24 June: Free, online conference exploring seafarer wellbeing and mental health past, present and future.

Free, online conference exploring seafarer wellbeing and mental health past, present and future.
About this event

The covid pandemic and the crew change crisis has highlighted and exacerbated the challenges faced by seafarers globally.

The conference explores the history, present and future of seafarer health and wellbeing including mental health. There is now a perfect opportunity to learn from the past to inform the future.

At the National Maritime Museum in partnership with The Mission to Seafarers we are committed to raising awareness of the valuable role played by seafarers, this commitment has been further strengthened due to the current crew change crisis.

The conference has three sessions: Historical Perspectives, Experiences during the Pandemic & What Next? Rebuilding Better.

Programme Highlights

Conference Moderator - Paddy Rodgers, Director of Royal Museums Greenwich (including the National Maritime Museum) and former CEO of EuroNav.

Session 1 -Historical Perspectives

The wellbeing of Seafarers has always been at the heart of maritime success and failure. Experts from the National Maritime Museum and seafarer charities will offer historical perspectives on seafarer wellbeing and mental health.

Session 2- Experiences during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Keynote presentation – Julian Clark, Global Senior Partner, Ince

This session will explore the varied experiences of seafarers, ship owners and seafaring charities during the Covid Pandemic.

Session 3- What next? Rebuilding better.

Keynote presentation- Esben Poulsson, Chairman of The International Chamber of Shipping.

As the maritime industry looks to an uncertain future, with decarbonisation and the lasting impacts of the crew change crisis dominating outlooks how can we ensure that seafarers wellbeing and mental health are prioritised and build on the aims of the Neptune Declaration on seafarer wellbeing?

This conference is a partnership between the National Maritime Museum , Greenwich and Mission to Seafarers. It is supported by the Lloyd's Register Foundation through their support of the Lloyd's Register Foundation Public Curator: Contemporary Maritime at the National Maritime Museum.

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