Meetings and minutes

GEBCO's work is directed by a Guiding Committee and supported by sub-committees on digital bathymetry and undersea feature names.

Find out more about upcoming and previous committee meetings.

Upcoming and recent meetings
Number Committee Date Venue Remarks
XXII SCUFN 22-26 September 2009 SHOM, Brest, France  
XXV TSCOM and Science Day 28-30 September 2009 SHOM, Brest, France  
XXVI Guiding Committee 1-2 October 2009 SHOM, Brest, France  
XXI SCUFN 19-23 May 2008 Jeju Island, Republic of Korea link
Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO
Number Date Venue Remarks
XXV 29-30 May 2008 Tokyo, Japan Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 25th meeting of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Commitee for GEBCO (1102 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXIV 7-8 November 2007 Paris, France Combined Report with SCDB Adobe PDF version of the combined report from the meetings of the 24th Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO and 23rd meeting of the SCDB and 18th and 19th meetings of SCUFN (736 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXIII 19-20 June 2006 Bremerhaven, Germany Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 23rd meeting of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Commitee for GEBCO (307 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXII 3 December 2005 Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 22nd meeting of the Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO (86 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXI 7-12 July 2005 Aguascalientes, Mexico Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 21st Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO (1924 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XX 1-6 April 2004 Porto Venere, Italy Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 20th Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO (1450 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XIX 16-17 April 2003 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the meeting of the 19th Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO (561 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XVIII 23-25 April 2001 Kobe, Japan Combined report with SCDB XVIII Adobe PDF version of the combined report from the 18th meeting of the Joint IOC-IHO GEBCO Guiding Committee for GEBCO and 18th meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (738 KB)
Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XVII 23-30 June 1999 Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), Dartmouth, Canada Combined report with SCDB XVI Adobe PDF document of the combined report from the 17th meeting of the Joint IOC-IHO GEBCO Guiding Committee for GEBCO and 16th GEBCO SCDB meeting (1830 KB)
XVI 23-25 June 1997 Southampton, UK Permanent Secretary: Brian Harper (UK), meeting report
XV 15-17 May 1995 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
XIV 4-6 May 1993 La Jolla, California, USA  
XIII 10-12 June 1991 Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), Leningrad, Russia  
XII 16-17 May 1989 Boulder, Colorado, USA  
XI 28-30 April 1987 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, (UNESCO), Paris, France Chairman: Dr A S Laughton (SCOR & UK)
X 23-25 April 1985 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
IX 4-6 May 1983 Wormley, UK Chairman: Gerald N Ewing (Canada)
VIII 8-10 March 1982 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, (UNESCO), Paris, France  
VII 6-8 October 1980 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
VI 21-23 May 1979 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
V 24-26 April 1978 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
IV 2-3 May 1977 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, (UNESCO), Paris, France  
III 23-24 April 1976 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
II 28-30 April 1975 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
I 25-26 April 1974 Paris, France Chairman: Dr Eric S W Simpson (CMG and RSA)
Permanent Secretary: Desmond P D Scott (IOC)
GEBCO Officers
Number Date Venue Remarks
XIII 20-21 May 2002 New Hampshire, USA

Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 8th meeting of the GEBCO Officers (332 KB)

Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)

XII 8 May 2000 Copenhagen, Denmark  
XI 16-17 March 1998 Wellington, New Zealand  
X 3 May 1996 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Permanent Secretary: Brian Harper (UK)
IX 30 May- 1 June 1994 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
VIII 13-15 April 1992 Bidston, UK  
VII 30 May- 1 June 1990 Bremerhaven, Germany  
VI 14-15 April 1988 Wormley, UK  
V 19-20 March 1986 Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine (SHOM), Paris, France Chairman: Dr A S Laughton (SCOR & UK)
IV 17-18 April 1984 Bay St. Louis, USA  
III 9 August 1982 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Chairman: Gerald N Ewing (Canada)
II 13-15 April 1981 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
I 8-10 April 1980 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada Chairman: Dr Eric S W Simpson (CMG and RSA)
Permanent Secretary: Desmond P D Scott (IOC)
Technical Sub-Committee on Ocean Mapping (TSCOM) — formerly the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Digital Bathymetry (SCDB)
Number Date Venue Remarks
XXIV 26-27 May 2008 Tokyo, Japan Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 24th meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (1236 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh
XXIII 11-13 September 2007 Palisades, New York, USA see Guiding Committee XXIV for minutes of the meeting Adobe PDF version of the report from the 24th Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO (736 KB)
XXII 14-16 June 2006 Bremerhaven, Germany

Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 22nd meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (3295 KB)

Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)

XXI 7-12 July 2005 Aguascalientes, Mexico Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 21st meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (2716 KB), (Annex 20 Adobe PDF version of Annex 20 of the report of the 21st meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (73 KB))
Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XX 12 April 2003 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 20th meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (192 KB)
Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XIX 16-17 May 2002 New Hampshire, USA Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 19th meeting of the GEBCO SCDB (594 KB)
Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XVIII 18-20 April 2001 Tokyo, Japan

Combined report with GEBCO Guiding Committee XVIII Adobe PDF version of the combined reports from the 18th Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO and 18th GEBCO SCDB (738 KB)
Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)

XVII 3-5 May 2000 Copenhagen,
Denmark 		 
XVI 23-25 June 1999 Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia, Canada 		Combined report with GEBCO Guiding Committee XVII Adobe PDF version of the combined report from the meetings of the 17th Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO and 16th SCDB (1830 KB)
XV 12-15 March 1998 Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (IGNS) and National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Wellington New Zealand  
XIV 17-20 June 1997 UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Taunton, UK (no report)
XIII 30 April- 2 May 1996 East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (no report)
XII 9-12 May 1995 SACLANT URC, La Spezia, Italy  
XI 25-27 May 1994 University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada  
X 29 April- 3 May 1993 National Geophyscial Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, Colorado & SIO, La Jolla, California, USA (no report)
IX 8-10 April 1992 British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), Bidston, UK  
VIII 5-7 June 1991 Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), Leningrad, Russia (no report)
VII 28-30 May 1990 Alfred Wegener Institut fur Polar und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany  
VI 10-12 May 1989 National Geophyscial Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, Colorado, USA  
V 12-13 April 1988 Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Deacon Laboratory (IOSDL), Wormley, UK  
IV 18-20 March 1987 National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Boulder, Colorado, USA  
III 17-18 March 1986 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, (UNESCO), Paris, France  
II 22 April 1985 Bureau Gravimetrique International (BGI), Toulouse, France  
I 16-17 April 1984 US Naval Oceanographic Office (USNOO), Bay St Louis, USA Chairman: / Secretary: Dr Meirion T Jones (UK)
- 25 September 1980 Halifax, Nova Scotia,Canada Chairman: Dr Bosko D Loncarevic (Canada)
Followed by: Mr Gerald N Ewing (Canada)
Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN)
Number Date Venue Remarks
XX 9-13 July 2007 Monaco Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 20th meeting of GEBCO SCUFN (441 KB)
XIX 21-23 June 2006 Bremerhaven, Germany Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 19th meeting of the GEBCO SCUFN (380 KB)
XVIII 3-6 October 2005 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 18th meeting of SCUFN (283 KB)
XVII 8-11 June 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 17th meeting of GEBCO SCUFN (278 KB)
XVI 10-12 April 2003 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 16th meeting of GEBCO SCUFN (355 KB)
XV 7-10 October 2002 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 15th meeting of GEBCO SCUFN (1659 KB)
XIV 17-20 April 2001 Tokyo, Japan Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 14th meeting of GEBCO SCUFN (492 KB)
XIII 22-25 June 1999 Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Report Adobe PDF version of the report from the 13th meeting of the GEBCO SCUFN (698 KB)
XII 17-20 June 1997 Taunton, UK  
XI 11-13 May 1995 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
X 29 April-3 May 1993 La Jolla, California, USA  
IX 5-7 June 1991 Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), Leningrad, Russia Secretary: Ing.en Chef Michel Huet (IHB)
VIII 10-12 May 1989 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
VII 25-27 April 1987 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
VI 22-24 April 1985 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco Chairman: Dr Robert L Fisher (USA)
Secretary: Antoine Ferrero-Regis (IHB)
V 13 April 1981 Canadian Hydrographic Service, (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
IV 3 October 1980 International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco  
III 21 April 1978 Patricia Bay, Canada  
II 3-5 February 1976 Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada  
I 13-14 March 1975 Dartmouth NS, Canada Chairman: Gerald N Ewing (Canada)
Secretary: Rear Admiral D C Kapoor (IHB)
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