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.

To create enduring solutions tailored to the unique demands of a life at sea we (as managers and medical services practitioners) need to influence, teach, and enable our seafarers / maritime professionals to take greater personal responsibility in monitoring and improving their overall health and mental wellbeing. As leaders of the industry (the panel) - how should we enable such a shift and enable our crew to do the same?Taking off from a summary of the latest statistics on the overall health of Filipino seafarers some suggested approaches to help create sustainable practices will be shared.

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.

ISWAN’s Safe at sea… it takes all of us! campaign is encouraging cultural and behavioural change across maritime by highlighting experiences of abuse, bullying, harassment, discrimination, and violence at sea and empowering seafarers to become allies to their marginalised crewmates. This session will share key learnings from the campaign’s first year, highlight practical guidance from the How to be an ally resources, and outline the next steps to fostering more inclusive and psychologically safe maritime cultures for the future.

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.

The Cadet Task Force, a group of 18 IMEC Deck and Engineering cadets from the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) will once again bring an important maritime topic to life during Crew Connect 2025, enjoy our teaser trailer and watch for more content to be released as we near closer to November 11!

https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/TLmaCM8E9pHR5ZnLAu1uku8XBeu?domain=drive.google.com

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 of the motion "This house believes AI will reduce human competence 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.