Underwater360 Chat! Podcast

If you could have one question for Captain Paul Watson, what would it be? 🧐

The closing remarks to ADEX INDIA VIRTUAL EXPO 2020 by "the man behind the frontline of ocean's defence" – Captain Paul Watson from Sea Shepherd Global

Speaker:

1) Captain Paul Watson (Canada) Founder and CEO, Sea Shepherd

Moderator:

1) Nora Ismail (Singapore) ADEX Pixel Expo

Join the man that coined the term "technical diving", Michael Menduno, together with his fellow rebreather divers/friends, Dharshana Jayawardena, Edmund Yiu, Costantino Balestra, Guy Shockey and Georgia Hausserman as they put the loop on the contemporary issues in Rebreather Diving.

Moderator: 

Michael Menduno (USA)

Speaker:

Dharshana Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)

Costantino Balestra (Belgium)

Guy Shockey (Canada/USA)

Georgia Hausserman (USA)

Edmund Yiu (China)

PARLEY FOR THE OCEANS: TALK.COLLABORATE.CIRCULATE – FOR THE OCEAN

Moderator:

- Nora Ismail (Singapore) ADEX

Speakers:

- Shaahina Ali (Maldives) Director, Parley Maldives

Moderator:

David Strike (#Australia) ADEX Ambassador For Technical Diving, Pioneer & Fellow of The Explorers Club

Speaker:

Alex Santos (#Philippines) Founder and CEO of Philippine Technical Diver – PHILTECH, IANTD Cave Instructor, Commercial Diver & Member of the Filipino Cave Divers

Alex introduced tech diving to the Philippines in 1993 and was the Philippine licensee for IANTD. For years, he performed deep recovery of valuable objects and victims of drowning. His experience has been called upon many times during disasters at sea. Today Alex mainly does commercial diving. He and his team are known to work in brutal conditions allowing him to observe early signs of DCS and reverse it using in-water recompression. Cave exploration remains his true passion. With a background in Geology, he is better able to appreciate the value of underwater caves.

The Canon Experience | Upclose with Pepe Arcos, Underwater Photographer and Filmmaker 

William Tan is one of Singapore's most famous underwater photographers. A violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, William travels extensively throughout Asia, photographing marine life and judging photo competitions. He shares with Underwater360 his insights in photography!

In Conversation with David Strike: Talking Confidentially with Simon Pridmore

Moderator:

Speaker:

TALKING CONFIDENTIALLY

One of the pioneers of technical diving in Asia, Simon Pridmore’s diving career spans more than thirty years, during which time he has organised dive tours all around the world, owned a dive centre, run a regional diver training agency and been the international sales manager for a manufacturer of dive computers and rebreathers.

Condensing a little of his vast experience as a dive guide, divemaster, Instructor and Instructor Trainer into the ‘Scuba Confidential’ series of best-selling books, Simon Pridmore is a regular speaker at leading international dive conferences; a prolific writer whose articles have appeared in numerous diving magazines, and David Strike’s guest for a lively conversation that lifts the lid on some of diving’s lesser known secrets.

SIMON PRIDMORE

Simon Pridmore is a best-selling author of scuba diving books, travel books and scuba diving travel books. His latest publications are Dive into Taiwan and The Diver Who Fell from the Sky, a biography of Palau diving pioneer Francis Toribiong.

Originally from the UK, Simon has lived in Asia for almost 40 years. He was one of the region’s first technical diving instructors in the 1990s and owned Professional Sports Divers in Guam. He and his wife Sofie currently live in Bali, Indonesia but spend a lot of time exploring other places trying, but failing so far, to find a cure for their itchy feet.

In Conversation with David Strike: Immersed Adventure with Bernie Chowdhury

Moderator:

David Strike (Australia) ADEX Ambassador for Technical Diving, Pioneer

Speaker:

Bernie Chowdhury (USA) Technical and Wreck Diver, Author of "The Lats Dive", Magazine Editor, Documentary Producer, and Lecturer

Bernie Chowdhury is the founder and co-publisher of The International Technical Diving Magazine. A world-class diver, Explorers Club Fellow, an author, and a recognized expert on extreme sport diving, he also makes documentary films and is a frequent lecturer. But, let's get to know more about him...

Join David Strike as he dives deep into an insightful conversation with Bernie. We expect some entertaining good fun and perhaps a hint more of the wonderful Bernie, in person - virtually.

In Conversation with David Strike – Into The Planet with Jill Heinerth

Speaker: Jill Heinerth (Canada) Explorer

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With a background in military, commercial, recreational and technical diving, David Strike is a regular speaker and presenter at regional and international diving events. A former Field editor for Asian Diver Magazine who has authored several hundred articles about diving and organised several world-class technical diving events, he is the recipient of the ADEX ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for contributions to Technical Diving, and a Fellow of the Explorers Club of New York.

About Jill Heinerth

JILL HEINERTH is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes and submerged caves around the world. Jill is the first Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Her book, INTO THE PLANET, has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Jill is a Fellow of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, Underwater Academy of Arts and Sciences, Women Divers Hall of Fame, National Speleological Society, and the Explorers Club which awarded her with the William Beebe Award.

Into The Planet:

As one of the world’s most accomplished and celebrated cave divers and underwater explorers, Jill Heinerth has been privileged to travel deep into the most exquisite and untouched corners of the earth on a life-long journey of discovery and adventure.

One of modern diving’s most remarkable personalities – and a role model whose achievements, writings and images have encouraged thousands to step out of their comfort zone - Jill Heinerth joins David Strike as his guest in a lively evening of conversation that promises to be as informative as it is entertaining.”