Knowledge sharing
Community and Stakeholders Engagement.
Through our Redefining Luxury Series and our participation in leading industry events, we create spaces for collaboration and new perspectives. Discover the panels, partnerships and networking opportunities.
- Events timeline
- 01 · METSTRADE 2025, Amsterdam
Redefining Luxury, Episode 1: Embedding Sustainability into the DNA of Yacht Interiors
A fast-paced conversation to explore how the meaning of luxury is being updated to reflect today's values, and how sustainability can be embedded within products and design without changing their essence. The discussion highlights the evolution of luxury as a living concept: one that can integrate responsibility and innovation while preserving creativity, quality, and excellence.
- 02 · boot Düsseldorf 2026, Düsseldorf
Breakfast hosted by Winkels Yacht Interior
Ahead of boot Düsseldorf, our exclusive breakfast, generously welcomed by Winkels Yacht Interior brought together designers, contractors, suppliers and key stakeholders from across the yachting industry. Designed as an informal moment before the exhibition opened, it offered the opportunity to introduce SIH to the community and to foster collaborations across the sector.
- 03 · SEAQUIP Milan 2026, Milan
Redefining Luxury, Episode 2: From ambition to implementation - How Italian excellence is shaping the path toward responsible interiors
A pragmatic look at the implementation of sustainability across the industry. Moving beyond theory, the discussion explored the current state of implementation. It also addressed the real challenges professionals face (from processes, timelines and costs to material choices, responsibilities and execution) and highlighted practical strategies for delivering sustainable solutions without compromising quality or excellence.
Breakfast hosted by Prodital Leather at MM Company Studio
Ahead of Seaquip Milan, our community came together for a breakfast sponsored by Prodital Leather, hosted by MM Company Studio in Milan's Design District and supported by Young Professionals in Yachting (YPY) Italy. As a valued SIH member, Prodital opened its network, resources and collaborative spirit to create a welcoming moment for designers, industry professionals and partners to connect before the event.
- 04 · Blue Design Summit 2026, La Spezia
Redefining Luxury, Episode 3: Innovazione e futuri sostenibili
Can the yachting industry still afford to overlook sustainability, or has the sector already entered an irreversible transformation that is reshaping the very definition of luxury? To redefine luxury is to redefine value, and meaningful change requires a long-term strategic vision and investment ahead of market demand. Innovation and sustainability are becoming defining drivers of competitiveness and excellence in the industry.
Dinner sponsored by Foglizzo, Luce5 Yachting, and Winkels Yacht Interior
During the Blue Design Summit, we hosted an exclusive dinner bringing together around 30 key stakeholders from across the yachting industry. Designers, shipyards, consultants, interior specialists, material suppliers, and professionals representing every stage of the value chain gathered around the same table to strengthen relationships and explore new opportunities. Yachting is, above all, a relationship-driven industry.
- 05 · 3rd Italian Yacht Summit by YPY Italy, Viareggio, 13 June 2026
Panel participation: Responsible luxury in practice - Sustainability, design as value creation
Our partnership with YPY Italy reflects a shared commitment to fostering a more sustainable, innovative and forward-looking future for the yachting industry. During the YPY Italy Conference Day, we joined the panel discussion to explore how sustainability in interiors and design is both an environmental responsibility and a powerful driver of value creation, innovation and long-term competitiveness.
- 06 · Design Valley Gala and TEDx Forte dei Marmi
Partnership with Design Valley Gala and TEDx Forte dei Marmi
An initiative bringing together leading voices from design, yachting, hospitality and innovation to inspire cross-industry collaboration. Through this partnership, we reinforce the belief that knowledge sharing is a catalyst for progress. By connecting professionals across complementary sectors, we continue to promote sustainable design excellence as key driver of value creation within the future of luxury.
- 07 · Monaco Yacht Show 2026, Monaco
SIH Industry Workshop at Zuretti DESIGN
On September 21st, right before the Monaco Yacht Show 2026 opened its doors, Smart Interiors Horizon organised its 2026 SIH Industry Workshop. With more than 40 stakeholders from across the yachting industry gathered in Nice at Zuretti DESIGN, the sessions asked a deceptively simple question: what does it actually take to embed sustainability in yacht interiors? In the room were shipyards, suppliers, interior contractors, designers, owner representatives and supply chain partners contributing their experience, expertise and knowledge.
SIH Industry Workshop Aperitive at 24Hosts, Nice
The aperitivo following our Industry Workshop in Nice offered a warm setting to continue the conversations started during the day, reflecting our belief that collaboration is what moves the industry forward. Made possible by the generosity of our partners, the evening took place at 24Hosts, who opened the doors to their wonderful venue through an introduction by Eva Mechler. With the support of List General Contractor, Winkels Yacht Interior, Prodital Leather and Wolz Nautic, our guests enjoyed a convivial evening, with wines kindly provided by Premier Cellars and Chêne Bleu.
Stand Water Revolution Foundation
SIH and a group of industry partners - Eva Mechler, Foglizzo Leather, Luce5 Yachting, NC Marmi, Prodital Leather, RINA, Romital, and Seable&Co - turned the Water Revolution Foundation stand into a working demonstration of more responsible yacht interiors. Designed by Amadei Collett, the stand featured leather, stone, wood, light and 3D-printed forms that shared one visual language and one spirit.
- 08 · The Superyacht Forum 2026, Amsterdam Upcoming
Breakout session: The Power of Yacht Interiors. Accelerating innovation through industry collaboration and shared material intelligence.
Sustainability and innovation in yacht interiors depend on decisions made by a wide range of stakeholders, from owners' representatives and designers to shipyards, contractors and suppliers. Yet these decisions are often made with fragmented information and technical, environmental, certification, and procurement misalignment across the value chain. Through this session, SIH explores how stronger collaboration and shared material intelligence can help bridge those gaps. Drawing on insights from the SIH Industry Workshop and industry-wide collaboration initiatives, the discussion examines where information, expectations and responsibilities currently disconnect, and what is needed to enable better-informed decisions earlier in the process.
- Why we gather
Yachting is, above all, a relationship-driven industry. Knowledge shared in the room today becomes the standard on board tomorrow.
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