Maritime Leadership: Boosting Safety Culture and Wellbeing Onboard

Set your course for stronger leadership, safer operations, and healthier working conditions at sea!
Sjónám, together with the international IASST network, invites you to an inspiring seminar all about maritime leadership that truly boosts safety culture and wellbeing onboard.

Join Faroese and international experts for a day packed with real stories, fresh perspectives, and practical solutions for the future of safe and resilient maritime operations.

Why attend?
✅ Learn from real-life experiences in extreme conditions – Livar Nysted, Adventurer and artist
✅ Discover insights on search & rescue operations – Hans Erik Jacobsen, Helicopter Captain 
✅ Safety culture and leadership - Jóhannes Miðskarð, PhD, Menning.info

✅ Understand the health impact of life at sea – Annbjørg Abrahamsen, PhD
✅ Take part in a practical workshop led by psychologists Ivan Doulgerof and Frank Lamberg:
“Safety leadership at sea – a conversation that cannot wait” – where you’ll share challenges and find solutions for building a stronger safety culture onboard fishing vessels, the wider fleet, and across maritime organisations.
✅ Thriving or Just Surviving? Rethinking Wellbeing at Sea – Poul Jákup Thomsen

Who is it for?
Shipowners, skippers, safety managers, maritime educators, consultants, students — anyone with a stake in leading for better safety and wellbeing at sea.

📅 Date: 12 September 2025
📍 Location: Tórshavn, Faroe Islands – Hotel Hilton Garden Inn
💰 Fee:
• Companies/organisations: 4.000 DKK (up to 5 participants)
• Individuals: 895 DKK
• Students: 495 DKK
• Earlybird: 15% of until 07 August 2025
Included: Coffee breaks, lunch and materials.

Let’s put the Faroe Islands and our maritime safety leadership on the global map!
Be part of the conversation — shape the culture.