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LATEST REFORMS, GLOBAL CONTEXT AND THE FUTURE OF YACHTING WILL TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT THE ITALIAN MARINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY MINISTER ADOLFO URSO WITH SPEECHES BY MINISTERS SANTANCHE’ AND RIXI
THE EVENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT NAUTICAL YEAR’S MARKET TRENDS AND SENTIMENT FOR 2025.
The Italian Marine Industry Association has announced it will hold its annual public Members Assembly on 12th December, at Rome’s Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel, where an open dialogue with the Italian government will see key policies for the blue economy and new industry regulations discussed within the broader context of the current international backdrop.
The event is scheduled to kick off with an opening address by Italian Business Minister Adolfo Urso, also representing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, followed by speeches by Tourism Minister Daniela Garnero Santanché and Deputy Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Edoardo Rixi.
An insightful roster of Italian and international guests will also take to the stage to discuss current factors impacting the sector from a more global standpoint, from climate change to artificial intelligence to the effects on international trade dependent on the White House’s change of course, analysing industrial and labour policies and the measures achieved for the sector by the Italian Marine Industry Association.
Measures obtained by the Association include the activation of the Italian Boating Code’s Regulations for Implementation – with important administrative simplifications for users, the revision of superyacht regulations, the introduction of the D1 “licence”, a key review of safety equipment, and the provision of infrastructure for small-scale yachting in public ports – along with the reform of professional yachting titles, the “Infringements” decree – which provides for the autonomous regulation of state concessions with regards to marinas – in addition to more recent measures soon to be issued, starting with a bill aimed at promoting and enhancing marine resources with further updates to the Boating Code, also requested and successfully achieved by the Association.
The event will start off in the morning with a private session dedicated to Association members spanning the entire Italian yachting supply chain and the election of the representative bodies for each of the nine Sector Assemblies – embodying all industry segments from shipbuilding to components, from marinas to services, from charters to sales networks – into which the Italian Marine Industry Association is divided.
Finally, the Assembly will also host the publication of a market trend analysis for the current nautical year and an overview of the sentiment for 2025, put together by the Italian Marine Industry Association’s Research Department on the basis of a forecasting survey conducted on a significant sample of member companies, along with a preview of the completed Genoa International Boat Show exhibition area.
Genoa, 7th December 2024
