29 Sep 2021 – GlobalMET participates in ThaiMET webinar
GlobalMET participated in a webinar that was held by Thai Maritime Education and Training Association (ThaiMET) on 29 September 2021. The webinar included presentations by various prominent maritime entities including representatives from ship owners, ship managers, training institutions and other maritime associations. GlobalMET was represented by Capt. Pradeep Chawla who spoke on “Competencies and learning methodologies for the future”.
The focus of the presentation was to explore how maritime education and training can use new technologies to help improve seafarer competencies. Experiences of using these were discussed. The role that cross organizational collaborations can play in overcoming current issues was emphasized. The use of auto intelligent routine, just in time (JIT) arrivals, augmented reality, apps, interactive goggles with real imagery to help familiarize new recruits with parts of a ship and live machinery data were some topics that were explored.
Other speakers included Capt. Maneesh Varma (The Nautical Institute), Capt. Sarabjit Singh Butalia (IMO Ambassador), Capt. Sutep Tranantasin (RCL), Capt. M.P.Bhasin (MASSA), Mr. Andrew Airey (Highlands maritime), Capt. W.Rammaroeng (CTI) and Capt. C.Thansuvan (ThaiMET).
This was followed by an interactive Q&A session. The entire webinar is available free to watch on You Tube here -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HaoAelO7Pk.