Maritime education and training needs - now and in the future - have been the focus of a high-level international symposium held during the 2015 World Maritime Day Parallel Event (20-21 July), hosted in Japan’s port city of Yokohama and its capital Tokyo. IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu stressed the importance of quality training and education for the world’s future seafarers and highlighted the need to attract young people to maritime professions.