Meetings and minutes

GEBCO's work is directed by a Guiding Committee and supported by sub-committees on digital bathymetry; regional mapping and undersea feature names. Find out about previous and upcoming meetings and events.

Upcoming and recent meetings and events

Upcoming and recent meetings and events
Meetings of associated organisations

Minutes and documents from GEBCO's meetings

Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO
Technical and Regional Mapping Sub-Committees (TSCOM and SCRUM)
Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature Names (SCUFN)

Events

Annual GEBCO Science Day and Symposium
Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping

Upcoming and recent meetings and events

Committee(s)/Event	Date	Venue	Remarks
41st GEBCO Guiding Committee Meeting	4 & 7-8 November 2024	Nadi, Fiji	Documents for the meetings are available from the IHO's web site.
37th SCUFN Meeting	24 - 28 June 2024	Jeju, Republic of Korea	Documents for the meeting are available from the IHO's web site.

36th SCUFN Meeting	6 - 10 November 2023	Wollongong, Australia	Documents for the meetings are available from the IHO's web site.
GEBCO's Sub-Committees	6 November 2023	Monaco	Further information will be made available from the IHO's web site.
2023 GEBCO Map the Gaps Annual Symposium	7 - 8 November 2023	Monaco	Further information is available from the Maps the Gaps web site.
40th GEBCO Guiding Committee meeting	9 - 10 November 2023	Monaco	Documents for the meeting are available from the IHO's web site.

Meetings of associated organisations

Organisation(s)	Remarks
Regional Hydrographic Commissions (RHC) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO	Information about future RHC meetings is available from the individual RHC pages on the IHO's web site. GEBCO presentations to RHC meetings
IHO Inter-regional Coordination Committee (IRCC)	Upcoming meetings are listed on the IHO's web site. GEBCO presentations to previous IRCC meetings

Organisation(s)

Remarks

Regional Hydrographic Commissions (RHC) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO

Information about future RHC meetings is available from the individual RHC pages on the IHO's web site.

GEBCO presentations to RHC meetings

IHO Inter-regional Coordination Committee (IRCC)

Upcoming meetings are listed on the IHO's web site. GEBCO presentations to previous IRCC meetings

Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO

The Joint IOC-IHO Guiding Committee for GEBCO is GEBCO's governing body. It is made up of representatives from each of GEBCO's parent organisations, i.e. the IHO and IOC. Since 2003 the GEBCO Guiding Committee has met annually.

Prior to this, the committee met every other year, alternating with a meeting of the 'GEBCO Officers', a smaller group of representatives of the full GEBCO Guiding Committee.

Minutes from meetings of both the GEBCO Guiding Committee and the GEBCO Officers are available below.

