Short introduction about the Speakers at the International Techmeeting 2012, Bratislava
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Bill STONE Legend of Cave diving		Pascal BERNABE Pascal is the deepest diver in scuba diving with a World Record at -330m, Instructor Trainer and Course Director for Cave, Trimix, CCR		Phil SHORT Instructor Trainer Trainer and the Training director CCR & Cave diving
Brett B HEMPHILL Cave/Rebreather Diving and Exploration, President KUR (Karst Underwater Research)		Krzysztof STARNAWSKI Rebreather Diving Instructor and Cave Diving Instructor, World Record - the deepest CCR dive -283m		Casey MCKINLAY Project Director Woodville Karst Plain Project
Nick TOUSSAINT Instructor trainer, Rebreather / Cave / Tmx Instructor		Professor Frantisek NOVOMESKY, MD, PhD. (EDTC) State expert on diving medicine/diving accidents. Chief expert on Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Health, Slovakia		Peter GAERTNER Instructor PSCR
Daniel HUTNAN Cave Diving and Exploration		Radek HUSAK Cave Diving and Exploration, UW Photographer of Cave diving		Jiri HURAB Cave Diving and Exploration
Miroslav LUKAS Cave Diver, Constructor of diving equipment		Sebastian POPEK Instructor Trainer, Instructor Trimix & Technical Wreck Level		Tomek STACHURA Trimix Wreck diver
David CANI Freediving Instructors International Europe manager, Cave and SCR instructor		Clemens SCHÜTZENHOFER Cave and Wreckdiver, DPV expert		Ondrej FRANEK, MD Chief medical doctor of the emergency services operations center in Prague
Miloslav KLUGAR, Dr. , PhD. An expert in hyperbaric physiology		Boris GOL Naval and military historian		Michal SCEPKO Military diver, SEALS trained
Michal GUBA Instructor specialty diving activities and training of Police Czech republic		Ales PROCHASKA Diver, inventor, designer and manufacturer of diving equipment.		Miloslav HATAK Commercial diver
Miroslav JAKOUBEK Trimix Wreck diver

Program

We are continuously updating the programme, the current list of presentations

• ORGANIZERS:
Welcome and organizational information (10´)
In memory of Robert Klein (10´)
Hall of Fame (15´)
Raffle (45´)

• CAVE:
Bill STONE: Explorations at Wakulla Springs: Early Mixed-Gas Cave Diving; Rebreather Development; and 3D Underwater Cave Mapping (60´)
Bill STONE: Expedition Sump Diving in Sistema Huautla, Sistema Cheve, and Sistema J2 Oaxaca, Mexico 1976 to 2013 (60´)
Pascal BERNABE:  Caves and wrecks exploration (60´)
Phil SHORT: A Cave Diver's Journey. 25 years of exploring caves of the world. (60´)
Brett B HEMPHILL: Overview of Central Florida’s Coastal Karst Features & Weeki Wachee Springs Exploration (60´)
Krzysztof STARNAWSKI: Cave exploration: The Pit and Pet Cementary and 283 meters on DualRebreather in Dahab.(60´)
Casey MCKINLAY: WKPP – Wakulla Springs to the Ocean – The Challenge Ahead (60´)
Daniel HUTŇAN: Ko´ox Baal - The longest mapped out and flooded undewater cave in the world (56 km). (60´)
Nick TOUSSAINT: Long Cave Diving Exposure Decompression (60')
Jiri HURAB: Ressel 2011 (60´)
Daniel HUTNAN, Radek HUSÁK: Expedition Sardinia 2011 (60´)
Sebastian POPEK: The mines of Tuna-Hästberg (60´)

• TMX:
Pascal BERNABE: 330m Under sea (60´)
Peter GAERTNER: Deepstops - why are they good? (60´)
David CANI: Direct Deep Safety in Extreme Freediving (30´)

• RB (CCR/SCR):
Phil SHORT: CCR, Development, Safety and the Future (60´)
Brett B HEMPHILL: Logistics for rebreather exploration (60´)
Krzysztof STARNAWSKI: Dual Rebreather - new dimension in scuba. (60´)
Krzysztof STARNAWSKI: Cave exploration: The Pit and Pet Cementary and 283 meters on DualRebreather in Dahab.(60´)
Peter GAERTNER: Safety-Rules for PSCR-diving (60´)
Ales PROCHASKA: New principle of measurement of oxygen concentration in CCR (15´)

