Niko Hrdalo – Head of Service at Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
11:15-11:45
Coffee Break
11:45-12:45
Panel 2: The future is now - sustainability, tourism and craftsmanship impacting the years to come
• Speaker TBA
• Gonca Aslan – Director of Business Development & Corporate Affairs, Asmira Marine
• Roberto Perocchio – President of Assomarinas
• Dilek Seven Tan – MD Kiyi Istanbul Marina
12:45-13:45
Business lunch
13:45-14:15
Presentation 2: Personal branding - can your face sell marine products?
• Ana Čalić – Chief Commercial Officer at Navela and Women in Nautica Founder
14:15-15:15
Panel 3: How is marine media impacting the face and reach of the boating industry
• Braslav Karlić, Editor and Owner More Magazin
• Gwen Downing, CEO Multihulls Magazine
• Speaker TBA
15:15-16:00
Presentation 3: Real time data and realistic insights
• Marko Gnjidić – CEO at MMK Systems
16:00-16:15
Closing remarks - Day One
19:30-23:30
Cocktail dinner
Resort location TBA
DAY TWO
9:30-10:15
Workshop 1 : What a marine surveyor really does - what to check on a hull, engine and systems
• dr. sc. Bruna Bacalja Bašić – Maritimus Consultant
10:15-11:00
Workshop 2: Work on your media presence - 3 key tips for on-camera confidence, a practised introduction and experience in a mock press interview
• Rebecca Whitlocke – Antibes Yachting Founder
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:30
Networking dedicated roundtables
Rountables:
Academia – Chair Tamara Aleksandrov Fabijanić, CTT
Regulatory – Philip Easthill, Secretary General, European Boating Industry
Sustainability – Ana Čalić, Navela
Sailing – Tihana Tadinac, Hanse Yachts & SailMed Yachting
Yachting – Chair TBA
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