On Friday, June 6, 2024, PROJECT CONNECT held its fourth ‘νιάτα ψηλά’ Youth empowerment series conference, this time at the POSIDONIA 2024, in the Seminar Room 2A of the Metropolitan Expo Center, in Athens, Greece. This session was especially organized for an exceptional group of young students, namely those who want to be captains and engineers from the Adopt a Ship program run by PROJECT CONNECT.

Nautical high school students, their teachers and other older students from the national technical school of Greece were given hope and opportunities to converse with shipping people about their livelihood prospects in the industry of their choice, to take part in short-sea travel experiences, office visits and internships.

During this conference, entitled “Enhancing youth employability. Preparing the young professionals-in-the-making for their first job in shipping, (at shore or ashore)”, came together to exchange ideas, network, and share valuable insights, resulting in a variety of positive outcomes.