Number	Date	Venue	Remarks
GGC41	4 & 7-8 November 2024	Nadi, Fiji	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site
GGC40	9-10 November 2023	IHO Secretariat, Monaco	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site
GGC39	30th October - 1st November 2022	National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site
GGC38	20th - 22nd April 2022	IHO, Monaco and virtually	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site
Intersessional meeting	26th - 27th May 2021	Held as virtual meeting	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site Access documents
Intersessional meeting	29th March 2021	Held as virtual meeting	Notes from the meeting are held in PDF format on the IHO web site
GGC37	18th to 20th January 2021	Held as virtual meeting	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site Access documents
GGC36	7th and 8th November 2019	Hosted by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) and the Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC), University of New Hampshire(UNH) in Portsmouth, NH, USA	Documents and presentations hosted on the IHO's web site Meeting report Image: (4 MB) Access documents and presentations
GGC35	15th and 16th November 2018	Hosted by Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia
GGC34	16th and 17th November 2017	Hosted by the Hydrographic Society of Korea, supported by the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency, held in Busan, Republic of Korea	Meeting report Document: ggc34_report_2017.pdf (3 MB) Access documents and presentations from the meeting, hosted on the IHO's web site
XXXIII	13th and 14th October 2016	Hosted by The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service ofthe Chilean Navy (SHOA), Valparaiso, Chile	Meeting report Document: ggc33_report_2016.pdf (3.4 MB) Access documents and presentations from the meeting, hosted on the IHO's web site
XXXII	8th and 9th October 2015	Hosted by the National Hydrographic Centre of the Royal Malaysian Navy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Meeting report Document: gebco_guiding_comm_32_report.pdf (577 KB) Access documents and presentations from the meeting
XXXI	13th and 15th June 2014	Hosted by the International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco	Meeting report Document: gebco_gc_31_report.pdf (497 KB) Access documents and presentations from the meeting
XXX	11 October 2013	Hosted by the Institute of Marine Sciences - National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), Venice, Italy	Meeting report Document: gebco_gc_30.pdf (349 KB) Access presentations given at the meeting
XXIX	5 October 2012	Offices of the International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco	Meeting report Document: gebco_gc_report_29.pdf (368 KB) Access presentations given at the meeting
XXVIII	7 October 2011	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Meeting report Document: gebco_guiding_comm_minutes_2011.pdf (459 KB) Access reports and presentations given at the meeting
XXVII	18 September 2010	Navy Club, Lima, Peru	Report Document: gebco_guiding_comm_minutes_2010.pdf (268 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXVI	1-2 October 2009	Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), Brest, France	Report Document: gebco_gc_report_2009.pdf (1646 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXV	29-30 May 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Report Document: guidingcommittee25.pdf (1102 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXIV	7-8 November 2007	Paris, France	Combined Report with SCDB Document: guidingcommittee24.pdf (736 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXIII	19-20 June 2006	Bremerhaven, Germany	Report Document: guidingcommittee23.pdf (307 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXII	3 December 2005	Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A.	Report Document: guidingcommittee22.pdf (86 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXI	7-12 July 2005	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Report Document: guidingcommittee21.pdf (1924 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XX	1-6 April 2004	Porto Venere, Italy	Report Document: guidingcommittee20.pdf (1450 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XIX	16-17 April 2003	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Report Document: guidingcommittee19.pdf (561 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XVIII	23-25 April 2001	Kobe, Japan	Combined report with SCDB XVIII Document: gebco18.pdf (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 Document: gebco17.pdf (1830 KB)
XVI	23-25 June 1997	Southampton, UK	Report Document: gebco_gc_report_1997.pdf (1920 KB) Permanent Secretary: Brian Harper (UK)
XV	15-17 May 1995	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Report Document: gebco_gc_report_1995.pdf (951 KB)
XIV	4-6 May 1993	La Jolla, California, USA	Report Document: gebco_gc_report_1993.pdf (583 KB)
XIII	10-12 June 1991	Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), Leningrad, Russia	Report Document: gebco_gc_report_1991.pdf (1377 KB)
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	Report Document: gebco_guiding_committee_minutes_1978.pdf (1776 KB)
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 meetings

Number	Date	Venue	Remarks
XIII	20-21 May 2002	New Hampshire, USA	Report Document: gebco_officers_8_report.pdf (332 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XII	8 May 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Combined report with the XVII SCDB meeting Document: gebco_officers_and_scdb_report_2000.pdf (1464 KB)
XI	16-17 March 1998	Wellington, New Zealand	Combined report with the XV SCDB meeting Document: gebco_officers_and_scdb_reports_1998.pdf (2034 KB)
X	3 May 1996	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.	Report Document: gebco_officers_report_1996.pdf (9529 KB) 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, Regional Mapping and Outreach Sub-Committees (TSCOM, SCRUM and SCOPE)

The Technical Sub-committee on Ocean Mapping (TSCOM) addresses technical issues concerning ocean-floor mapping. Before 2008, TSCOM was known as the GEBCO Sub-Committee on Digital Bathymetry (SCDB).

The Sub-Committee on Regional Undersea Mapping (SCRUM) aims to facilitate a closer collaboration with regional mapping efforts and coordinate, as well as encourage, the incorporation of their compilations into GEBCO.

The aim of the Sub-Committee on Communications, Outreach and Public Engagement (SCOPE) is to coordinate the communications, outreach and external relations strategy and activities conducted to support and raise awareness of the GEBCO Project and to complement the focused outreach activities of the Seabed 2030 initiative.

SCRUM, TSCOM and SCOPE now hold joint annual meetings. The reports from all of their meetings are available in the table below.

