Podcast 15, March 2025 - apologies for delay with this one - we've all been busy with a series of workshops and conferences, spreading the word about why seabed mapping matters and signing up new partners. This episode focuses on one of those meetings, the Economist World Ocean Summit held in Tokyo on 12th & 13th March 2025. Seabed 2030 and GEBCO representatives were present, with the Nippon Foundation playing a key part throughout the event. Nippon Foundation Chair Mr Sasakawa opened the event, and his opening speech in English is featured from 4m44s into this podcast.

We also hosted a 'How to shape global standards for blue data, technology and capacity building?' workshop on the second day, and you can listen to Dr Vicki Ferrini, head of our Atlantic & Indian Ocean Center, Amon Kimeli of our Partner the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute; Børre Pedersen, Earth observation and satellite services specialist, Kongsberg Satellite Service and Jyotika Virmani Executive director, Schmidt Ocean Institute in the second half of the podcast.

We'll be back in April after the Ocean Business trade show in Southampton 8-10 April where you'll be able to find us in the long marquee next to the dockside, sharing a booth with our Partners of the Marine Technology Society - see you there!

Contact Steve Hall, Head of Seabed 2030 Partnerships with any questions or if you'd like to be featured in a future episode of the Podcast.

With thanks to Emily Boddy for podcast music and intro narration.

Revealing Hidden Depths - the Seabed 2030 Podcast
Find out more about our project at www.seabed2030.org
Brought to you by the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO

For the first episode of 2025 Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall interviews Matthew Zimmerman, CEO and co-founder of FarSounder, based in Rhode Island USA, & one of our industry partners since Year 4 of the Project.
FarSounder specialise in products such as 3D forward-looking sonars that don't only look down to map the seabed, but also scan forwards to enable users to avoid whales snoozing near the surface, or collisions with objects such as containers.
FarSounder are very active in supporting Crowdsourced Bathymetry, and in outreach about the importance of seabed mapping for public benefit.
Find out more about FarSounder at https://www.farsounder.com and you can contact Matthew via info@farsounder.com
Find out more about Seabed 2030 at www.seabed2030.org and contact podcast host & producer Steve Hall here. You can find on us Social Media as Seabed 2030.
With thanks to Matthew for the interview, and to Emily Boddy for Podcast music and voiceover.
We'll be back throughout 2025 with a range of interview, check our webpage for forthcoming events.

Revealing Hidden Depths - the Seabed 2030 Podcast
Find out more about our project at www.seabed2030.org
Brought to you by the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO

Episode 13 is our longest episode to date and features interviews recorded during the 6th Pacific Ocean Mapping Meeting that took place in Fiji in November 2024. With some 90 participants from 27 nations, the meeting was a rare opportunity for mappers, marine managers, industry representatives and members of Seabed 2030's supporting organisations to meet face to face, and learn first hand from citizens of Pacific island nations about the issues and challenges they face, and why seabed mapping matters so much to them.

For this podcast, Steve Hall our Head of Partnerships conducts 4 interviews:
Apenisa Cavuilati of the Fiji Hydrographic Service
Evert Flier - Chair of the GEBCO (General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean) Guiding Committee
Kyle Goodrich - President and Founder of TCarta
Emma Oliver of the Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment and ENB Sea Keepers

Apenisa gives a welcome to Fiji and gives some background about the meeting; Evert expands on the value of holding the meeting in person and learning from the local community - and describes just how vast the Pacific Ocean is.
Kyle gives us an industry perspective, TCarta was one of the original Seabed 2030 industry partners and brings satellite-based observations into the field of ocean mapping, with customers including the UK Hydrographic Office.
Lastly, and with the longest interview recorded by Zoom after the Fiji meeting from her home in Papua New Guinea, Steve speaks to Emma about the particular challenges faced by her community, and why ocean mapping and growing the New Blue Economy can provide a better future for the next generation.

Please send any questions for the interviewees or feedback on this episode to Steve Hall. Find out more about Seabed 2030 see www.seabed2030.org, and listen out for our next episode early in 2025.

Have a peaceful holiday season, and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Revealing Hidden Depths - the Seabed 2030 Podcast
Find out more about our project at www.seabed2030.org
Brought to you by the Nippon Foundation and GEBCO