Speakers

As an informative and entertaining forum dedicated to the advancement of diving knowledge, presenters at OZTeK'11 will again include many of the world's foremost authorities in their respective fields of diving expertise.

Featuring one of the largest gatherings of diving celebrities ever seen in this region of the world, information on speakers will be regularly added to this section.

Organisations and individuals who are interested in giving presentations at the Conference are invited to contact the organisor at: admin@diveoztek.com.au

        Speakers listed alphabetically by surname

Leigh Bishop

Leigh Bishop is a world-renowned deep shipwreck explorer. His specialist deepwater photography alongside his own research has led to the documentation and discovery of many famous shipwrecks. more...

Kevin Denlay

Kevin Denlay is a Fellow International of The Explorers Club (New York) and has been involved in deep shipwreck exploration since his 1995 participation in the very first scuba dives on the USS Atlanta more...

Richard Evans

Originally hailing from California and now living in Australia, Richard Evans served in the US Navy during the Vietnam conflict, followed by 12 years as a police officer in Los Angeles. He holds a degree in the Administration of Justice and has been employed by PADI for the past fifteen years.more...

Dr Richard Harris

Richard Harris (or Dr Harry as he is better known), is an Adelaide based tech diver and underwater photographer. To pay for this expensive addiction he works as an anaesthetist and hyperbaric physician! more...

Jarrod Jablonski

Widely regarded as one of the world's most capable and talented exploration divers, Jarrod Jablonski is an avid explorer, researcher, author, and instructor teaching and diving in oceans and caves around the world. more...

Trevor Jackson

Trevor Jackson is arguably Australias' most experienced dive boat captain. For 13 years he operated the famed Esperance Star out of Brisbane, researching and locating more than a dozen previously unknown shipwrecks. more...

Richie Kohler

Richie Kohler's passion for technical scuba diving and maritime history has led him to explore some of the most challenging and dangerous shipwrecks in the world, including the Andrea Doria and HMHS Britannic. more...

Casey McKinlay

Casey McKinlay is a renowned aquatic explorer with more than 20 years of active research and discovery experience. Casey is currently responsible for directing operations for the Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) more...

Michael Menduno

Responsible for coining the term "technical diving," writer and technologist Michael Menduno founded, published and served as editor-in-chief for aquaCorps: The Journal for Technical Diving (1990-1996), which helped usher tech diving into the mainstream of sports diving. more...

Pete Mesley

Pete's passion for diving started in the cold English waters over 16 years ago. This is where his "Lust for Rust" was created and from then onwards he has dedicated himself to researching more...

Agnes Milowka

It didn't take long for Ag to become hooked on blowing bubbles - after her first underwater breath she thought 'this is what I want to do with my life!!' Indeed since then diving has been at the very centre of her existence. more...

Associate Professor Simon Mitchell

Simon is an anaesthesiologist and diving physician. His diving career has spanned many disciplines including sport, scientific, commercial, and military diving. He remains an avid diver, and uses rebreathers to pursue his interest in deep wrecks and photography. more...

Des Paroz

Des Paroz is a Sydney-based diver, underwater photographer and instructor. His passions in diving include underwater photography, wreck diving, and sharing the underwater world with others. more...

Mark Ryan

After learning to dive in 1986 in Melbourne, Mark became an Instructor in 1995. His technical diving career started in 1990, when as an active club member Mark arranged decompression dives on sites like the Euro & Piggott in Melbourne's Shipwreck Graveyard. more...

Steve Trewavas

Steve Trewavas was spear fishing before he left primary school and began to scuba dive at the age of 15 in the temperate waters of New Zealand. He has been exploring the underwater world ever since. more...

Des Williams

Always fascinated by the sea and maritime history, Des Williams merged his two interests when, in 1968, he took up diving and began to visit - and search for - shipwrecks in Australia and overseas. more...