• WRECKS:
Pascal BERNABE: My last explorations in wreck in Tunisia and Malta (60´)
Casey MCKINLAY: 2011 Expedition to the USS Atlanta (CL-51) (60´)
Tomek STACHURA: Baltictech last projects - Swedish canons, Akademik Karpinski (60´)
Miroslav JAKOUBEK: Wrecks in Truk Lagoon (60´)
Boris GOL: Wrecks of the Austro-Hungarians warships sunk in the Adriatic in the period 1914-18 (60´)

• WORKSHOPS:
Bill STONE: Discussions (60´)
Pascal BERNABE: Teaching Cave, CCR, tech basics and new advanced courses.(60´)
Clemens SCHÜTZENHOFER: Why are DPV´s useful for diving (40´)
Nick TOUSSAINT: Decompression Rebreather (60')

• PROFESSIONAL DIVING:
Michal SCEPKO: Military diving SEALS (30´)
Michal GUBA: Special police diving (30´)
Miloslav HATAK: Commercial diving (60´)

• DIVING MEDICINE:
Professor Frantisek NOVOMESKY, MD, PhD. (EDTC): The Medico-legal Aspects of Diving Accidents (30 Years of Practice: A Review) (60´)
Professor Frantisek NOVOMESKY, MD, PhD. (EDTC): The Rare Case of Suicide by Use of SCUBA Diving Equipment. (30´)
Ondrej FRANEK, MD: Mistakes and errors during first aid in emergency situations in a direct or indirect connection with diving (60´)
Miloslav KLUGAR, Dr. , PhD.: Changes in autonomic nervous system activity in Scuba diving (60')

• HISTORY OF DIVING EQUIPMENT:
Miroslav LUKAS: Collection of historical regulators (15´)

• ACCIDENTS:
Description of seven accidents in year 2011 (40´)

Peter Kubicka
Head of International TECHMEETING 2012
kubicka(at)kubicka(dot)net
+421 905 108 699

Team International Techmeeting 2012
Peter Kubicka, Head of International Techmeeting 2012 and Head of Organizing Committee
Silva Peknik, Founder of Techmeetings and Member of the Organizing Committee
David Skoumal, Founder of Techmeetings and Member of the Organizing Committee
Robert Korim, Member of the Organizing Committeeand editor of Magazine Countdown
Brano Lackovic, Member of the Organizing Committee

Collaborators:
Thomas Stenius, Publicity
Michal Sevecek, Creating Graphics and Websites
David Cani, Coordination of Certain Parts of the Accompanying Program
and other colleagues involved in preparatory work

Venue

City Hotel Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak republic
Accommodation and meals can be booked simultaneously with the payment of the participation fee.
High-speed WiFi throughout hotel area.

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13. spring 2011

Thematic topics of talks at International Techmeeting 2012:

Cave

CCR/SCR

Wrecks

Decompression theories

History

Legends

Accidents

Side Mount&No Mount

Diving Equipment (Scooters, Diving Computers etc.)

Professional diving

Diving Medicine and Rescue

Freediving

Sport diving

Timeline of the programme:

Friday (3.2.2012)

from 02.00 pm. Registration of participants

Saturday (4.2.2012)

07.00 am. Registration of participants
08.15 am. Opening and organizational information
08.30 am. First block of the programme
11.00 am. In memory of Robert Klein
11.15 am. Second block of the programme
01.00 pm. Lunch
02.00 pm. Third block of the programme
04.00 pm. Diving Hall of Fame (introducing a new member)
04.15 pm. Fourth block of the programme
09.00 pm. Late night fun diving party

Sunday (5.2.2012)

09.00 am. Fifth block of the programme
02.00 pm. Lunch
03.00 pm. Sixth block of the programme
05.00 pm. Raffle
06.00 pm. Ending of the programme

Model of a 60 minute presentation:
Duration of the talk: 50´
Discussion with the audience: 10´

Model of a 30 minute presentation:
Duration of the talk: 25´
Discussion with the audience: 5´

Presentations will take place simultaneously in two halls A and B. Presentations of companies will be held in hall C according to the programme schedule.

