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During the Palm Beach International Boat Show, ISS hosted two Leadership Series sessions at the Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach Downtown, drawing captains, designers, technologists, legal professionals, and management experts for an afternoon of honest, forward-looking conversation. Both sessions are now available to watch in full on youtube.
SESSION ONE
AI in Yachting: From Buzzword to Operational Reality
The first session cut through the noise around artificial intelligence and focused on what is actually happening across the industry right now. Panelists examined how AI is being applied to yacht management, operations, safety, and decision-making, with a particular focus on automating repetitive and bureaucratic tasks that consume crew and management time, from procurement and recruitment to onboarding. This shift is beginning to free teams to focus on the high-value interpersonal work that defines the industry.
SESSION TWO
Future Technology and Innovation: Fuels, Propulsion, and the Next Frontier
Moderated by designer Luiz DeBasto, the second session shifted focus to one of the most consequential and forward-looking discussions in the superyacht industry today: the role of nuclear power in shaping the next generation of yacht propulsion. What emerged was not a speculative debate, but a grounded and increasingly credible case for nuclear as a viable, and perhaps inevitable, solution.
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