Ocean Hero Zoona Naseem

Speaker:
Zoona Naseem [Maldives] PADI Course Director Since 2017 / National Award Winner In Recreational Diving 2018 / Winner Of International Ocean Awards 2019
Zoona Naseem is the Maldives second and the first Maldivian woman to become a PADI Course Director. Winner of the Local Hero Award from Boat International plus National award winner for the recreational scuba diving category. She is the owner of Moodhu Bulhaa Dive Centre in Villingili Island. Having completed her Instructor Development Course at age 18, she has been diving and instructing for her whole adult life and is passionate about inspiring young people to dive. Through diving, she is an advocate for the ocean and loves to share the beauty of the underwater world with her students.

#Freediving101 Khaled El Gamal

Speaker:
Khaled El Gamal [Egypt] AIDA Freediving Master Instructor, Egypt Current National Record Holder, Garmin Outdoor Ambassador

Conversation with the Masters of Underwater Photography – 20:20 Vision with Alex Mustard [Part 2]

Speaker:
Alex Mustard [UK] Professional Underwater Photographer Alex Mustard Underwater Photography

Moderator:
Adam Hanlon [UK] Publisher & Editor-at-large of Wetpixel

Conversation with the Masters of Underwater Photography – My Photographic Adventures Feat in Asia

Speaker:
Sumer Verma [India] Professional Underwater Photographer

Moderator:
Adam Hanlon [UK] Publisher & Editor-at-large of Wetpixel

In Conversation with David Strike: To Hidden Depths with Evan Kovacs

Moderator:
David Strike [Australia] ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer & Fellow of The Explorers Club

Speakers:
Evan Kovacs [USA] Owner of Marine Imaging Technologies, Expedition Lead/Participant for Wrecks, Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents and UW Mountains
Kovacs has lead and participated in expeditions to survey and film wrecks, deep sea hydrothermal vents and underwater mountains. He owns Marine Imaging Technologies, a company that specialises in imaging the underwater world. Over the past 15 years, he has worked with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to help build and operate numerous imaging systems for broadcast television, museums, scientists and institutions worldwide. His underwater and topside work has been featured on sites like National Geographic, History Channel and Discovery Channel.

The Emerging Dive Industry of West and South Asia

Speakers:
Prahlad Kakar [India] Founding Partner, Lacadives Diving School, Founder and Chairman, Genesis Films Production, Founder and Chairman, The Prahlad Kakar School of Branding & Entrepreneurship

Rob Partridge [Australia/ India] Founder of Temple Adventures, Founder of Proscuba Marine Technology, Scubapro & Bauer Technician Trainer

Commander Skandan Warrier [India] Co-Founder & Director of Scuba Evolution India

Hussain Sendi Rasheed [Maldives] First PADI Course Director in the Maldives, Inducted to – International Scuba Diving Hall Of Fame 2019

Anees Adenwala [India] CMAS & PADI 5 star Instructor Director & Partner at ORCA DIVE CLUB, Underwater Film Services

Ahmed Gabr [Egypt] Guinness World Record Holder for the Deepest Scuba Dive (332.35 metres), ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Co-Founder of if Ahmed Gabr

Ahmed Fadel [Egypt] SDI TDI Middle East Operation Manager, Scuba Scene Liveaboard Manager, Dive Instructor, Technical Instructor [Advanced Trimix] and Author of Southern Red Sea Dive Guide

Waleed Mohamed [Egypt/ SaudiArabia] Founder of Shark Family, Golden PADI Course Director

Mohammed Adel [Egypt] PADI Course Director – Silver Course Director (2008-2009), Gold Course Director (2010-2012), Platinum Course Director (2013-2021), Training Consultant for Dive Pro Academy, Sahl Hashish, Training Director for Scuba World Divers

Moderator:
Mohsen Nabil [Egypt] Founder of Diventures Magazine

#Tekdiving101 Becoming a Better Tek Diver: Tips on Wreck and Mine Diving

Moderator:
Dave Yiu [Singapore] Trainer

Speakers:
Vic Verlinden [Belgium] Professional Technical Diver, Underwater Explorer and Photographer, Co-Founder of “Wreck Dive Team”, Owner & Organiser of TekDive-Europe, Author

Mikko Paasi [Finland] Owner of Koh Tao Divers – KTD, Founder of Bottomline Projects, All-Round Explorer, Cameraman and CCR Instructor Trainer

Edd Stockdale [Finland] Professional Technical Diver and Explorer (Baltic wreck and mine diving projects in the Nordic region), Instructor Trainer, Coordinator of the Finnish Scientific Diving Academy, Member of the Scandinavian Team Reel Diving representing SANTI, Halcyon and Shark, Divesoft Ambassador

Tiffany Norberg [Sweden] Professional Technical Diver and explorer, Instructor for Gradient Technical Diving, Member of the Baltic Circle Diving Project and a Team Reel Diving member

A Diving Life. 50 years in the Red Sea and Beyond.

Speaker:
Howard Rosenstein [USA] Diving Pioneer, Inductee of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, Innovator of ProEar Mask, Founder of Fantasia Line