Seatrade Cruise Global 2025

Meet OTG Team at Seatrade Cruise Global 2025 – the world’s largest Cruise event

Join OTG and experts from Lloyd’s Register and OneOcean at Seatrade Cruise Global (LR stand #3129) to celebrate the event’s 40th anniversary!

Please reach out to your dedicated account manager to book a meeting with our team at the show.

Event Schedule

Leveraging Technology to Transform Crew Training

As the cruise industry expands and evolves, the demand for well-trained crew is rising—how can technology streamline and enhance training processes?

This session explores the role of e-learning, and emerging technologies like AI, and VR in onboarding and skills development, ensuring crew are prepared for the unique challenges of life at sea. Discover best practices for online training, knowledge retention, and the investments needed to future-proof crew education in line with innovation.

Talking Points:

• How is technology currently used in crew training and onboarding?
• Best practices for ensuring knowledge transfer in online and self-paced learning.
• The potential for emerging technologies like VR, AI, and e-learning in enhancing crew readiness & upskilling.
• Is the cruise industry keeping pace with training innovations, or is adoption too slow?

Speaker

Joost Van Ree | Director, Cruise & Yachts 

Crew Panel

With an increased focus on how to attract, train and keep great crew members we focus on the tech that helps achieve a high wellbeing and retention rate for crew. The ability to attract, train, and retain top-tier crew members has become a defining factor for operational excellence and guest satisfaction. With shifting workforce dynamics, heightened expectations from employees, and increasing competition for skilled talent, organisations must rethink their approaches to recruitment, development, and retention. This panel session will delve into innovative strategies, real-world challenges, and actionable insights on building a robust and engaged workforce. From leveraging technology to enhance recruitment processes, to creating training programmes that inspire growth, and fostering cultures that encourage loyalty, we will explore the critical elements required to assemble and sustain world-class teams in today’s evolving workplace environment.

Speaker

Joost Van Ree | Director, Cruise & Yachts