Sulphide sample acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohn’s Ridge in 2020. Photo: Norwegian Offshore Directorate
We are pleased to announce that one of the leading international conferences on Deep Sea Minerals will be organized for the fourth time in 2025. The event will take place in Bergen, Norway from April 1 – 3 2025.
The initial conferences attracted a large and diverse group of stakeholders from across the globe, including exploration companies, service providers, academic professionals, politicians, environmental advocates, regulatory bodies, and individuals with expertise in law and finance. With the industry’s imperative to establish connections, exchange knowledge, and draw on each other’s expertise, we are certain that another well-attended and stimulating conference lies ahead of us.
A momentous year ahead
As we approach 2025, a new global industry is emerging, with Norway being one of the deep-sea mineral hotspots. Since the Seabed Minerals Act was enacted in 2019, Norwegian authorities have been diligently advancing the opening process. The first permits are expected to be granted to exploration companies in the first half of 2025.
Internationally, many companies are positioning themselves in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean as the International Seabed Authority is working towards completing the exploitation regulations. State-sponsored institutes and commercial companies are conducting extensive surveys, leading to significant advancements in our understanding of the environment, operational challenges, and the resource itself – polymetallic nodules.
In another part of the Pacific Ocean, the Cook Islands authorities oversee the exploration efforts of three companies that were granted licenses around two and a half years ago.
There have also been notable developments in research and technological advancements in a number of other countries.
Globally, knowledge-building and technological advancements are progressing rapidly as the industry evaluates transitioning from exploration to exploitation. We invite companies, institutions, and academia developing new methods, workflows, and technology or showing outstanding results in deep-sea minerals research to submit an abstract.
We invite contributions within the following topics:
- Advancements in understanding the deep-sea environment
- Strategies, challenges, and opportunities for effective environmental assessment and monitoring
- Exploration strategies and technology: Methodologies, workflows and technologies
- Data management and digital solutions: Case studies and evaluations of DSM data sets, best practices
- Innovations in deep sea mineral extraction – technologies and recent advancements
- Advancements in deep sea mineral processing
- Insights and synergies from land-based mining throughout the value chain
- Regulations and legal frameworks in deep-sea mineral resource management
The program committee welcomes contributions on the topics from all relevant regions across the globe. We encourage postgraduate students to submit their work.
Take the plunge and join us to share your knowledge at the upcoming conference by sending your abstract to events@geopublishing.no by January 9th, 2025.
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