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Tip & Shaft/Connect, the business and impact meeting place for competitive sailing, is back for its ninth edition, but this time in Lorient, in the heart of sailing’s Silicon Valley!
On Wednesday 2 April, we’ll be in Lorient at the Palais des Congrès for another day of discussions on the economic and CSR challenges facing the sector.
From 8.00 am
🥐 Welcome breakfast
9.00am-9.05am
📣 Introduction
Pierre-Yves Lautrou, Tip & Shaft, co-founder
9h05-9h30
🆕 Brut and the Vendée Globe
Yon Le Priol, Consulting Director, Brut.
9.30am-10.00am
🌎 What victory means in the Vendée Globe
Frédéric Côme, Commitment Director, Macif métier santé prévoyance
10.00am-10.45am
⛵️ 2025-2029: what will the next Imoca cycle look like?
Antoine Mermod, President, Imoca Class
Johan Salén, Director, The Ocean Race
Justine Mettraux, Imoca skipper, Teamwork Team Snef
10.45am-11.15am
☕️ Coffee break
11.15am-12.00pm
🏆 Do you need a new boat to win?
Pierre-François Dargnies, managing director, Team Malizia
Sam Manuard, architect, Sam Manuard Yacht Design
Katia Merle, engineer, VPLP Design
12.00-12.30 p.m.
💶 How do you finance a racing boat today?
Laurent Garnier, Head of Equipment Finance, Arkéa Crédit Bail
12:30-14:00
🍴 Lunch break
14:00-14:30
🤝 What are the synergies between Grand Prix sailing and ocean racing?
Stephan Kandler, founder and co-CEO, K-Challenge
14:30-15:00
🚀 How the SAILGP circuit’s business model works and its impact
Lauren Robinson, Regional event director, EMEA, SailGP
15h00-15h30
☕️ Coffee break
15h30-16h15
🧐 Is Class40 a good investment?
Claude Robin, president and founder, Amarris
Cédric de Kervenoaël, president, Class40
Lionel Garcia, Managing Director, Everial
16h15-16h45
⛰️ How agents structure a discipline: the example of trail running
Goulven Cornec, celebrity agent & co-founder, Fraich’Touch
16h45-16h50
👋 Conclusion
Your pass includes:
By becoming a sponsor of Tip & Shaft/Connect, you’ll benefit from the impact and network of the only business and impact event for competitive sailing in France.
Do you want to connect with marketing, communications, media and CSR professionals in the race?
Are you looking to raise awareness of your brand or services among industry experts?
Do you have messages you want to get across to the entire sailing racing ecosystem?
Become a partner of Tip & Shaft/Connect – we have several sponsorship offers!
Contact Frédéric Chevance: frederic@tipandshaft .com
Train from Quimper:
TER Quimper-Lorient 7h19-7h52 or 7h50-8h35
From Nantes:
TER Nantes-Lorient 6h14-8h48
From Rennes:
TER Rennes-Lorient 6h07-7h44 or 7h04-8h48
From Paris:
TGV Paris-Lorient 7h00-9h51
Bus: Lines 10, 11, 40E, 41E, 42E, T1, T2, T3, T4 at 500 meters from the Palais des Congrès, stop « Faouëdic » Line 13 stop « Palais des Congrès » in front of the Palais des Congrès.
Bus boat: Lines B1 and B5 at 400 meters, stop « Quai des Indes »
Free parking: 120 free parking spaces at the foot of the Palais
Pay car parks: Parking Nayel 330 paying spaces in an underground car park 150 m from the Palais des Congrès
Pay car park Place d’Armes: 490 spaces 350m away
Les Arcades pay car park: 140 spaces
Think about carpooling!
Palais des Congrès de Lorient
Quai Gustave Mansion
56100 Lorient
General organisation
Hermine Flichy
hermine@tipandshaft.com
Partnerships
Frédéric Chevance
frederic@tipandshaft .com
Program
Pierre-Yves Lautrou
pyl@tipandshaft.com