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Jury & Technical Committee #energyboatchallenge

Under the leadership of its President HSH Prince Albert II, and loyal to a tradition of innovation at the first powerboat meetings held here, the Yacht Club de Monaco is an incubator that supports yachting R&D. This event aims to stimulate the creativity of tomorrow’s engineers and the industry to develop propulsion methods using clean energy. We want to provide a platform for exchanges and meetings through a conference, Tech Talks and Exhibition.

Jury

The International Jury will award the prizes at the end of the competition during the Awards Ceremony on Saturday 9th July in the evening.

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Technical Committee

The purpose of the Technical Committee is to collaborate in the elaboration of technical rules, to validate the projects of the teams before their participation and to carry out the technical inspections on site.

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International Jury

Jérémie Lagarrigue

Jérémie Lagarrigue

EODev

Jérémie Lagarrigue is the CEO of EODev. He is also the President of the Jury for the 9th edition of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge.

Marco Casiraghi

Marco Casiraghi

Engeco & FPMC

Currently, Marco Casiraghi is President of Engeco and FPMC, civil construction and real estate development companies of the Principality of Monaco. He is a member of the Board of Directors of companies in Europe and the United States. As a non-profit activity, he is the founder of Businessgames @ school for the "promotion of companies and entrepreneurs" and the founder of the "Monaco mouse trap car Grand Prix" for the promotion of engineering among high school students.

Kaitan Borer

Kaitan Borer

Espen Oeino Int.

Having been exposed to sailing yachts and actively competing in sailing from an early age, Kaitan soon developed a strong passion for the sea. Determined to transform this passion into a career, he went on to study at the Southampton Solent University in the UK, later graduating with a degree in Yacht and Powercraft Design. Traditional wooden boat building, hands-on experience gained in a composite shipyard and pure computer aided design (CAD) are just a few of the many facets of the marine industry which have inspired Kaitan the most. Today he works at Espen Øino International as a naval architect and yacht designer, designing high-end custom motor yachts, with projects ranging from 8m to well over 100m.

Alex Caizergues

Alex Caizergues

Syroco

Four-time world kitesurfing champion and water speed record holder, Alex Caizergues is co-founder of Syroco, an innovation laboratory working on the energy transition of maritime transport. The Marseille-based startup is currently working on the design of a wind-powered speedcraft capable of reaching 150 km/h.

Michel Buffat

Michel Buffat

Credit Suisse
Florestan Fillon

Florestan Fillon

Foundation Prince Albert II
Thomas Battaglione

Thomas Battaglione

CEO SMEG

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Mauro Ricci

Mauro Ricci

INOCEL

Entrepreneur and developer for 38 years. After a successful career at Renault, Mauro RICCI founded Hysys at the age of 23 in 1984, which became AKKA Technologies in 1999. The AKKA group counted up to 24,000 employees in the world and a turnover of €2 billion. Mauro RICCI is a professional automotive engineer. In 2022 he founded INOCEL a new high power, high performance fuel cell player providing complete energy chain systems to accelerate the decarbonisation of our planet.

Barbara Amerio

Barbara Amerio

Permare Amer Yacht

Born in Sanremo, the city where she lives, she is passionate about the sea and she’s CEO of Permare Shipyard which produces innovative superyachts and she is in the maritime brokerage business since 1996. She contributed to the internationalization and sustainable development of the familiar brand Amer, exporting the niche production all over the world. She has active membership roles in the board of Confindustria Nautica, President of pleasure superyacht section and Sustainability Committee of Confindustria Nautica and Confindustria Imperia first lady President. She collaborates with researchers, biologists, Universities and the supply chain to introduce and test new materials and innovative solutions applied to the nautical sector. She has just filed her first patent to create 4.0 moulds. She is active in inclusion and gender gap reduction projects through the STEAMiamoci association.

Gilles Vernhet

Gilles Vernhet

Oceanco

Gilles Vernhet is deeply connected to the sea since childhood, he began sailing at the age of 7, meanwhile his passion for the ocean has never stopped growing. With a mechanical engineering background and graduation in industrial design, he started his career in yacht design at Oceanco in 1997. Today, managing the Yacht Design department at Oceanco, he focuses in implementing all available sustainable solutions to improve the footprint of a yacht all along its lifecycle.  Oceanco specialises in building large custom yachts up to 160 meters in length with construction facilities in The Netherlands and its Design, Marketing and Sales office in Monaco.

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Technical Committee

ENERGY CLASS

Jérémie Lagarrigue

Jérémie Lagarrigue

EODev

Head of Technical Committee
EODev CEO

Balthazar Deguine

Balthazar Deguine

EODev

Project Manager

Marc Guynot de Boismenu

Marc Guynot de Boismenu

Dassault-Aviation

Technical Coordinator for Dassault-Aviation, at SSI.

Martin Jager

Martin Jager

EODev

Consultant

Charles Viger

Charles Viger

EODev

Consultant

OPEN SEA CLASS

Raymond Fagerli

Raymond Fagerli

McFarlane Shipdesign

Naval Architect / Hydrodynamicst Engineer

Robert McFarlane

Robert McFarlane

McFarlane Shipdesign

Head of Technical Committee
Director & Naval Architect McFarlane Shipdesign

Alex Fortabat

Alex Fortabat

McFarlane Shipdesign

Naval Architect McFarlane Shipdesign

SOLAR CLASS

Joris Melkert

Joris Melkert

Solar Sports One

Head of Technical Committee
Director of Education – TU DELFT

Jeroen Droogsma

Jeroen Droogsma

Vripack

Innovation Manager – Vripack – Solar Sports One

MEBC

Event organizer

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