Every evening, races are followed by Tech Talks during which students share, oppose and compare their innovative ideas. While the lightweight category qualifications are in full swing, meeting with 4 teams of this second HYDROCONTEST: Polytechnique (France), ENSTA Bretagne & ENSA Paris La Villette (France), Swinburne University of Technology (Malaysia) and Haute Ecole d’Ingenierie et d’Architecture in Fribourg (Switzerland).

The starting horn has sounded on the second HYDROCONTEST. The 16 international teams of future engineers are set to enter the final phase of this globally unique competition with boat prototypes they have spent months designing. Their innovative, high-performance and ever more efficient hydrofoils have converged on the competition village at Pyramides de Vidy, Lausanne for the week-long event culminating on 19 July. 

A patron of HYDROCONTEST from the start, the renowned scientist and politician is renewing her support for the event and the exciting technological and human adventure that it represents.

New patron of HYDROCONTEST 2015, the charismatic and committed sailor is convinced that the future of our oceans will depend on the level of awareness and involvement of the younger generations, as they will become tomorrow’s key actors of the nautical and maritime industry.

Winner of the Route du Rhum 2006 and 2010, of the Rolex Fastnet and the Transat Jacques Vabres, French sailor Roland Jourdain is among the most gifted sailors of his generation and one of the most committed to the environmental issues.