Day 3| Looking ForwardThursday, 13 November 2025 - SGT (Singapore Time, GMT+08:00)

One key take away from last year's edition of the conference, echoed on many other platforms and by countless industry leaders is that seafarers MUST be involved in the process of energy transition and their expertise and concerns taken into account and inform the decision making process. So, let's hear from active seafarers on what it takes to achieve compliance, in the current context and what their take on energy transition.

The Global Maritime Forum and the All Aboard Alliance are proud to launch their new Pregnancy@Sea report at this year's Crew Connect. Developed from a range of interviews conducted with women seafarers, the report aims to shed light on the challenges experienced by women going through pregnancy at sea, and what kind of support is needed to help support new parents at sea.

This session will expand on the discussion we started at last year’s edition of the conference, going deeper into key welfare issues affecting seafarers and life on board, such as isolation, culture, lack of diversity, and the LBGTQIA+ community and challenges faced by neurodivergent people.

Once again, a Task Force of inspiring and highly capable cadets will present the findings of a task they have been assigned to complete over the three-days of CrewConnect Global.

Another in a series of traditions started last year at Seatrade Maritime CrewConnect Global, the audience will yet again be transported into the world of parliamentary style debate. “This house believes that AI will lead to less, not more competency in shipping.”

The audience, naturally divided on opinion, will here from a series of speakers who will try to convince them that they should be for or against the motion. There will be three speakers on each side of the argument, each with a strict seven-minute window to convince the audience. At the end, the audience will vote to see which side of the argument has the majority.