IBI Summit
The inaugural IBI Summit in association with Carlsquare will feature unique insight from M&A and procurement specialists, boatbuilder CEOs and industry investors. With its core theme of Value Creation this prime networking and knowledge sharing event is the definitive forum for C-suite shipyard, supply chain executives and industry investors.
When: Wednesday July 2nd 2025
Where: 10 York Road, Waterloo, London
Situated on London’s South Bank – Located on the 16th floor with views over London’s iconic skyline.
This full-day event delivering invaluable insight will include a networking lunch, refreshments throughout the day and finish with drinks and canapes on the 16th floor roof terrace.
KEY SESSIONS:
Economic focus
Carlsquare’s Managing Partner, Dr. Arnold Holle will put the current economic situation into context, benchmarking against previous market cycles to assess recovery timelines and the longer-term outlook for the industry.
M&A focus
In-depth analysis from M&A specialists Carlsquare, investigating recent M&A transactions including key learnings to determine the future M&A landscape. .
Keynote
IBI Editor, Ed Slack sits down with Brunswick CEO Dave Foulkes to discuss the drive to increase affordability; changing supply chain dynamics and the impact of trade wars.
CEO perspective
The Summit programme will feature perspectives from major boatbuilder CEOs on evolving current business models in the face of rising costs and softening demand.
Investor perspective
Top industry investors discuss investment rationale, industry outlook and models for success in marine in a special session moderated by Carlsquare’s Dr. Arnold Holle.
Charting the course for the boat builder of the future
McKinsey & Company’s Michael Harney and Filippo Gozzi investigate the levers for value creation, setting the ambition on share of wallet with a life-cycle view of the customer spotlighting opportunities for shipyards in the wider yachting ecosystem. The session will explore ways to cope with a changing consumer base; the capacity for digital engineering technologies to radically accelerate development time; and defining the boatbuilder archetypes of the future.
Value Creation – Procurement
Protecting margins in a trade war will be a focus for management consultancy Kearney as partner, Michael Strohmer examines the procurement process to determine effective levers to unlocking cost savings, presenting learnings from product teardowns and how the industry can benefit from e-Sourcing and new technologies like AI.