Allocation of halls according to type, programme and capacity:

Main Hall A (blue hall) - congress hall, talks, 350 people capacity - cinema-style seating
Room B (green hall) - congress hall, talks, 150 people capacity - cinema-style seating
Room C (red hall) - presentation hall, presentation of companies, 60 people capacity - cinema-style seating
Room D (yellow hall) - video hall, video loop of diving movies video, 30 people capacity - cinema-style seating
Room E (purple hall) - exhibition hall, exhibitors, exhibitor's stands

Accompanying events:

Exhibition of unique historical helmets

Exhibition of rare collection of historic diving regulators

Continuous screening of exceptional current and historical diving movies

Presentations of exhibitors and exhibitions of diving products and services

Raffle

Scooter Suex XJOY 7

Liquivision X1

Oceanic OC 1 PIONEER Limited Edition Complete System

Lighthouse Dive Center - VOUCHER Liveboard Lighthouse Miracle 1

PRIŠĆAPAC DIVING CENTRE – vouchers for 2 divers containing 10 diving package for each

DTD Stream 20 stainless-steel backplate 3 mm

OMS Lerry Green 70 lb

PIRATE Diving Helmets - MARK V. „antique 10 kg” Dimensions: 45 x 45 x 45 cm

PIRATE Diving Equipment - gift voucher

Dry pack KUBI

UWH - Podvodní pouzdra - Nikon L25 + undewater housing Ikelite

Weezle - Tailor-made undersuit Weezle Extreme+

Fourth Element - ARCTIC 2 PIECE (TOP, LEGGINGS, BAG)

REEF D.O.O. - Analox O2 EII

TENSIO TECHNOLOGY - Cross Over Scuba Equalizer Hose W/Gauge

Set of KUBI diving bags for technical diving

AQUAREA - 4 tickets for year 2012 to the AQUAREA sport areal.

PIRATE Diving School - 10 pairs of swimming goggles

DIVE 2000 Production - Regulator Bonaire – Subgear - 2nd stage, Scubapro - bag, Book - Cesty za tichom 1, DVD 01 Slovensko/Kráľovná Karpát

FINN SUB s.r.o. - FINN LIGHT 750 Short

FINN LIGHT - FINN LIGHT 750 Short

SistemA Sidemount gear - 3x Tecdiving stage riggings for 80 cuft tanks

new SF-2 Rebreather - 3x Tecdiving stage riggings for 80 cuft tanks

Titanic Diving - Poseidon Xstream Deep Regulator

Apeks - Set ATX40/DS4 + ATX40

iQsub - GoPro housing, operational depth - 150m (Delrin)

Mentes - Travel CCR package (oxygen sensor Teledyne R22D and 2 pcs travel package absorbent Sofnolime 797)

Centrum Techniki Nurkowej - personal filter and Voucher for one wreck diving week in Poland (2 days) for 2 person

White Arrow - Cave specific Diving Equipment - FAS-t line measuring device

Potential Speakers

If you think you have an interesting theme to present for the International Techmeeting 2012, please contact us. Your projects, expeditions, theories or technology - we want to hear about it.

All exhibitors are very welcome and the conditions to becoming an exhibitor are very simple:

1)  There is no monetary fee for an exhibition space. The exhibition space can be acquired by simply donating a prize to the raffle, which will be the highlight of the International Techmeeting 2012 program.

2)  For a 5m2 exhibitor space, exhibitors must offer a raffle prize which equals the amount of 150 €. The prize could, for example, be the exhibitors products.

3)  If the exhibitor requires a space larger than 5m2, the prize offered must equal the multiple of the space desired. For example: 10 m2 = prize equal to 2x150 € = 300 €, 15 m2 = prize equal to 3x150 €= 450 €, etc.

4)  The exhibitor may place an advertisement banner into the main room of the International Techmeeting 2012.

5)  The exhibitor may add his promotional materials into the welcome package, which every visitor will obtain.

6)  The exhibitor may place his digital presentation onto an official DVD, which will be received by all visitors.

7)  The exhibitor may use the small hall for his presentation, which will be announced in the official program of the International Techmeeting 2012.

8)  The exhibitor will personally award the prize of the raffle by announcing the winner, and may address a short speech to the audience.

9)  Organizator will put the exhibitors logo on our web page (www.techmeeting.eu). Conditions are valid until 31/12/2011.

The exhibitor will pay 200 EUR registration fee from 1/1/2012.