5 February 2026
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MICAD at boot Düsseldorf: vision, innovation, and dialogue on the future of yachting
“At Boot Düsseldorf 2026, we’ll be showing off new concepts, updates to our most popular models, and a series of technology sneak peeks that will shape the next generation of yachts.”
This is right where we left off: with the previews shared over a month ago by Amedeo Migali, CEO and Managing Director of MICAD, on what could happen at Boot Düsseldorf 2026. For such a big event, it’s important to know how to meet your own expectations before you even think about the market’s. And this time, Boot Düsseldorf did way more than just meet them.
Once again, this year, MICAD took part in boot Düsseldorf, the most important international boat show and a benchmark for leisure boating industry – a place where research, innovation, and advanced design solutions find a tangible expression.
From 17 to 25 January, Düsseldorf was the global stage of international yachting anew. For MICAD, Boot Düsseldorf is not just about visibility, but much more: it is vision and listening. It is part of an ongoing dialogue with shipyards, partners, professionals, and international clients fostering a continuous development path built on the integration of design and engineering, with constant attention to the end-user experience. In an increasingly competitive international landscape, events such as boot Düsseldorf represent far more than a conventional trade fair. They are global platforms for exchange, where design visions, industrial strategies, and emerging sensibilities related to sustainability and innovation come together. Participation means benchmarking against international standards, but also actively contributing to shaping the future directions of leisure yachting.
Among the highlights Amedeo Migali’s participation in the panel “Latest trends in design innovation and product development,” where he addressed key topics for the evolution of contemporary yachting: design innovation, product development, and the growing strategic role of advanced materials, digital tools, and human-centered design methodologies. This perspective also encompasses a strong focus on foiling as a technological frontier, as well as on design for disassembly – an innovative design approach that becomes a concrete lever for improving sustainability throughout the entire life cycle of boats.
MICAD’s vision is rooted in the belief that contemporary yacht design can no longer be approached in isolated compartments. Design, engineering, sustainability, and end-user experience are elements of a single, complex system that requires multidisciplinary expertise and a strong capacity for synthesis. It is precisely within this integration that MICAD identifies its distinctive value, transforming complexity into a design opportunity.
Human exchange was also fundamental, fostered through visits to MICAD’s stand (7aF23), where visitors were able to discover ONDIA 36: a scale model of a new project developed in cooperation with Comav and SPIN360. Conceived as a motoryacht focused on sustainability within leisure boating, the concept places the reduction of environmental impact at the core of its design choices, while leaving room for evolution and customization. In this context, partnerships play an increasingly central role. Collaborating with specialized and complementary partners allows the goal of the project to expand and enables both technological and environmental challenges to be addressed more effectively. Working with industrial and technological partners thus becomes an integral part of the MICAD approach, fostering the development of shared solutions and common visions capable of evolving over time.
In a rapidly transforming sector, the value of events such as boot Düsseldorf also lies in their ability to raise questions, not just provide answers. It is within this space for reflection that the most authentic form of innovation takes shape—born from the encounter of different skills, experiences, and perspectives, and oriented towards the future with responsibility and ambition.
Boot Düsseldorf has come to an end, but MICAD’s team has returned to the office with a valuable wealth of exchanges, design ideas, and shared visions. Each edition reaffirms how essential both technical and human dialogue are in addressing change with awareness and curiosity, and with the confidence of possessing the technical and design expertise required to contribute to common visions, all travelling in the same direction.
