General news

Head of Partnerships for the Seabed 2030 Project

12 November 2021
Seabed 2030 is recruiting a Head of Parnerships and is seeking applications from professionals with experience and expertise in managing complex international projects with effective use of relevant documentation and systems. You will also need to demonstrate experience managing budgets for multiple complex projects and partnering with and presenting to senior personnel within industry, intergovernmental NGOs and academic organizations.

Map the Gaps Symposium – a GEBCO event on bathymetry

1 September 2021
To be held virtually from Nairobi, Kenya Nov. 30 - Dec. 3 2021 Map the Gaps has convened a global event on bathymetry on behalf of GEBCO. Topics such as mapping and data processing technology, deep water exploration, mapping missions, policy, diversity, equity & inclusion, Seabed 2030 and alumni activities will be shared and discussed.

Saildrone Surveyor - collecting data supported by The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

1 August 2021
Saildrone’s flagship autonomous, uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) – the Saildrone Surveyor – arrived in Hawaii last month after a groundbreaking 2,250-nautical mile maiden voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu. The collection of new seafloor mapping data during the Hawaii transit was partially funded by the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE prize money, won by the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team in 2019.

IOCAFRICA - Seabed 2030 webinar series

1 April 2021
A two-part webinar series: ‘Mapping the Seafloor around Africa’ was held in February 2021. It was organized by the IOC-UNESCO Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States ( IOCAFRICA) and the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project’s Atlantic and Indian Oceans Regional Center. The

Dr Vicki Ferrini receives Explorers Club 50 award

1 February 2021
Vicki Ferrini, Chair of the GEBCO regional mapping Sub-Committee and Head of the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regional Center, has been selected from over 400 nominees as one of the “Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World the World Needs to Know