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Forum for Future Ocean Floor MappingThe Forum 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.
Post Forum Communiqué 
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The Forum has led to the creation of the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. This project aims to facilitate the complete mapping of the ocean floor by the year 2030.
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Access a short video produced at the Forum. It includes excerpts from the Forum and from interviews with several community members.
View the video on YouTube.
View or download the video from Vimeo.
| Keynote speaker | Link to presentation (where available) |
|---|---|
| Dr Robert Ballard, Center for Ocean Exploration, Graduate School of Oceanography/URI and Ocean Exploration Trust | |
| Dr Larry Mayer, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, USA | (16 MB) |
| David Heydon, deep sea mining expert | |
| Kristina M. Gjerde, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)/Wycliffe Management | (4 MB) |
| Jyotika Virmani, XPRIZE Foundation | (18 MB) |
| Bjorn Jalving, Kongsberg Maritime, Subsea Division | (10 MB) |
| Simon Winchester, Author |
| Poster title | Author(s) | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 100 years of GEBCO bathymetric charts | A. Pharaoh, International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco | (6.2 MB) |
| The Mid-Atlantic Ridge as portrayed in GEBCO charts since 1903 | A. Pharaoh, International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco | (5.4 MB) |
| Mapping the Israeli Mediterranean Waters: R/V Bat-Galim. A new government RI with high performance acoustic capabilities | T. Ketter, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, Israel | (4 MB) |
| Ocean mapping activities at the Alfred Wegener Institute | B. Dorschel, J.E. Arndt, P. Slabon, and L. Jensen, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany | (15 MB) |
The Beams Program, a partnership among the College of Charleston, University of Washington and CARIS |
(3 MB) |
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Smart solutions to seafloor mapping in New Zealand |
J. Black (1), K. Mackay (2), A. Greenland (3), E. Griffin (3); (1) GNS Science, Lower Hut, New Zealand; (2) LINZ, Wellington, New Zealand; (3) NIWA, Greta Point, Wellington, New Zealand | (4 MB) |
The Portsmouth project, Boskalis dredging and marine experts |
S. van den Brom, Boskalis | (14 MB) |
Opening the satellite toolbox data updates for coastal zones using satellite imagery |
K. Hartmann, T. Heege, M. Wettle, and M. Bindel; EOMAP GmbH & Co | (4 MB) |
NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland Mission Bathymetry Mapping for Sea Level Rise Science |
I. Fenty, J. Willis, E. Rignot, A. Khazendar, and M. Schodlok; Jet Propulsion Lab./California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA | (3.3 MB) |
| GEBCO-2014 Role in Unraveling the Mystery of the Polar Sea Ice Paradox | S. V. Nghiem (1), I. G. Rigor (2), P. Clemente-Colon (3), G. Neuman (1) and P. P. Li (1); (1) Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Technology, USA; (2) University of Washington, USA; (3) U.S. Naval/National Ice Center, USA | (6.5 MB) |
| Deepwater Hydrocarbon Seep Detection: Tools and Techniques using Multibeam Echosounders | G.A. Mitchell, J.J. Gharib. D.F. Doolittle and D. Millar; Fugro USA Inc., Houston, Texas, USA | (3.2 MB) |
| Arctic Ocean Mapping from 1893 to 2016, IBCAO | M. Jakobsson, University of Stockholm, Sweden | (5.2 MB) |
| Southern Ocean Mapping from 1938 to 2013, IBCSO | J. E. Arndt, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany | (5.2 MB) |
| Mapping with IBRV ARAON in the Arctic and Antarctic waters | Y.K. Jin, J. Lee and H.J. Kim; Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), Korea | (5.3 MB) |
| Global seafloor geomorphic features map: a polygon for every named feature in the GEBCO Gazetteer | P. T. Harris and M. McMillan-Lawler, GRID-Arendal, Arendal, Norway | (16 MB) |
| History of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) | On behalf of GEBCO: P. Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), NOC, Liverpool, UK | (5 MB) |
| About the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) | On behalf of GEBCO: P. Weatherall, British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), NOC, Liverpool, UK | (4.3 MB) |
| IMO and the 2030 Agenda Together for sustainable use of the oceans | J. Shiundu, International Maritime Organization (IMO) | (2 MB) |
