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Presenters 2025

 

Established in 1999 as The Australian Diving Technologies Conference & Rebreather Forum, OZTek has rapidly evolved, gaining in stature and international recognition to become one of the leading events of its type held anywhere in the world. Focused on the latest developments in diving and the technology used by underwater explorers in their bid to unlock the ocean's secrets, the OZTek Advanced Diving Conference has become synonymous with diving excitement and adventure.

Building on the success of the previous 10 events, the OZTek '25 Advanced Diving Conference will be packed with an awesome cast of presenters - each an acknowledged expert in their respective field of diving expertise - to enthral, educate and entertain.

Enjoy the OZTek Presenters biographies:

 

OZTek Advanced Diving Conference

 
Simon Mitchell

Professor Simon Mitchell

Topic 1: Recognising Hypnoxiaz: Does Training Work

Topic 2: Immersion Pulmonary Oedema: Diving's Autism
Xavier Vrijdag

Xavier Vrijdag

Topic: Hypercapnia in Diving
Dr Peter Buzzacott

Dr Peter Buzzacott

Topic 1: ADEX Stage - Diving in the People’s Republic of China – breath-hold, rec and tech in the Far East

Topic 2: OZTek Conference Stage - History of Bubble Research
Dawn Kernagis

Dawn Kernagis

Topic 1: TBC
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Dr Matt Carter

Dr Matt Carter

Topic: Ghost Fleets of the Pacific: Mapping WWII Wrecks with CCR and Photogrammetry
Josh Richards

Josh Richards

Topic 1: TBC
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Stephen Fordyce

Stephen Fordyce

Topic: Mastercave or Bust: Cave diving in Growling Swallet, Tasmania
Matty Smith

Matty Smith

Photographic Workshop 1: Journey to the End of the Earth - A Photographic Expedition to Antarctica.

Photographic Workshop 2: How to Enter Photo Comps - Tips on how to win!
Michael Menduno

Michael Menduno

Topic 1: TBC
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Robin Cuesta

Robin Cuesta

Topic 1: Expedition Buteng - When Science Meets Exploration
Cave Diving Exploration, A Tool for Groundwater Conservation

Topic 2: Indonesia, The New Eldorado of Cave Diving Exploration
Richard Fitzpatrick

Richard Fitzpatrick

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Aren Leishman

Aren Leishman

Topic 1: High Altitude Fizziology
Cousteau setting the world high altitude dive record in 1968, the current world record, and popular altitude dive locations today. Issues specific to high altitude diving (compensation for incorrect depths, etc) & describe his experiences: instructor course at 5,000 ft in Johannesburg, first diving experiment in Colorado, (in a lake at 10,000 ft), diving with the Bolivian Navy in Lake Titicaca (14,400 ft), and a NASA experiment where Peter went to 30,300 ft in a hypobaric chamber, which is 2,000 ft higher than Everest. Discovery awaits the brave!

Topic 2: Tech Diving and DAN
More detail on my bio page - but this presentation will showcase 40 years of DAN’s involvement in topics of high interest to tech divers.
Amos Nachoum

Amos Nachoum

Topic: TBC
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Luis Sanchez

Luis Sanchez

Topic: Deep Cave exploration in Mexican North East Caves
Chen Qian Charlie

Chen Qian Charlie

Topic: TBC
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Frederic Swierczynski

Frederic Swierczynski

Topic: Cave Exploration, CCR, Deep dive
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