Friday, Oct 20th 2023

Evening / Night Ride
Dinner
Party “soft version”

Saturday, Oct 21st

7:30 – 9:00 Morning surf session for summit participants

9:30 Intro:
Key note speech (Janne Paul Schmidt / Martin Leskovjan)

10:00 Laurent Sublet – Engineer and Epinal constructor, Hydrostadium
„Hydrostadium wave development and projects“

10:30 – Discussion:
Memberships, community, operating days per year, how to financially survive
Moderator: Julie Hučíková – showcase of our numbers at the beginning

11:00 Matyáš Menšík – Czech Leagues / cups
Discussion: Local / international competitions
“Future contests (e.g. club competition, european riversurfing championship)”

11:15 River surfing as professional sport
Moderator: Antonio Hybner

11:45 – 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Meier-Staude
“Layout and design of River Waves”

13:30 Discussion
How to pick a spot for a wave and not annoy officials and the community?
River administration / municipality relationships
Moderator: Lenka Ptáčková

14:00 Diploma Engineer Josef Bauer – Engineer / Čunovo wave constructor
“Norms, liability and the hurdles of hydropower”

14:30 Discussion – Safety and legal responsibility
Moderator: Martin Leskovjan

15:00 Lasse Bauer – Engineer Dreamwave
“Flexibility, the key to Building waves in natural rivers“

15:30 Discussion – Technical possibilities, trends and costs of new waves (after Lasse – Dreamwave)
Moderator: Paul (How to remove debris/bed load, minimal invasive technologies)

16:00 Remotely Neil Egsgard – founder of Surfanywhere
„Simple waves and safe tailwater“

16:30 Final Discussion: Cookbook and examples (SurfAnywhere example) and future of the network.

17:30 Surf Session

19:00 Dinner

Night Ride Surfing

Party “strong version”

Sunday, Oct 22nd

9:30 – 11:00 Morning surf session for summit participants

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