18-19 November 2020 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Research Council of Italy organized online workshop “From Offshore Oil & Gas to Deep Seabed Mining: new technologies and emerging issues” with the aim of fostering collaborations and knowledge sharing between the two industry sectors and the academia. T. Abramowski and P. Balaz took part in the event. Director General of the IOM presented paper on IOM’s activities in the field of deep seabed exploration and assessment of results obtained.