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The Advisory Board

Nine seats, published while they are still empty.

A nine-seat, non-fiduciary circle whose work is to guard the scope of the standard and sharpen its science. Terms run two years. The circle meets twice a year in plenary, and once more at The Current.

We publish the architecture before it is full because the openness is the invitation. A seat that reads OPEN is not a gap; it is a door.

Read the Advisory Charter →

The Water Gallery

A cavern opening with light and fish streaming in.
The water surface seen from below, a silver mirror with rising bubbles.
A single shaft of light falling into a cavern where a diver hangs.
A masked diver's face breaking a calm surface at dawn.
Divers sitting quietly on a boat deck at sunrise.
A small stone resting on an open palm on the seabed.

The nine seats

  1. Chair · Contemplative Science

    OPEN

    A scholar of attention who keeps the science honest and the language plain.

  2. Ocean Patron

    OPEN

    A voice for the sea itself, with standing in the world of ocean philanthropy.

  3. Dive Industry Elder

    OPEN

    Decades inside agency standards; knows what a certification must survive.

  4. Dive Medicine & Safety

    OPEN

    A physician or hyperbaric specialist with veto instincts on safety language.

  5. Human Factors in Diving

    OPEN

    Studies how attention, workload and error actually behave underwater.

  6. Dive Psychology

    OPEN

    Anxiety, confidence and the inner weather of a diver — measured, not guessed.

  7. Blue Health Science

    OPEN

    Researches what proximity to water does to human flourishing.

  8. Founding Centers' Voice

    OPEN

    Elected among the Founding 100 — the network's own representative.

  9. Youth Ocean Leadership

    OPEN

    A young guardian who will inherit whatever we get right or wrong.

If a seat describes you, write to us.

No application form, no committee. A short note about who you are and which seat you recognise is enough.

Write to the Institute

Public mentions of organisations express admiration and alignment, not formal partnership, until both sides say otherwise.

A dense baitball glowing against the light with a shark in the distance.

Guided by the water, and by those who know it.