Delegates represented the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. the executive committee of PacWIMA, partners from AMSA, Maritime New Zealand, the Torres Strait Regional Authority, WISTA Australia and the World Maritime University also attended.

State representatives reinforced the strategic objectives and priorities relevant to their communities and regions, aligning with government strategies in the commitment to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 5, to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and other SDGs related to maritime.