| The North Atlantic Data Portal – a prototype | J. Jencks, NOAA, National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, Colorado, USA | (4 MB) |
| Seafloor and habitat mapping at the National Oceanography Centre | V. A. I. Huvenne, C. Lo Iacono, R.B. Wynn, T. P. Le Bas, K. Robert, L. Marsh, O. T. Hogg, and L. Victorer; National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, UK | (3.2 MB) |
| Mapping the world with Olex | Olex | (4 MB) |
| ENC bathymetry plotter | SevenCs | (3 MB) |
| FAMOS - finalising surveys for the Baltic motorways of the sea | FAMOS project | (2 MB) |
| EMODnet Bathymetry of the European Seas | D. Schaap and EMODnet bathymetry project partners | (3.3 MB) |
| Linking surficial geomorphology with vertical structure in high and low energy marine environments | E. Sampaga, University of Washington and CARIS beams program | (8 MB) |
| Scientific development with AGS "Cabo de Hornos" ship | Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy | (3 MB) |
| Variable resolution surfaces | Charles de Jongh, Teledyne CARIS | (10 MB) |
| Structural mapping and geomorphology of Ireland's Southwest Continental Shelf using High Resolution Sonar | S. Bowden, R. Wireman, L. Sautter, E. Beutel, N. Levine, College of Charlestown, USA | (5 MB) |
| Describing Alaskan Groundfish habitat using smooth sheets | M. Zimmermann (1), J. A. Reid (2) and N. Golden (2); (1) Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, USA; (2) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USA | (2.5 MB) |
| Assessing inshore habitat loss from the 1920s to the 1990s in the Chignik area of the Alaska Peninsula | M. Zimmermann (1), G. T. Ruggerone (2), J. T. Freymueller (3), N. Kinsman (4); (1) Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, USA; (2) Natural Resources Consultants Inc. Seattle, Wa., USA; (3) Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA; (4) National Geodetic Survey, NOS, NOAA, Anchorage, USA | (3 MB) |
| The Crowd Sourced Bathymetry Solution | Tim Thornton, TeamSurv | (581 KB) |
| Seabed objects detection based on side scan sonar images comparison method | Karolina Zwolak, Hydrographic Support Squadron of the Polish Navy | (831 KB) |
| Dynamic features of the Okinawa Trough Hydrothermal System - observation by km-scale to cm-scale mapping and imaging | A. Taira (1), T. Blair (2), S. Kawaguchi (1), H. Yamamoto (1), S. Hida (1), J. Kuroda (1) and Y. Adachi; (1) Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, (2) Institute of Inductrial Science, Univeristy of Tokyo | (1.5 MB) |
| Bathymetry Data utilization in Petronas | Geomatics Department, Geophysics solutions, exploration PETRONAS, upstream business | (1.1 MB) |
| Overview of work | N. Abramova, Y. Zarayskaya (Nippon Foundation scholars), Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences | (2 MB) |
| Atlas of the Mediterranean Seamounts and Seamount-like Structures | M. Würtz and M. Rovere (eds.), IUCN | (417 KB) |
| From the soundings to the bathymetric products and services | Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM), France | (408 KB) |
| Seafloor mapping of Graham Bank | Istituto Idrografico della Marina Militare Italiana, Italian Hydrographic Office, Italy | (978 KB) |
| Extended continental shelf submissions to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf by the Republic of Mauritius | Department of Continental Shelf, Maritime Zones Administration and Exploration, Prime Minister's Office, Republic of Mauritius | (2.3 MB) |
| Introduction to the Japanese Scholars - Activities after the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Program | D. Horiuchi, H. Saito and T. Morishita, Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard (JHOD) | (1.1 MB) |
| Archeological hydrography | Istituto Idrografico della Marina Militare Italiana, Italian Hydrographic Office, Italy | (1.1 MB) |
| Mission of Opportunity - Collaborative Mapping of Earth's Newest Island | V. Ferrini (1), J. Garvin (2), C. Peters (3) and H. Spier (1); (1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA; (2) NASA; (3) Schmidt Ocean Institute | (1.6 MB) |
| Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry | R. Wigley, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), University of New Hampshire, USA | (2 MB) |
| Alumni of the Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Postgraduate Certificate in Ocean Bathymetry | R. Wigley, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), University of New Hampshire, USA | (3 MB) |
| Mapping the ocean - the full picture for underwater mapping | Kongsberg | (2.1 MB) |