Number	Date	Venue	Remarks
Meetings of SCRUM, TSCOM and SCOPE	6 November 2023	International Hydrographic Organisation Secretaria, Monaco	Further information is available from the IHO's web site TSCOM40 SCRUM11 SCOPE5
Meetings of SCRUM, TSCOM and SCOPE	26th October 2022	National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK	Further information is available from the IHO's web site TSCOM39 SCRUM10 SCOPE4
Sub-Committee on Regional Undersea Mapping (SCRUM) - SCRUM9	Remote meeting held over two sessions: 2 Nov 2021; 12:00 - 13:00 UTC and 11 Nov 2021; 13:00 - 14:00 UTC	Virtual meeting	Further information is available from the IHO's web site
Sub-Committee On Communications, Outreach and Public Engagement (SCOPE) - SCOPE3	Remote meeting held over two sessions: 4 Nov 2021; 22:00 - 23:00 UTC and 16 Nov 2021; 23:00 - 00:00 UTC	Virtual meeting	Further information is available from the IHO's web site
Techncial Sub-Committee On Ocean Mapping (TSCOM) - TSCOM38	Remote meeting held over two sessions: 9 Nov 2021; 20:00 - 21:00 UTC and 18 Nov 2021; 23:00 - 00:00 UTC	Virtual meeting	Further information is available from the IHO's web site
	11 - 15 January 2021	Virtual Meeting	Recordings of presentations from the meeting can be accessed from the Map the Gaps web site.
	2 September 2020	Virtual Intercessional SCRUM Meeting	Meeting presentation and agenda Document: scrum_intercessional_092020.pdf (9 Mbytes)
	4 - 5 November 2019	Hosted by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) and the Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC), University of New Hampshire(UNH) in Portsmouth, NH, USA
	12 - 13 November 2018	Hosted by Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia	Access presentations and reports given at the meeting from the IHO's web site.
	13 - 17 November 2017	Hosted by the Hydrographic Society of Korea (HSK), supported by the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA)	Access presentations and reports given at the meeting from the IHO's web site.
	10 - 11 October 2016	Hosted by The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA), Valparaiso, Chile	Access presentations and reports given at the meeting from the IHO's web site.
	5 - 9 October 2015	Hosted by the National Hydrographic Centre of the Royal Malaysian Navy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Access presentations given at the meeting Access the report from the meeting Document: tscom_scrum_summary_2015.pdf (279 Kbytes)
	11 - 13 December 2014	Hosted by Google at their headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA	Combined meeting of TSCOM and SCRUM Meeting minutes Document: gebco_tscom_scrum_minutes_2014.pdf (436 Kbytes) Access presentations given at the meeting
	7 - 9 October 2013	Hosted by the Institute of Marine Sciences - National Research Council (ISMAR-CNR), Venice, Italy	Combined meeting of TSCOM and SCRUM Access presentations given at the meeting
	1 and 4 October 2012	International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco	Combined meeting of TSCOM and SCRUM Access presentations given at the meeting
	3 and 5 October 2011	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Combined meeting of TSCOM and SCRUM Access presentations given at the meetings
XXVI	13-17 September 2010	Navy Club, Lima, Peru	Report Document: gebco_tscom_iscrum_minutes_2010.pdf (1780 KB) This is a combined report of the technical discussions of the TSCOM and SCRUM groups
XXV	28-30 September 2009	Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), Brest, France	Report Document: gebco_tscom_report_2009.pdf (1499 KB) Permanent Secretary Prof. Bob Whitmarsh
XXIV	26-27 May 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Report Document: gebco_scdb_24_report.pdf (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 Document: guidingcommittee24.pdf (736 KB)
XXII	14-16 June 2006	Bremerhaven, Germany	Report Document: gebco_scdb_22_report.pdf (3295 KB) Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XXI	7-12 July 2005	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Report Document: gebco_scdb_21_report.pdf (2716 KB), (Annex 20 Document: gebco_scdb21_annex20.pdf (73 KB)) Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XX	12 April 2003	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Report Document: gebco_scdb_20_report.pdf (192 KB) Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XIX	16-17 May 2002	New Hampshire, USA	Report Document: gebco_scdb_19_report.pdf (594 KB) Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XVIII	18-20 April 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Combined report with GEBCO Guiding Committee XVIII Document: gebco18.pdf (738 KB) Permanent Secretary, Prof. Bob Whitmarsh (UK)
XVII	3-5 May 2000	Copenhagen, Denmark	Combined report with XII GEBCO Officers meeting Document: gebco_officers_and_scdb_report_2000.pdf (1464 KB)
XVI	23-25 June 1999	Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Combined report with GEBCO Guiding Committee XVII Document: gebco17.pdf (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	Combined report with XI GEBCO Officers meeting Document: gebco_officers_and_scdb_reports_1998.pdf (2034 KB)
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	Report Document: gebco_scdb_report_1995.pdf (5966 KB)
XI	25-27 May 1994	University of New Brunswick (UNB), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada	Report Document: gebco_scdb_report_1994.pdf (4327 KB)
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	Report Document: gebco_scdb_report_1992.pdf (2545 KB)
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	Report Document: gebco_scdb_report_1990.pdf (1639 KB)
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)

The role of SCUFN is to define the nomenclature used for undersea features and to consider and decide on names which have been submitted to the Sub-Committee.

