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Yacht Racing Forum – Touber to be Master of Ceremony for conference

by Yacht Racing Forum on 18 Nov 2015
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The inaugural Risk Management & Safety conference will focus on the legal and risk issues around team operations, event organiser liability, construction, sponsor requirements, intellectual property, logistics, surveys and team member contracts.

Chief operating officer for the Volvo Ocean Race, Tom Touber is an Amsterdam native and Naval Architecture student with a strong business world background. Tom used to sit on Brunel International's board; he became a Volvo Ocean Race sponsor in 2000 and never left sailing since then. He also had an aerospace, shipbuilding and automotive business in Germany. Tom is now a consultant for companies adapting to changes.

'I am delighted to be attending this year's YRF in Geneva and to be the Chairperson for the stream on Risk Management and Safety. For me, this will be the most important stream of the YRF. Risk Management is a vital consideration for yacht racing and has been a focus throughout my career. As well as the obvious safety concerns it is vital that yacht racing can reassure potential partners that their investment is justifiable and they have a thorough understanding of the risk levels involved.'

Britain’s top live sailing TV presenter, Alec Wilkinson, will be the principal moderator for the Yacht Racing Forum 2015 whilst Seahorse Magazines’ Dobbs Davis will chair the Design and Technology Symposium.

The Yacht Racing Forum will take place on December 7 - 8 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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