The Authority hosts workshops on the scientific and technical nature of its work relating to the deep seabed mining of minerals, the environmental impacts of such exploration and how the data and information collected by the various scientific institutions can be standardized and shared with its member states.
The first in the series of workshops was held in 1998 with the most recent scheduled for February 2008 in Chennai, India.
At these workshops, experts from academic institutions, public and private enterprises, contractors, members of the Legal and Technical Commission and Member States will exchange views on the rationale of the various programmes of work and develop a more detailed strategy to acquire the relevant public and private data required to lead to a cross-pollination of ideas between experts of the scientific community at large.
These workshops include oral presentations and working group meetings culminating in recommendations to the Authority on various matters pertaining to its mandated work.
| 2009 | Workshop on the Finalization of the Geological Model of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ). Kingston, Jamaica (14-17 December) |
| 2008 | Workshop on Polymetallic Nodule Mining Technology - Current Status and Challenges Ahead. Chennai, India (18-22 February) |
2006 | Workshop on Mining Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts and Polymetallic Sulphides Deposits: Technological and Economic Considerations [Proceedings-18mb] Kingston, Jamaica (31 July - 4 August) |
Workshop on Cobalt-Rich Crusts and the Diversity of Distribution Patterns of Seamount Fauna. Kingston, Jamaica (27-31 March) | |
2004 | Workshop on Polymetallic Sulphides and Cobalt-Rich Ferromanganese Crusts Deposits: Establishment of Environmental Baselines and an Associated Monitoring Programme During Exploration . [Proceedings] Kingston, Jamaica (6-10 September) |
2003 | Workshop on the Establishment of a Geological Model of Polymetallic Nodule Resources in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) of the Equatorial North Pacific Ocean. Nadi, Fiji (13-20 May) |
2002 | Workshop on prospects for international collaboration in marine environmental research to enhance understanding of the deep-sea environment. Kingston, Jamaica (29 July - 2 August) |
2001 | Harmonisation Workshop on the Standardization of Environmental Data and Information: Development and Guidelines. Kingston, Jamaica (25-29 June) |
2000 | Workshop on Minerals other than Polymetallic Nodules of the International Seabed Area. Kingston, Jamaica |
1999 | Workshop on the Proposed Technologies for Deep Seabed Mining of Polymetallic Nodules. Kingston, Jamaica (3-6 August) |
| 1998 | Exploration Deep Seabed Polymetallic Exploration: Development of Environmental Guidelines, Sanya, China (1-5 June) |