SCUFN maintains and makes available a data set of undersea feature names.

Number	Date	Venue	Remarks
37	24 - 28 June 2024	Jeju, Republic of Korea	Access documents for the meetings from the IHO's web site.
36	6 - 10 November 2023	Wollongong, Australia	Access documents for the meetings from the IHO's web site.
35	2022	Hybrid event	Access documents for the meetings from the IHO's web site.
34	2021	Held as virtual meetings	Access documents from the meetings from the IHO's web site.
33	9-10 November 2020	Held as a virtual meeting	Access documents from the meeting from the IHO's web site.
32	5-9 August 2019	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Access documents from the meeting from the IHO's web site.
31	23-27 October 2018	Wellington, New Zealand	Access the report from the meeting as a PDF document from the IHO's web site.
30	2-6 october 2017	Geona, Italy	Report Image: (1 MB)
29	19-23 September 2016	Boulder, Colorado, USA	Report Image: (949 KB)
28	12-16 October 2015	Niteroi, Brazil	Report Image: (747 KB)
27	16-20 June 2014	Monaco	Report Image: (341 KB)
26	23-27 September 2013	Tokyo, Japan	Report Document: gebco_scufn26.pdf (1.3 Mbytes)
25	23-27 October 2012	Wellington, New Zealand	Report Document: gebco_scufn25_rev1.pdf (2 Mbytes)
24	12-16 September 2011	Beijing, China	Report Document: gebco_scufn_24.pdf (1.6 Mbytes)
23	11-14 September 2010	Navy Club, Lima, Peru	Report Document: gebco_scufn_23_report.pdf (979 KB)
22	22-26 September 2009	Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), Brest, France	Report Document: gebco_scufn_22_report_rev2.pdf (1026 KB)
21	19-22 May 2008	Jeju Island, Republic of Korea	Report Document: gebco_scufn_21_report.pdf (727 KB)
20	9-13 July 2007	Monaco	Report Document: gebco_scufn_20_report_rev1.pdf (662 KB) — Please note that a revised version of the original report is available here, containing a correction for the co-ordinates of the Peru Trench.
19	21-23 June 2006	Bremerhaven, Germany	Report Document: gebco_scufn_19_report.pdf (380 KB)
18	3-6 October 2005	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Report Document: gebco_scufn_18_report.pdf (283 KB)
17	8-11 June 2004	St. Petersburg, Russia	Chairman: Dr. Hans Werner Schenke (Germany), report Document: gebco_scufn_17_report.pdf (278 KB)
16	10-12 April 2003	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Report Document: gebco_scufn_16_report.pdf (355 KB)
15	7-10 October 2002	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Report Document: gebco_scufn_15_report.pdf (1659 KB)
14	17-20 April 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Report Document: gebco_scufn_14_report.pdf (492 KB)
13	22-25 June 1999	Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada	Report Document: gebco_scufn_13_report.pdf (698 KB)
12	17-20 June 1997	Taunton, UK	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
11	11-13 May 1995	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
10	29 April-3 May 1993	La Jolla, California, USA	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
9	5-7 June 1991	Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), Leningrad, Russia	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
8	10-12 May 1989	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
7	25-27 April 1987	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
6	22-24 April 1985	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
5	13 April 1981	Canadian Hydrographic Service, (CHS), Ottawa, Canada	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
4	3 October 1980	International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), Monaco	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
3	21 April 1978	Patricia Bay, Canada	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
2	3-5 February 1976	Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), Ottawa, Canada	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.
1	13-14 March 1975	Dartmouth NS, Canada	Access a PDF document of the report from the IHO's web site.

Annual GEBCO Science Day and Symposium

The GEBCO Symposium is held every year during GEBCO's meetings. It consists of oral presentations and poster displays and attendance is open to all. We welcome contributions on topics relating to ocean-floor mapping and its applications.

Historically called the GEBCO Science Day, the name was changed in 2017 to reflect the growing desire to incorporate industry, map makers and emerging innovators pursuing change for ocean mapping.

Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping (June 2016)

The Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping was held in June 2016 and brought together over 150 senior representatives, scientists and scholars from major ocean-related and international organisations to discuss the importance of understanding the shape of the ocean floor. It will culminate in the development of a Roadmap for Future Ocean Floor Mapping.