TEKDiveUSA.2016- April 22nd-24th, 2016 Miami - General Information and Speaker Lineup

[TEKDiveUSA]

TEKDiveUSA is a biennial advanced and technical diving conference comprising three elements; an exhibition, a conference and a gala awards dinner. We kick things off with a Friday night BBQ on April 22nd followed by the two day conference (April 23-24th, 2016) in Miami, Florida. The 'show and tell' will have over 35 international technical diving companies with opportunities to talk directly with manufacturers. Exciting talks and useful workshops will cover many aspects of advanced and technical diving including wreck, cave and dve physiology, technique, safety, technological advancement and imaging. Leading speakers from around the globe will be in attendance to speak at TEKDiveUSA. The Gala Awards Dinner is the night where we celebrate success, catch up with old friends and make new contacts. Register now and spend the weekend with us!
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Friday night, April 22nd, 2016 features a “Get Acquainted Barbecue” and gives attendees, exhibitors and speakers and opportunity to get up close and personal. Itis a wonderful time to meet up with friends from around the world, network and meet some of your personal dive heroes. The technical diving community knows how to have a good time! The Friday Night Barbecue Dinner will take place at theCrowne Plaza Hollywood Beach Resort’s private pool area. Registration packets and TEKDiveUSA.2016 badges can be picked up prior to the BBQ upon check-in to the hotel or before the patio doors open. It is sure to be an evening to be remembered. *Dietary restrictions can be accommodated with prior notice to the TEKDiveUSA staff.
See a recap of the 2014 BBQ- TEKDiveUSA TEKDiveUSA.2014 BBQ Dinner » TEKDiveUSA

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TEKDiveUSA.2016 presenter Elliott Jessup will be speaking about Scientific Exploration of Mesophotic Coral Reefs aka "The Twilight Zone" between 50-150m deep. He will discuss tools, techniques, and innovations that have allowed his team to explore and characterize these reefs, collect multiple new species, and keep them alive for a new exhibit in the Aquarium at California Academy of Sciences. Today, Jessup is a technical and rebreather instructor for multiple agencies, sits on the American Academy of Underwater Sciences’ Board of Directors, and continues to train scientists who specialize in coral reef and mesophotic research. After more than four years with the California Academy of Sciences, Jessup joined American Underwater Products in July 2015, where he now oversees new-product development and innovation in his role as Chief Technology Officer. He continues to serve as an member of the Academy’s Twilight Zone dive team.
http://tekdiveusa.com/speaker-lineup/elliott-jessup/

What questions will you have for Elliott?

 

[TEKDiveUSA]

TEKDiveUSA is a biennial advanced and technical diving conference comprising three elements; an exhibition, a conference and a gala awards dinner. We kick things off with a Friday night BBQ on April 22nd followed by the two day conference (April 23-24th, 2016) in Miami, Florida. The 'show and tell' will have over 35 international technical diving companies with opportunities to talk directly with manufacturers. Exciting talks and useful workshops will cover many aspects of advanced and technical diving including wreck, cave and dve physiology, technique, safety, technological advancement and imaging. Leading speakers from around the globe will be in attendance to speak at TEKDiveUSA. The Gala Awards Dinner is the night where we celebrate success, catch up with old friends and make new contacts. Register at tekdiveusa.com now to hear speakers like the following:

Come hear TEKDiveUSA.2016 presenter- Dr. Dawn Kernagis is a biomedical researcher and has been a diver (including cave, technical and free diving) since 1993. Dawn is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), where she is developing new ways to optimize performance and resilience for humans operating in extreme environments, such as undersea divers, high altitude aviators and astronauts.
http://tekdiveusa.com/speaker-lineup/dawn-kernagis/‪

Would you like to ask Dawn questions ahead of time? Please post and let us know what you would most like to know from Dawn.

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Come hear from TEKDiveUSA.2016 presenter- Dan Wright. In the last few years he has pushed into the exploration realm, particularly into mine and cave exploration, while testing equipment from various dive manufacturers to the limit. While leading a project to explore a flooded mine in New York state, they discovered many unknown tunnels and located wreckage that had not been seen since it went under decades earlier. Dan is also into cave photography, well published and now making inroads into shooting HD video to document some of the exploration.
http://tekdiveusa.com/speaker-lineup/dan-wright/

 

[MixAddict]

Don't hesitate to get your tickets and hotel rooms booked for TEKDiveUSA.2016. They are going fast!

 

[TEKDiveUSA]

Don't hesitate to get your tickets and hotel rooms booked for TEKDiveUSA.2016. They are going fast!

Book your hotel rooms with

the special TEKDiveUSA.2016 rates:

Crowne Plaza Hollywood Beach

4000 South Ocean Dr | Hollywood, FL 33019

TEKDiveUSA has negotiated a special rate of US$139 + tax per night with the above hotel. You must book before April 1st, 2016 to benefit from the group rate. There will be a registration desk available for TEKDiveUSA attendees and the Friday Night BBQ will be at the Crowne Plaza Hollywood Beach Hotel.

