DIVE 2009
Speaker Presentations
Make a date with diving's big names
Britain's Dive Shows are renowned for attracting as presenters the world's leading divers, all with their own specialities – wreck divers and wildlife experts; photographers and film-makers; free-divers, cave-divers and explorers.
The Speaker programme is the same for both the Saturday and the Sunday.
CONCOURSE SUITE 1
Richard Peirce
(11.00 - 12.00)
The World's Richest Sharks
Shark expert Richard Peirce presents The World’s Richest Sharks, about ongoing research in the Persian Gulf that has confirmed the presence of many species previously unsuspected there.
Teresa Telus
(12.15 - 1.15)
Deeper Under Truk
Welcome back to Teresa Telus and Kevin Pickering, stalwarts of the British technical-diving community, who will be at Dive 2009 with tales of the fabulous wrecks of Truk Lagoon.
Innes McCartney
(1.30 - 2.30)
Deep Wreck Mysteries
A Show favourite is the UK’s foremost sub-wreck diver Innes McCartney who will bring us up to date on the three wrecks that featured in the recent TV series Deep Wreck Mysteries.
David Mearns
(2.45 - 3.45)
Wreck-Hunter Extaordinary
We’re delighted to welcome David Mearns, one of the world’s most successful deep-sea shipwreck-hunters. He rediscovered the Bismarck and found HMS Hood; the Americas’ oldest colonial shipwreck, the Esmeralda; and the deepest-ever wreck, the Rio Grande. More recently, he discovered HMAS Sydney – the greatest maritime mystery in Australian history.
CONCOURSE SUITE 2
John Boyle
(11.15 - 12.15)
The Richest Reefs On Earth
Top underwater film director John Boyle previews his latest films – Forgotten Remains Of War, about the Japanese war wrecks of the Solomon Islands, and The Richest Reefs On Earth, set in remote Raja Ampat, an area that boasts more than 1000 species of fish alone.
Paul Rose
(12.30 - 1.30)
From Chesil Beach And Back
Paul Rose became a familiar face on British TV when the Oceans series was broadcast, having led that globe-spanning diving expedition. In Chesil Beach and Back he looks back over 39 years as a diver, via the US Navy, Antarctica, the Arctic and Oceans: “It hasn't done me any harm!” he says.
Mark Addison
(1.45 - 2.45)
High-Definition Sharks
We are delighted to welcome back Mark Addison, head of Blue Wilderness Dive Expeditions, a dynamic underwater filming logistics and expedition company. Mark has spent the past 20 years pioneering shark diving & big animal dive sites in and around southern Africa.
Paul Watson
(3.00 - 4.00)
Eco Pirate
With the world’s seas under threat, celebrated marine-life crusaders gather at Dive 2009. “Eco Pirate” Paul Watson is one – each year he and his Sea Shepherd team engage in running battles with the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean.
SEMINAR ROOM 19
Jack Ingle
(11.00 - 12.00)
Kit Configuration
Well-known tech instructor, Jack Ingle, will bring 30 years of diving experience to bear in his kit-configuration workshops.
Saeed Rashid & Paul Duxfield
(3.15 - 4.30)
Digital Clinic
The Digital Clinic never fails to attract visiting photographers keen to get the best out of their underwater images. Photoshop wizard Saeed Rashid and camera expert Paul Duxfield will be on hand to answer your photo-related queries, with back-up advice available on the British Society of Underwater Photographers’ stand.
SEMINAR ROOM 23
Mark Powell
(1.00 - 2.00)
Myths about decompression - how not to get bent
New speaker Mark Powell, author of Deco For Divers, covers a subject close to all our hearts: “I’ll be talking about some of the myths surrounding decompression and look at practical advice for avoiding DCI.”
The Show Scene
