Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

On June 11, from 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM (EST), The Marine Technology Society are holding a special virtual conference: Industry Role in Seabed 2030.

Applications are sought for entry onto the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Programme in 2020.

It has just been announced that the Schmidt Ocean Institute has come together with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project for the joint signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to share all of its collected mapping data with the project.

On 1st December 2019, The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project officially welcomed new Project Director Jamie McMichael-Phillips, former UK Deputy National Hydrographer and naval officer.

Seabed 2030 colleages are attending the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 this week from 9th - 13th December in San Fransisco, getting involved in seabed mapping sessions 'Beyond Hydrography: Seafloor Mapping as Critical Data for Understanding our Oceans'.

From 2020, all vessels in the PGS fleet will share bathymetry information collected using echo sounders with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

Three new global initiatives for mapping the world's entire ocean floor have been announced in London at a special conference organised by The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

On October 22 2019, the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project will host From Vision to Action, a special symposium at the Royal Society, London, UK.

The Japan Agency For Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have announced an exciting new research program "Mathematical Seafloor Geomorphology".

Members of the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team recently met with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo to discuss their winning entry from this international seafloor mapping challenge.