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Revealing Hidden Depths - the Seabed 2030 Podcast

Steve Hall, Seabed 2030

Monthly podcast about the Nippon Foundation - GEBCO "Seabed 2030" Project - an international project to map the global seafloor by 2030, endorsed as a flagship UN Ocean Decade Programme.Each month we bring news about the project, interviews with our ocean mapping community and updates about the technology and methods used.Find out more at www.seabed2030.orgIf you have ocean data you"d like to share please join our community - contact partnerships@seabed2030.orgPodcast edited by Steve Hall, music by

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33:27

Episode 25 - The UN Ocean Decade Corporate Data Group...

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2026/09/18

For our 25th episode, Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Stephen Hall speaks to Peter Burger of the UN Ocean Decade Corporate Data Group. Peter is on secondment from our key industry partner Fugro to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission headquarters at UNESCO in Paris, where he heads a team with a unique responsibility to facilitate the sharing and transfer of data gathered by industry into UN Ocean Decade programmes and projects such as Seabed 2030. It's not only bathymetry data, but...

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45:55

Episode 24 - EcoSUB Robotics - Compact AUVs for ocean...

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2026/08/07

For the 24th episode of the Seabed 2030 Podcast, recorded in August 2026, Head of Partnerships Steve Hall speaks to Iain Vincent, Director & General Manager of ecoSUB Robotics, a specialist manufacturer of highly portable yet capable autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) based in the UK who have customers across the global ocean science and survey community. Iain is a graduate in Marine Environmental Science from the University of Portsmouth, and was a founder member of the Society of Mar...

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72:17

Episode 23 - Dr Dawn Wright on drill ships, data,...

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2026/06/08

For our World Ocean Day June 2026 extra-length episode, Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall interviews Dr Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute, better known as ESRI, and a leading exponent of how we understand data and share our discoveries for the greater good. Dawn is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group for Seabed 2030 and holds many other honours - see here for her 'about us' page on the Seabed 2030 site and click here for her deta...

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33:51

Episode 22 - Chesapeake Technology - supporting...

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2026/05/05

Chesapeake Technology is one of our newest MoU partners and in Episode 22 of the Seabed 2030 Podcast, Head of Partnerships Stephen Hall interviews company President Evan Reinsberg who you can contact directly via the link here Chesapeake Technology is a leader in ocean geophysical and seafloor mapping software, serving defense, government, academic, and commercial marine survey customers worldwide. Their flagship product, SonarWiz 8, is the industry-standard desktop platform for h...

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32:07

Episode 21 - Mapping shallow ocean with satellite...

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2026/02/16

For our first podcast of 2026 we feature an interview with David Bautista of Tcarta, based out of their St John's Newfoundland office where they work closley with the staff of Memorial University, another valued Seabed 2030 Partner. Contact David at david@tcarta.com and see the Tcarta website here. David is originally from Colombia, and finds the contrast ith Newfoundland quite noticeable! In the interview he taks about how satellite derived bathymetry (SBD) can play an important ...

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42:56

Episode 20 - Seabed 2030 Partner, Bedrock Ocean...

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2025/12/08

For our December 2025 episode, Head of Partnerships Steve Hall speaks to Bridgit Boulahanis, Director of Data & Solutions, and Charles Chiau CEO, CTO & co-founder of Bedrock Ocean Exploration - one of the very first industry Partners to join forces with Seabed 2030 back in 2020, a USA-based compay that "develops technology to rethink the way the world collects and uses seafloor data" with the tagline "Systematically exploring the oceans." Bridgit and Charles speak about the company's ...

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30:39

Episode 19 - Seabed 2030 Partner the World Ocean Council

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2025/09/30

For our 19th episode our Head of Partnerships Steve Hall interviews Isabella Glušauskaite of the World Ocean Council, a long-standing supporter of Seabed 2030 who play an important role in bringing an industry contribution into ocean science. The World Ocean Council (WOC) is the international alliance of ocean business and innovation leadership, working together to build a thriving, sustainable and regenerative blue economy. You can contact Isabella for more information here. WOC works ...

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37:28

Episode 18 - Seabed 2030 at SubOptic, a subsea cable...

