The Nippon Foundation/GEBCO Training Project, held at the University of New Hampshire, USA, is a program under which maritime experts from around the world are brought together to become experts in deep-ocean mapping. The program's ultimate goal is to create a cadre of such experts, working together all over the world. GEBCO is an acronym for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean, and is an organization with formal links to the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, and the International Hydrographic Organization. It is in the process of developing a world-wide chart of the ocean floor.
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 | Muhammad Bashir |
| Personal Profile | Commander Muhammad Bashir graduated from Pakistan Naval Academy, specializing in navigation and direction. He has approximately a decade of experience at sea. In 1994, Muhammad joined the hydrographic wing of the service and participated in large and small scale bathymetric surveys conducted along the coast of Pakistan. He did his basic specialization in the field of oceanography from Japan and cartography from UKHO. His most recent appointment was senior scientist onboard survey vessel BEHR PAIMA. After completion of the GEBCO course, he intends to join the ongoing project of extension of the continental shelf. He likes to watch the sports, particularly cricket. |
 | Djoko Hartoyo |
| Personal Profile | Djoko Hartoyo (Joe), works for the Technology Center for Marine Survey at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia. He has been involved in many oceanographic and hydrographic surveys using Indonesian Research Vessel Baruna Jaya and some foreign research vessels, especially R/V Kaiyo and Mirai of JAMSTEC. His background is in marine sciences. He has been awarded some postgraduate courses i.e. Oceanographic and Data Processing at JICA-Japan, Oceanography at University Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, (Paris VI), France, Marine Instrumentation at INTECMER, Cherbourg-France, and Marine Sciences at UNSW, Sydney-Australia. |
 | Jorge Luis Heredia |
| Personal Profile | Lieutenant Jorge Luis Heredia Bustamante, graduated from the Mexican Naval Academy in 1993. From 2001 to 2003, Jorge was working aboard the Mexican Naval Oceanographic vessel. During February 2003, he participated in large and small scale bathymetric surveys conducted along the West Pacific Coast of Mexico aboard of the USNS MACDONELL. He has been aboard the Mexican Naval War Vessel several times specializing in hydrography and cartography from NAVOCEANO (Naval Oceanographic Office) in Mississippi. He has been a professor of a Hydrographic course in Mexico and worked as Director of an Oceanographic Institute. His most recent appointment was in the Department of Navigation Aids in Mexico City. After completion of the GEBCO course, Jorge intends to join the ongoing project to survey all of the Gulf of Mexico. |
 | Apolonio Monreal Lagonsin |
| Personal Profile | Apolonio Monreal Lagonsin was awarded a BS in Mechanical Engineering at the Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines. He has also taken postgraduate courses in Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry at the University of the Philippines and the "category B" Hydrographic Training Course at the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan. Pol currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Senior Grade in the commissioned service of the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), which is the agency mandated to undertake official surveys and mapping in the Philippines. Most recently, Pol was involved with oceanography as the Philippines' representative to the 2004 Ocean Current Observations in the Northwest Pacific organized by the National Oceanographic Research Institute of the Republic of Korea. Prior to his selection as a participant in the 2005 GEBCO Training Project, he was assigned on shore duty as Aide-de-camp to the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Department of NAMRIA. |
 | Tsuyoshi Yoshida |
| Personal Profile | Tsuyoshi Yoshida, was awarded a Doctor of Science at the University of Tokyo and is currently a hydrographer with the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan (HODJ). He been in charge of hydrographic data management in HODJ to obtain precise deep sea floor bathymetry around Japan. Hehas several years experience in deep sea floor bathymetric surveys in the area up to about 400 NM from baselines of Japan. He has developed calibration and visualization procedures to compile and control the enormous bathymetric data obtained by HODJ. Through the NIPPON Foundation/GEBCO course, he intends to acquire the up-to-date techniques and interact with various specialists in ocean mapping in order to contribute the bathymetric data management in HODJ. |