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In-Conversation with David Strike Session: Mixing It Up with Marc Crane

Speaker:

Marc Crane [Indonesia]
Living and working in Bali, Indonesia, Marc Crane has logged thousands of hours on various rebreathers and is an International Training Director for SSI XR, and an Instructor Trainer for TDI holding the qualifications of Hypoxic Trimix and Advanced Mixed Gas Instructor Trainer in both Open Circuit and CCR.

An avid wreck and cave diver he has explored and discovered some of Indonesia’s lesser known areas and as chief diving safety officer for Unseen Expeditions is responsible for all aspects of diving safety for research projects in the twilight zone.

Moderator:
David Strike [Australia] ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer & Fellow of The Explorers Club
A former Instructor Trainer and Certifier with a background in Military, Commercial, Recreational and Technical Diving, David has authored several hundred dive-related articles. The ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer, he is a recipient of the ADEX Lifetime Achievement Award and a Fellow of The Explorers Club of New York.

The Importance of Shark Education: Kids Can Save Sharks

Speaker:

Jillian Morris [USA]
Born and raised in Maine, Jillian’s love for the ocean started at an early age and has continued to play an integral role in her adult life. She has spent thousands of hours in the field working and diving with sharks across the globe. She is a marine biologist, shark conservationist, educator and the founder of Sharks4Kids. She has filmed for numerous television shows and networks, has appeared on Shark Week and is a PADI Ambassadiver. She was named Scuba Diving Magazine’s July 2016 Sea Hero , awarded the inaugural Shark Con Shark Hero Award in 2017 and was the Go Blue Awards 2020 Blue Ambassador of the Year. She is the author of Norman the Nurse Shark and Shark Super Powers and a member of the prestigious Ocean Artists Society.

Monthly Animal Behaviour Session: Blue Whale

Speaker:

Amos Nachoum [USA]
Amos has been a wildlife photographer and expedition leader for over 35 years, filming marine giants across all the world’s oceans, from Antarctica to the High Arctic. His images have appeared in over 500 magazines around the world. He has twice won in the Behaviour category of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the world’s largest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition.

Monthly DiveTraining Session De-Compression Diving

Speaker:

Vincent Lai [Malaysia]
Vincent Lai is a Malaysian Recreational Instructor Trainer and Technical Instructor. Starting relatively early, 2022 is his 11th year working in the dive industry. He currently runs Scuba Attitude, an Instructor Training Center based in Kuala Lumpur.
Besides teaching, he spent time working in a Hyberbaric Chamber in Phuket, and commercial related works in Tarbela Dam, Pakistan. Vincent also worked with dive centers in conducting seminars regarding dive safety awareness, to dive operators and instructors alike.

Why Liveaboard Diving? 

Speaker:

Mark Brodersen [USA]
During my OW and AOW course which I completed in Bali in 1998-1999 I fell in love with diving, the country of Indonesia, and knew that I wanted to be involved in the dive industry here in some way. It took a few years and in 2006 I made the move to Bali getting my IDC Staff instructor as well as Tec Instructor ratings. 7yrs ago, a friend brought me onboard for a Bali-Komodo-Bali itinerary and that’s when I became hooked on the liveaboard experience

Monthly Photography Session: Macro Photography

Speakers:

Simon Lorenz [German / Hong Kong]
Underwater photographer Simon Lorenz is a tour leader, scuba instructor, photo coach, author and event speaker. His travel company Insider Divers offers guided group trips in which he and his colleagues aim to further the marine and photography skills of his guests. His photos and articles have appeared in magazines around the world and he has filmed for companies such as CNN and NatGeo. He supports various NGOs such as WWF and TNC and fights for the protection of sharks on the advisory board of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation. Simon speaks 6 languages and has dived on all continents.

Brett Lobwein [Australia]
Brett Lobwein is a passionate and environmentally-minded photographer from Australia. Whether shooting silky sharks in Cuba or fur seals in his native waterways, Brett aims to represent marine life in their natural element, without demonizing or sensationalizing an animal to gain attention to an image for the wrong reasons. Also, he is a strong advocate of protecting our oceans by raising awareness around the impact of single-use plastics.

Suzan Meldonian [USA]
Suzan Meldonian is a photojournalist specialising in underwater and nature photography. Her images have been seen in publications and she has published two photo ID books of the strange and unusual marine life found at the Blue Heron Bridge, Florida. Suzan has also won multiple prestigious awards for her works. Six years ago, she submerged into the mysterious world of black water diving, fulfilling an explorer’s need to discover new creatures.

Alan Lo [Hong Kong]
Alan Lo is a commercial photographer based in Hong Kong and a scuba diving aficionado. He has been selected as one of the world’s top 50 underwater photographers under Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms. Alan is the only spokesperson for Seacam Hong Kong, one of the World’s top underwater housing brands.

International Solidarity Cleanup, for the Nile Coalition and Sabah Plastic Neutral with One Earth One Ocean, Blu Hope and partners

Speakers:

Simon Christopher [UK / Malaysia]
Zoologist, Founder, BluHope

Monica Chin [Malaysia]
BluHope, Co-Founder / Community Director

Hazel Oakley [UK / Malaysia]
TRACC, Managing Director

Muhinda Charles [Rwanda]
Red Rock Initiatives For Sustainable Development, Project Manager

Bizimungu Joseph [France]
Association Burundaise pour la protection de la NatureAssociation Burundaise pour la protection de la Nature, Executive Director

Mutumba Faisal [East Africa]
NP Junior Rangers Uganda Limited, Director

Daniel Scheler [Philippines]
ONE EARTH ONE OCEAN (OEOO), Project Manager

In-Conversation with David Strike: Sharks & Speleothems with Christina Zenato

Speaker:
Cristina Zenato [The Bahamas]
Since 1994 Cristina has been an active shark behaviourist, underwater cave explorer, a champion for ocean conservation, photographer, speaker and writer.

Living and operating in The Bahamas, Cristina is a NSS-CDS Advanced cave diving instructor, KISS rebreather instructor, TDI mixed gas instructor and PADI Course Director. With over 20,000 dives under her belt, Cristina works with sharks in the wild and has conducted exploration and surveys of numerous new cave systems.

Cristina is a member of the Women Divers Hall Of Fame, a Fellow of The Explorers Club, and the founder of the non-profit, ‘ People of the Water’ organisation, created to widen the dissemination of training, education and research related to ocean and environmental issues.

Moderator:
David Strike [Australia] ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer & Fellow of The Explorers Club
A former Instructor Trainer and Certifier with a background in Military, Commercial, Recreational and Technical Diving, David has authored several hundred dive-related articles. The ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer, he is a recipient of the ADEX Lifetime Achievement Award and a Fellow of The Explorers Club of New York.

Breathing Techniques

Speaker:

Kevin Ling [Malaysia]
Kevin Ling is a scuba instructor trainer, freediving instructor, and Emergency First Responder Instructor from Malaysia. After completing his degree in geophysics, he worked in the corporate world before following his passion for diving. Ever since, he has won many prestiges international awards and titles and was also a safety diver and stunt double for a big-budget movie. Today, Kevin continues to educate divers on underwater safety and dive training.

Monthly Animal Behaviour Session: Sharks

Speaker:

David McGuire [USA]
David McGuire is the founder and director of the shark and marine conservation non-profit, Shark Stewards. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco where he teaches marine policy, and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences where he conducts shark research studies. David has written two books and several articles on sharks and ocean adventure, and produced award-winning documentaries on shark conservation.

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