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2025/08/14

For Podcast 18, August 2025, Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall brings an update from our recent attendance at SubOptic 2025, a conference and trade show of the global subsea cables industry. We were invited by Alcatel Submarine Networks, one of the big three subsea cables companies, owned by the French state and Nokia. Alcatel are enthusiastic contributers to the work of the UN Ocean Decade Corporate Data Group. The public don't always realise that the vast majority of interna...

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42:39

Episode 17 - The third UN Ocean Conference, Nice,...

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2025/07/09

In this episode Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall reports on the UN Ocean Conference that was held in Nice in June 2025, with the main podcast going through a summary of what happened during the event, and then a 20 minute appendix where he reads through the Nice Ocean Action Plan. Too much happened in the many side events to cover all aspects, so we've focused on the parts where we were present. As well as Steve's narration, there are short recordings of Nippon Foundati...

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36:06

Episode 16 - Talking to David Parker of the UK...

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2025/05/13

For episode 16 of the Seabed 2030 Podcast, recorded in April 2025, Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall speaks to David Parker, who is Head of Hydrographic Programmes at the UK Hydrographic Office, Chair of the International Hydrographic Office Hydrographic Surveys Working Group, and one of the founding senior team for the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping. David talks about his career, his role at UKHO, how his team work with customers from industry, government and the international ...

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41:41

Episode 15 - Seabed 2030 at the Economist World Ocean...

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2025/03/27

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...

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38:45

Episode 14 January 2025 - FarSounder - an interview...

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2025/01/30

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 ...

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69:55

2024 Christmas Special - the 6th Pacific Ocean...

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2024/12/16

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 m...

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35:25

Episode 12 - Denis Hains - Hydrospatial Advocate

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2024/10/17

For episode 12 of the Seabed 2030 podcast, Head of Partnerships Steve Hall interviews Denis Hains (see LinkedIn profile) Hydrospatial Global Influencer, President and CEO of H2i. Denis is a long-standing champion for ocean mapping, having served in a series of international influential roles including as Hydrographer General of Canada & Director General of the Canadian Hydrographic Service. He is a member of the Seabed 2030 Strategic Advisory Group, and although he retired from Cana...

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40:49

Podcast 11 - Exail's DriX - a French approach to...

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2024/07/23

For episode 11 of the Seabed 2030 podcast, head of partnerships Steve Hall interviews David Vincentelli of French manufacturer Exail - a high-tech industrial group specialising in cutting-edge robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics technologies. With a first-rate reputation for their innovative products, Exail now manufacturer a well-regarded marine autonomous survey platform, the DriX vehicle, available in a variety of sizes and specifications. Able to survey at 8 knots and ...

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31:36

Podcast 10 - Why Map the Ocean? The history,...

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2024/06/11

Episode 10 of the Seabed 2030 podcast features Head of Partnerships Steve Hall talking on the theme of "Why do we map the Ocean?" - he looks at the history of human seafaring, the gradual evolution of mapping technologies, the challenges and uses of seabed mapping, ending with a section on how mapping fits into the context of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Find out more about Seabed 2030 at seabed2030.org, any questions or for more details contact Steve Hall.Revea...

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55:54

Episode 9 - The Seabed Data We Need for the Ocean We...

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2024/05/10

For episode 9 of the Seabed 2030 podcast we've used a recording made of the session hosted by the International Hydrographic Organisation during the UN Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona in April. The session was called "The Seabed Data we need for the Ocean We Want" and started with three keynotes moderated by Claire Jolly of OECD - Dr Mathias Jonas, IHO Secretary General; Mr Mitsuyuki Unno, Executive Director of the Nippon Foundation; Professor Gideon Henderson, Chief Scientific Adviser o...

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23:33

Podcast 8 - Shereen Sharma, head of Seabed 2030...

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2024/04/04

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28:39

Podcast 7 - Solo Sailor and Citizen Scientist Lisa...

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2024/03/04

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22:26

Podcast 6 - Dr Vicki Ferrini, Head of the Seabed 2030...

Revealing Hidden Depths - the Seabed 2030 Podcast ·

2024/02/05

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