Jas Chambers
Jas Chambers
Ocean Decade Australia Co Founder
Jas Chambers is Chair and a Co-Founder of Ocean Decade Australia, a not-for-profit charitable organisation that is connecting Australia’s ocean stakeholders through new and novel approaches to bring about national change and improvement in our approach to ocean management, stewardship, and use. Jas is committed to learning and sharing knowledge about the Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular SDG14 – Life below Water. Jas has worked in Australian higher education and government in senior leadership roles across STEM operations and organisational transformation, communications, and international science diplomacy including with United Nations Specialized Agencies and the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, representing Australia. Jas as is a graduate of marine science, psychology and communications, and serves as Secretary to Science & Technology Australia and Chair of the Sydney Institute for Marine Science Foundation.
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The Future Ocean Realm
WED, OCT 18, 12:30 PM
Conference
It is often said that we understand more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about our own blue planet. Understanding the functions of the ocean – its biology, geology, physics, chemistry, topography, and genetics – is one of the last great frontiers of human exploration.
The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, and holds cultural and economic significant for millions of people. And yet it is under risk from climate change and other stressors. Pacific nations are among those worst hit from sea level rise, with some nations considering the digitisation of their cultural heritage as there sovereign country goes underwater.
With more than 75% of the ocean floor un-mapped, there is an opportunity for innovation in technology, data, robotics, AI, and machine learning to further contribute to this understanding, ultimately driving the best possible evidence-based decisions for how we use and value the ocean, now and for generations to come.