DIVING TALKS: Explorers R’Us!

Since its inception in 2021, DIVING TALKS, the annual conference based in Lisbon, Portugal—has engaged the global sports diving community in a widening series of conversations on diving, safety, conservation, underwater photography, and filmmaking.

However, this last year, in its fourth edition, the diving equivalent of famous TED Talks decidedly went tech—15 of its 23 speakers were tech and cave explorers, including a number of individuals who have pushed our collective underwater envelope in both distance and depth. What’s more, half of these explorers were women! 

Accordingly, DIVING TALKS teamed up with InDEPTH to create a special panel to discuss exploration, with some of the leading explorers on the planet. Here’s what they had to say!

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From Diving Talks 2024: 

Jarrod Jablonski , The Evolution of Dive Exploration Is this really the golden age of diving exploration? Join renowned explorer Jarrod Jablonski as he outlines recent projects in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Arctic. Jarrod compares today’s possibilities with his 30+ years as an explorer while playing an integral role in developing unique projects, powerful tools, and sophisticated deliverables for underwater initiatives around the world.

Jill Heinerth, Collaborations in Nature and Exploration Jill Heinerth uncovers surprising alliances in nature, discovered through her exploration of Canada’s longest underwater cave network. She’ll share how unconventional teams achieve groundbreaking discoveries in the most unlikely places, and how storytelling breathes life into the unseen, the unknown, and the seemingly ordinary.

Leigh Bishop, Virgin Wreck Diving A look into the exploration of shipwrecks that have never been dived. Where, how and why. Leigh Bishop has dived hundreds of shipwrecks no one has seen since the day they sank. This presentation will look at what these guys find each year in the harsh waters of the British Isles 100m plus deep.

Nathalie Lasselin, Underwater Oneness Explorations to foster connections between communities – science and human adventure. Embark on Nathalie’s journey of technical and environmental dive expeditions inside underwater environments we rarely hear about. From cave under the city to the 4th biggest impact crater and her 70kms dives (total 30 hours) for drinking water source. underwater expeditions become the voice of the water.

Phil Short, What Makes a Good Diver Over 34 years of diving across multiple disciplines and communities Phil’s primary objective has been safety. Here in a brief reflection he will share how he feels that can be achieved by becoming a ‘Good Diver’ and what it takes to achieve that goal.

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