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Get Ready For OZTeK2015
With speakers drawn from around the world and topics and talks that span the complete range of diving interests, from mysterious wrecks and magnificent underwater cave systems through to the latest innovations in equipment and imaging technologies, OZTeK2015 is firmly focussed on the diving world of tomorrow.
To be held at Australian Technology Park, Sydney, on the 14 – 15 March 2015, OZTeK2015 represents an opportunity to meet, listen to and learn from some of modern diving’s most accomplished personalities, people who already include: Liam Allen (AUS)- a GUE Instructor Evaluator and deep shipwreck and cave explorer; Michael Aw (AUS) – Author, explorer and multi-award winning conservation photographer; Dr Peter Buzzacott (AUS) – Cave diving explorer who conducts decompression experiments at the University of Western Brittany, in France ; Steve Cox, (USA) – cave and wreck explorer; John Dalla-Zuanna (AUS) – A cave diving instructor involved in on-going deep surveys and mapping projects of significant Australian and New Zealand cave systems; Dr Andrew Fock, (AUS) – Hyperbaric medical specialist and explorer; Paul Haynes, (UK) – CCR and SCR Instructor Trainer and member of a wreck research group; Heather Hamza, (USA) – CCR-trained technical diver and marine conservationist; Dr Richard Harris, (AUS) – Hyperbaric physician and recipient of the OZTeK’09 Outstanding Achievement Award for his contributions to cave diving exploration; Lamar Hires, (USA) – Diving explorer and technical diving pioneer; Paul Hosie, (AUS) – Recipient of the OZTeK2002 Diver of the Year Award for his contributions to remote cave exploration and mapping; Trevor Jackson, (AUS) – Researching, locating and diving more than two dozen previously unknown shipwrecks, he is a former recipient of the OZTeK Diver of the Year Award for his contributions to deep wreck exploration; Laura James, (USA); Richard Lundgren, (Sweden) – GUE Training Director, founder of the Baltic Sea Divers and Ocean Discovery diving groups; Alberto Nava, (USA) – underwater cartographer and explorer working on the caves of the Yucatan Peninsula; Michael Menduno, (USA) – Former publisher of iconic ‘aquaCORPS’ magazine and the man who coined the term, “Technical Diving”; Rod Macdonald, (UK) – Deep wreck diver and author; Barry McGill, (Ireland) – Deep wreck explorer and photographer; Daren Marshall (AUS) – A Cave Trimix CCR Diver & Advanced Wreck Instructor who has participated in expeditions around the world, including the Maldives Blue Holes, Thai & European cave systems.; Pete Mesley, (NZ) – CCR Diver dedicated to researching, finding, diving and photographing wrecks; Assoc. Professor Simon Mitchell, (NZ) – Universally acknowledged as a leading authority on hyperbaric medicine, he is an avid diver who uses rebreathers to pursue his interest in deep wrecks and photography; Martin Parker (UK) – Managing Director and owner of Ambient Pressure Diving, manufacturers of the Inspiration and Evolution rebreathers; Simon Pridmore, (Indonesia) – A pioneer of Technical diving in Asia; Ben Reymenants, (Thailand) – CCR Rebreather Instructor and record-holding cave diver involved in exploring Thailand’s Song Hong cave systems; Lance Robb, (AUS) – CCR Instructor and deep shipwreck explore; Liz Rogers, (AUS) – Cave diver and underwater cave photographer; Dave Ross, (Philippines) – Wreck diver and co-founder of the Asian Karst Exploration Project ( AKEP ) exploring new cave systems in the Central Philippines ; Jonas Samuelson, (Sweden) – Technical Instructor trainer and deep shipwreck explorer; Damien Siviero, (AUS) – A CCR wreck explorer and photographer specialising in deep still photo and video work; Randy Thornton, (USA) – a CCR Trimix Instructor Trainer and CCR Cave Instructor, a member of the TDI Advisory Panel and founder and organiser of the TEKDiveUSA Conference; Paul Toomer, (UK) – Cave and wreck diving explorer, CCR Instructor Trainer and Training Director for RAID, and Mike Torr, (NZ) – Technical wreck diving explorer and photographer.
With more presenters still to be announced and talks that will spark the imagination, further information about OZTeK2015 – including details about the Photo Competition and the Gala Awards Dinner – can be found on the website at www.diveoztek.com.au or by contacting the organisers at info@diveoztek.com.au (Sue Crowe), or strike@diveoztek.com.au (David Strike).
Voted No. 3 on the Top 10 Ultimate British Isles Bucket List by The Independent, these dives offer the closest marine mammal encounter available to divers in the UK. Friendly and playful, respectful divers are often rewarded by incredible interaction with the Lundy Seals.
Easy Divers has been running guided dive trips to Lundy for nearly 10 years and offers dive equipment hire if required. Trips depart from the stunning harbour town of Ilfracombe in North Devon and Dolphins are often seen during the boat passage.
In addition to diving, Ilfracombe is a great base from which to hike the South West Coast Path, dip into surfing at the UK’s first World Surf reserve, enjoy other water sports or head to Exmoor National Park.
Easy Divers also runs a diver-friendly guest house, with a discount for diving customers and kit rinsing and drying facilities.
The Seal encounter dive sites are shallow and sheltered and are suitable for divers of all levels, making them a great introduction to British diving.
Exclusive Offer for Scubaverse Subscribers
Use your exclusive Scubaverse discount code scubaverse10% before the end of June and join us for a Seal encounter dive trip to Lundy Island, on any trip date with availability this Summer. Visit https://www.easydiversnorthdevon.co.uk/lundy-dive-trips/seal-encounter-dive-trips/ and enter code scubaverse10% at the on-line check out.
Trips book out well ahead, so book now to avoid disappointment. To save 10% on any 1 night stay at our guest house, please call 07833 020424. We offer free cancellation for divers who book a 1 night stay, if we have to re-schedule due to unsafe weather.
Join us for Britain’s best marine mammal diving experience!
Trips run from end of May to mid-October and are bookable via email at info@easydiversnorthdevon.co.uk, on-line via the Easy Divers website, www.easydiversnorthdevon.co.uk, or call 07833 020424 for more info
Divers Alert Network® (DAN®), the world’s leading dive safety organization, has launched a new program called Continuing Education for Dive Professionals. This free program focuses on risk mitigation and is now available to all dive professionals via DAN E-Learning. DAN expects this program will not only enhance divers’ safety but will also help reduce dive operators’ liability risk.
To encourage participation, DAN is offering discounted premiums on individual professional liability and group professional liability insurance to all DAN members who complete the e-learning, which can be done in about an hour.
Any DAN member who has completed the e-learning will be able to claim a discount of nearly 5% on their annual liability policy. This is in addition to the 5% discount that DAN members already receive. If you are on a group professional liability policy, your completion of the e-learning may count toward a discount on the group professional liability premium.
This year we partnered with Tec Clark to create the content of the program. In the future, we will combine Tec’s material with new material created by DAN.
Click here to learn more and access the e-learning.
To qualify for the discount, the e-learning must be completed before you renew your professional liability insurance policy. Refunds will not be given.
We hope you find this program educational and worthwhile. If you have any questions, or need assistance, please contact DAN at liabilityinsuance@dan.org.
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