Agenda
DAY 1: Tuesday 25 June
Ship Managers Panel
Ship managers and operators need to keep promoting efforts targeting both the physical and the mental health of crew onboard.
- Key challenges for crew welfare
- How collaboration can raise awareness
- Lessons learned and ways to move forward
Physical Wellness Panel
Physical Wellness is the direct result of our lifestyle choices and recognizes the need for physical activity, healthy food, sleep and other behaviours that ensure good health.
- What “physical wellness” means to seafarers and the industry in general
- Key considerations for personal hygiene onboard
- How to raise awareness and provide support/ counseling
Mental Wellness Panel
Mental Wellness is described as a combination of how we feel (our emotions and life satisfaction) and how we function (relationships with others, personal control, purpose in life and independence).
- What “mental wellness” means to seafarers and the industry in general
- Key considerations for mental onboard and alarming trends (ie fatigue, suicides onboard)
- How to raise awareness and provide support/ counseling
DAY 2: Wednesday 26 June
Industry Stakeholders Panel
Industry’s initiatives and portfolios for a enhanced crew welfare should meet all the necessary requirements and go beyond minimum standards.
- Key challenges for crew welfare
- How collaboration can raise awareness
- Lessons learned and ways to move forward
Seafarer Health Panel
To ensure good seafarer health onboard starts from the top. The concept of leadership bears the responsibility and shapes the work culture, ultimately having a major impact on seafarer health.
- What health means to seafarers and the industry in general
- Key considerations for providing safe and healthy conditions onboard
- How to raise awareness and provide support/ counseling
Soft Skills Panel
Soft skills such as emotional intelligence, decision-making, and conflict management are essential for keeping crew members motivated, productive and engaged.
- How industry’s workforce will look like in 2030: Top soft skills in demand
- How AI and technology will impact people onboard and ashore
- Cultivating the right mindset: Training needs and considerations for the next generation of shipping
Crew Welfare Panel
Crew welfare refers to the well-being of the crew members working onboard and measures that ensure healthy and safe working conditions, leading to better productivity, morale, and job satisfaction among crew members.
- Key challenges for crew welfare
- How collaboration can raise awareness
- Best practices/ initiatives to move forward
DAY 3: Thursday 27 June
Women at Sea Panel
According to a Seafarers’ Charity recent report, women seafarers remain invisible and unintentionally overlooked by port-welfare workers. Industry still needs to acquire a better understanding of women seafarers and their needs.
- Defining women’s needs onboard and ashore: Best practices to move forward
- How to support diversity, equity & inclusion and raise awareness
- Key strategies to make women feel safe and able to develop onboard
Crew Welfare Best Practices
- Ship Managers Perspective (Interview videos)
- Crew Managers Perspective (Interview videos)
- Seafarers Perspective (Interview videos)
- Industry Stakeholders Perspective (Interview videos)
Stand alone Video Presentations / Keynotes
(pre-recorded video 10-15 minutes each) on the following topics:
- Physical Wellness
- Mental Wellness
- Seafarer Health
- Soft Skills
- Women at Sea
- Crew Welfare
- Crew Abandonment
- Challenges of Social Life Onboard
- Crew Change Challenges
- Sleep Hygiene
- Nutrition onboard Ships
- Remote Health Support
- Seafarer Fatigue
- Managing Stress
- Managing Anxiety
- Spiritual Wellness
- Human Rights at Sea
- Seafarer Suicides
- Psychological Safety
- Crew Connectivity
- Crew Travel
- Human sustainability
- Emotional Diversity
- Cyber Wellness onboard ships
- STCW legislation
- MLC Legislation
- Access to medical care for seafarers