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Gombessa
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Azimuth
Sponsored by Nikon |
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Scubapix Imaging Centre |
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Exhibitor workshops
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8:30 - 9:15am
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Under The Pole
- Franck Gazzola & Julien Leblond
A visionary longterm scientific exploratory expedition spanning years from Antarctia, French Polynesia & onwards to the Arctic. Where are they now, the logistics, discoveries, science and adventure of Under the Pole III.
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21 Years of CCR Business
- Martin Parker
Martin looks into the last 21 years of the CCR business to look at what we have learned, what we've forgotten and where we should be heading…
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Cook Island Crystal Cave Discovery
- Paul Hosie & Bruce Clulow
Spectacular cave discoveries in the Cook Island by their team in 2017 & 2018. Awesome videos and images of crystal formations to rival the Bahamas, the first time this has been seen in this region
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OZTek Photographic Competition Winner's Exhibition including 2019 Nikon Dive Shot of the Year
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30 mins |
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09:45 - 10:30am
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Temp sticks under the spotlight: CO2 monitoring in rebreathers?
- Simon Mitchell & Nick Gant
Efficient removal of CO2 from the exhaled gas is crucial to safety during rebreather diving. Not surprisingly there has been a technological focus on monitoring of CO2 absorbent canister performance in rebreathers.
One such technology is so-called “temp sticks” which base predictions of remaining CO2 canister duration or impending CO2 breakthrough on progress of the exothermic reaction between CO2 and soda lime through the canister. We have previously reported the ability of several temp sticks to predict CO2 breakthrough in immersed rebreathers operated at surface pressure. We exposed them to exercise conditions simulating a typical dive (moderate exercise early with relative rest toward the end) and a dive with continuous moderate exercise, and found that temp sticks were accurate in the typical dive conditions but significantly less so in continuous moderate exercise. The latter result was inconsistent with manufacturer testing of temp sticks during moderate exercise conducted under pressure. We therefore repeated our moderate exercise studies in the Swedish Navy pressure testing facility. The results of these experiments will be presented at Oztek 2018. The current state of CO2 monitoring in rebreathers will be summarised.
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Talking Competiton
- Thibault Guignes
Neither tech nor recreational diving has a formal competitive component. Freediving does, though it is likely misunderstood by many outside this sport.
This talk will discuss what freediving ‘comps' are all about, present the (technical diving) depths & times divers are reaching, dispel the myths about safety (there have only been two competitive diving fatalities in the last 30 years), discuss special techniques involved & explain why a growing number of freedivers are flocking to compete.
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Polar Diving
- Peter Szyszka
Peter takes us on a journey into Polar Diving and shows us how to make the most of the Ultimate Cold Water experience
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Thalassa Resorts Manado
- Simone Gerritsen
Details to come
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30 mins |
| 11:00 - 11:30am |
Going Undersea to Get Out to Space
- Dr Dawn Kernagis
Dr. Kernagis will present an overview of her experience in living and working undersea with astronauts during the 21st mission of NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations).
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Diving in the Movies
- John Garvin
Not always glamerous - behind the scenes teaching and working underwater in the movie industry
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Pressure - Lessons from the Deep
- Adam Sellars
Adam explores how our brains deal with the Pressures and Stresses of everyday life and how we can combat these self-destructive patterns. You will get an in-depth insight into how Freediver’s can control their emotional state before putting their bodies through tremendous physical and mental stress and how this can benefit everyone in our fast-pace 24/7 modern world.
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Talking Video
- Jon Shaw 
Creating videos your friends & family will want to watch - simple tips to getting the most out of your footage
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Worldwide Dive & Sail
- Mark Shandur
Find out what to expect when you book on a Worldwide Dive & Sail liveaboard trip
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30 mins |
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12:00 - 12:45pm
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Using CCR for Mesophotic reef exploration & discovery
- Sonia Rowley
Dr. Rowley will share how she uses CCR technology to enable her to explore and make new biological discoveries at Mesophotic depths, yet also assist with reef conservation. Her research focuses on the exploration and discovery of biodiversity and the evolutionary ecology particularly of gorgonian corals at depth.
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Tech diving near misses
- Dr Peter Buzzacott
Diving with the isolator valve closed, breathing from the wrong tank, taking in a mouthful of caustic cocktail, these are the tech diving incident reports DAN collects and publishes. DAN also assists tech divers with decompression sickness, coordinates evacuations, and researches tech diving fatalities to identify potential issues that may need resolving. This presentation will highlight some of the more serious issues tech divers occasionally face.
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The Urban Water Odyssey
- Nathalie Lasselin
How to raise awareness about our source of freshwater and tap water in big cities? Nathalie engaged in a journey of 70km alongside the shore of the island of Montreal. The UWO exploration required as much planning and commitment as any remote area expedition. Through this presentation, Nathalie will share the behind the scene of all the challenges encountered during the dives.
