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Presenters:
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Oliver Steeds, Chief Executive and Mission Director, Nekton Deep Ocean Exploration
Oliver Steeds is the founder of Nekton and leads the management and development of the organization, mission strategy and operations, partnerships, and fundraising. He is a submersible pilot, “a leading British ocean explorer” (Economist, 2nd Jan.2016), a critically acclaimed broadcast journalist with ABC, NBC, Channel 4, Discovery Channels and others, and formerly a Director of Brunswick. He is co-founder of Digital Explorer, including the Ocean’s Academy.
Professor Alex Rogers,Science Director, Nekton Deep Ocean Exploration
Alex is a Professor of Conservation Biology at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Scientific Director of the International Programme on the State of the Ocean, and was Scientific Advisor to the Global Ocean Commission. Alex’s research is focused on understanding how communities of marine organisms are structured, what human activities impact them, and how resilient they are to these impacts. He has led and participated in 20 major marine expeditions including coordinating technical dive teams. His marine policy work includes projects for the UN International Seabed Authority, UN Division of Oceans and Law of the Sea, the IUCN, and the G8+5 Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE).
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Abstract:
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Following the successful completion of their first research mission to Bermuda, the Sargasso Sea, and NW Atlantic in 2016, Nekton Deep Ocean Exploration is currently planning their second mission, this time to the Indian Ocean.
The Indian Ocean Mission is a major global scientific collaboration that aims to create a step-change in our knowledge of the Indian Ocean and catalyze its sustainable governance. The mission will consist of six research cruises in six distinct bioregions of the Indian Ocean from West (Mozambique Channel and Seychelles), to Central (Chagos and Maldives), and East (Andaman and Sumatra). The mission combines four major activities – scientific research, capacity development, advancement of policy, and public engagement – to deliver the greatest coordinated impact. The mission will conclude with a State of the Indian Ocean Summit in November 2021, and has been endorsed by International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 (IIOE-2), part of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC).
This presentation will discuss the objectives of the mission and how Nekton Deep Ocean Exploration plans to carry out their research.
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