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TEKDiveUSA.2016 speaker Elliott Jessup never spends a boring day underwater. Come be inspired by his tales of diving in the "Twilight Zone" between 50 and 150m deep. Elliott Jessup began diving at age 15, quit a “miserable corporate marketing job” in his 20s to become a dive master, then quickly shifted his focus to technical and scientific diving. After joining the California Academy of Sciences in 2011 to build and manage their Scientific Diving program — a department encompassing more than 80 active divers, from research scientists to aquarium biologists — he went on to develop that institution’s Twilight Zone exploration team, leading expeditions around the world to identify and catalog critical mesophotic reefs and species. Read more- http://tekdiveusa.com/speaker-lineup/elliott-jessup/

 

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Come hear from TEKDiveUSA.2016 presenter- Dan Wright. In the last few years he has pushed into the exploration realm, particularly into mine and cave exploration, while testing equipment from various dive manufacturers to the limit. While leading a project to explore a flooded mine in New York state, they discovered many unknown tunnels and located wreckage that had not been seen since it went under decades earlier. Dan is also into cave photography, well published and now making inroads into shooting HD video to document some of the exploration. http://tekdiveusa.com/speaker-lineup/dan-wright/

 

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Gala Dinner- April 23rd, 2016-
The TEKDiveUSA.2016 Gala Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016. The TEKDiveUSA Gala Dinner is an opportunity to rub shoulders with the technical diving community’s elite! A delicious meal, award show, charity auction and amazing prizes to be given away, will make this a memorable evening. Cocktail attire requested (jacket and tie for men and dresses for ladies). Please join us for a fun filled evening with lots of laughs, great food and to help us honor those who have made a significant contribution to our diving community.

For a recap of the 2014 Gala Dinner go here: TEKDiveUSA Gala Dinner Archives » TEKDiveUSA

To buy tickets for the 2016 Gala dinner- http://tekdiveusa.com/event-registration/

 

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TEKDiveUSA.2014 Discovery Award winner Richard Lundgren, will be returning to speak at the 2016 conference. Richard has worked as a diver professionally around the world for more than 20 years and has fortunate to participate in many senational ship wreck discoveries.
TEKDiveUSA Richard Lundgren- Presenter - TEKDiveUSA April 22nd-24th, 2016 Miami

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We are looking forward to a panel discussion focused on women in technical diving. Check out the profile for one of our TEKDiveUSA.2016 panel members- Lauren Kieren. TEKDiveUSA Lauren Kieren- TEKDiveUSA.2016 Presenter April 22nd-24th, 2016 Miami FL

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Come learn more about the National Park Submerged Resources atTEKDiveUSA.2016. Brett Seymour is the Deputy Chief of the US National Park Service’s (NPS) Submerged Resources Center (SRC) based in Denver, Colorado. The SRC supports stewardship for the protection, preservation, public access, and interpretation of submerged resources, both in the US and internationally.Brett has been working as a full-time underwater photographer with the NPS since 1994. His work with the Service has provided underwater access to some of the United States most captivating national parks. In addition to making a whole new dimension of the Park system available to the public, for past two decades Brett has specialized in documenting historically significant underwater sites around the world. As project photographer on expeditions such as the 200 BC Antikythera shipwreck off Greece, the civil war submarine HL Hunley, the arctic exploration vessel HMS Investigator, and WWII sites throughout the Pacific including several hundred dives imaging the USS Arizona, Brett has connected the present to the past through underwater imagery. The use of technical dive equipment on dives that might not be considered the "average technical dive" is a large part of making this documentation and preservation possible.


TEKDiveUSA Brett Seymour- TEKDiveUSA.2016 Presenter April 22nd-24th, 2016 Miami FL

 

[seeker242]

Hi! Is there a list of what presentations are going to be on what days? I plan one going for 1 day and want to make the most of it.

 

[TEKDiveUSA]

Hi! Is there a list of what presentations are going to be on what days? I plan one going for 1 day and want to make the most of it.

We are working on the presentation schedule and will put it up as soon as possible. It is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle as people show interest in certain presentations and we juggle rooms.

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In case you haven't seen the video recap of TEKDiveUSA.2014 from our friend On Drej... check it out!
2016 is shaping up to be even better than 2014!
https://youtu.be/se4FQynuO5Q

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In case you haven't seen the video recap of TEKDiveUSA.2014 from our friend On Drej... check it out!
2016 is shaping up to be even better than 2014!
https://youtu.be/se4FQynuO5Q

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Come hear TEKDiveUSA.2016 presenter, Jill Heinerth in Miami, Florida this April and enjoy a Friday night BBQ, Saturday Gala Dinner and two days of world class technical diving presentations and exhibits featuring the best of technical diving. Tickets on sale now at TEKDiveUSA Event Registration » TEKDiveUSA