OzTek Conference 2011

The seventh OzTek Dive Conference and Exhibition is being held in Sydney on 12th and 13th March 2011.
The location will be the Australian Technology Park.

I wanted to attend the last event but I did not quite get organised enough – so I have promised myself that I will attend the next one.

Produced by divers for divers, the OZTeK Conference and Dive Exhibition offers unique insights into the entire world of underwater adventure by encouraging a better understanding of all that diving has to offer.

Representing the broad spread of diving interests the Speaker and Exhibitor list for OZTeK’11 will again include many of the most prominent world leaders in their particular fields of expertise; people whose wealth of knowledge is second to none and who have been instrumental in helping to shape the future growth and development of diving.

Focussed on the full spectrum of underwater activities, (from recreational, technical, commercial, military and scientific diving through to free-diving and marine conservation issues) the two-day OZTeK’11 Conference & Dive Exhibition will merge all facets of diving into one event aimed at promoting the exhilaration and adventure of diving to a passionate and enthusiastic audience.

The Speaker list for this year has been published – http://www.diveoztek.com.au/speakers.html – and it includes my Instructor, Pete Mesley!
Dr Simon Mitchell will also be talking at the Explorers Evening.
I have not yet had the pleasure of attending one of Simon’s talks although I hear that they are extremely interesting.  In many ways!

The Explorers evening sounds like it will be one of the highlights of the conference:

To be staged in the main auditorium on the evening of Saturday 12th March 2011, OZTeK and the Australia New Zealand Chapter of the Explorers Club (ANZEC) present an evening in the company of some of modern diving’s most accomplished underwater explorers; members of The Explorers Club whose adventures and achievements have made significant contributions to our better understanding of the world’s oceans and waterways.

Keeping alive the traits of vision, courage and tenacity that make diving exploration among the most compelling and relevant of high-risk enterprises, the evening promises a rare opportunity to listen to – and be enthralled by – divers whose names have become synonymous with adventure and excitement.

With full details of the evening’s programme to be announced closer to the event, speakers and presenters – listed alphabetically – already include:

Kevin Denlay

Peter Fields

Jarrod Jablonski

Casey McKinlay

Jeff Maynard

Associate Professor Simon Mitchell

Steve Trewavas

Tickets are now available.

A Full Gold Pass for the Conference – which provides access to all of the speakers and the workshops and the Exhibition hall.
These are priced at $AUD240.00.  Works out at a rather reasonable $300.00ish New Zealand dollars.

Tickets for the Gala Dinner are now available as well.  These are $AUD145.00.

If you are planning on going to OzTek, let me know!  And I will see you there.

Rocking out at Volkner Rocks

The trip report is coming! I promise!

Here is proof that the visibility that I will rave about is real ….. Jono and Francois diving the Volkner Rocks Marine Reserve