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Advanced Techniques - taking your underwater photography to the next level
- Pete Mesley
OK, you've been taking pictures underwater for some time now. You're taking really pleasing shots. You've managed to emulate some challenging images you've seen online taken by prominent photographers. Great! Now What? Pete provides some ideas to make your images your own.
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13:15 - 13:45pm
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Camping in Cocklebiddy
- Stephen Fordyce, Liz Rogers, Ryan Kaczkowski
An overview of the inventions, planning and rationale for spending 5 days camped underground in the second air chamber of Australia's longest underwater cave in late 2018. Sleds and stage batteries, cameras and movie nights, pushing the end and mapping the extension of sump 3 into the unknown. With great photos and video to show off Cocklebiddy as it's never been seen before.
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Solomon Island Deep Wreck Special
- Pete Mesley
Pete's photographic presentation takes you into the history of the Battle of Guadalcanal & diving some of the best wrecks in the South Pacific including one of the most successful expeditions conducted on USS Atlanta sitting in 130m of water.
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Diving and Australian Consumer Law
- Dale Clapperton
Although the NSW Court of Appeal upheld the appeal of the dive operator in Lets Go Adventures v Barrett, several unresolved issues remain. This session discusses the Lets Go case, the implications for dive operators, and how consumer guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law have the potential to circumvent contractual waivers of liability.
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Photographic workshop
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Details to come.
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Diving & Snorkelling in Antarctica & The Arctic
- Alex Fayan, Peter Szyszka
Polar Diving & Snorkelling in Antarctica & The Arctic with Aurora Expeditions on board the ground-breaking, new, state-of-the-art vessel, the Greg Mortimer
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30 mins |
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14:15 - 15:00pm
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Thoughtful Management of DCS
- Dr Neal Pollock
The dive profile is most important, but there are a multitude of factors that can alter decompression stress. This presentation will consider key and contributing factors and the inter-relationships between them that can alter risk. Practical strategies to optimise decompression safety will then be discussed.
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Cold Caves of Canada
- Tom Crisp
Avalanches, animals and access! These are just a few examples of some of the unique logistical hurdles involved with cave diving in Canada. This presentation will showcase several exploration projects from the Alberta Speleological Society currently in progress and dive into what makes cave diving in the Canadian rockies unlike anything else.
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The State of Scientific Diver Training in Australasia
- Simon Talbot
Scientific Diver training courses claiming to meet the above requirements are advertised through various organisations within Australia & New Zealand, including ADAS, PADI and ORCA (all RTO accredited), as well as SSI & SDI/TDI (non-RTO accredited). This presentation aims to evaluate the adequacy of these options against both the proposed legislative requirements prescribed in the Australian Standard & international best practice
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Over & Under Photography Basics
- Matty Smith
Let Matty Smith, the guru of over & underwater imaging, teach you the tricks and get you started on your over & under photographic journey.
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15:30 - 16:15pm
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Scapa Flow 100 - A Digital Tour of the WWI German High Seas Fleet
- Emily Turton
74 German warships were interned in Scapa Flow over the winter of 1918/1919. On the 21st June 1919, fearful that the British intended to seize his ships and denied up-to-date news from the Paris Peace Conference, Admiral von Reuter initiated his plan to scuttle most of the interned High Seas Fleet. Fifty ships successfully sank. This talk will take us on a digital discovery of the German High Seas Fleet prior to the 2019 centenary of their sinking this coming June, sharing some of the secrets the ships have to offer. It will describe the effects of the salvage and decay on the structures and share modern photographs and archival salvage imagery
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Freediving Forum
- Michael Menduno
Kirk Krack, Amber Bourke, Adam Seller, Mandy-Rae Krack and Thibault Guignes present a lively panel discussion on freediving safety, mixed gas use, hunting, breath hold photography, and other topics. Facilitated by Michael Menduno
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Tasmanian Remote Sump Diving & Camping
- Stephen Fordyce
Some of the coldest, nastiest cave diving in Australia is in Niggly Cave, 350m vertically down inside a mountain range. Just one cave in the Junee-Florentine drainage system - an underground maze of epic proportions. Just getting to the dives is a logistical challenge involving technical caving techniques & often camping inside the cave. A detailed explanation of diving & exploration in Niggly Cave plus discussion of the considerations involved with spending a night underground.
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Nikon New Mirrorless Z range
- Chris Dalton
Nikon's new range of mirrorless cameras are making a big splash - some along and find out why & what it will mean to underwater photography
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| 16:30pm (4:30pm) |
Exhibition Closes |
| 7:30 - 11:30pm |
OZTek Gala Awards Dinner - ‘Lighthouse Gallery - Australian Maritime Museum’
Awards Presentations, Food & Fun |