Rebreather Forum 2.0 Update
26-28SEP, 1996
Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza
Redondo Beach, CA

6.30.96

Greetings:
Plans for the Rebreather Forum 2.0 are rolling along well. I have spent the last
few weeks on the phone talking to participants and interested parties. Everyone
seems to have issues they would like to see addressed and I am working to
incorporate these into the program (see below). NOTE THAT IF WE HAVEN'T CALLED
YOU, I APOLOGIZE. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH OUR LISTS AS FAST AS WE CAN.

Facilities:
The hotel and meeting room facilities are nailed down (see below). We are now in
the process of securing a large pool for the Saturday hands-on session. We
should have the pool nailed down in the next week. Dive'N'Surf , a dive retail
facility owned by Body Glove has agreed to support our pool session.

Confirmations:
At the present time we have commits to participate from the following
vendors/individuals:
Rebreather vendors; 
Dick King/Biomarine, Tim Curtiss/Carleton Technologies, Peter Readey/Cochran
Computers, Richard Nordstrom/Cis-Lunar, Christian Schult/Draeger, Barnie
Lambert/Environmental Services, Dave Fullerton/Fullerton & Sherwood, Koo Soo
Seng/Grand Bleu, Mike Chapman/Oceanic, and Stuart Clough & Jack Kelly/Undersea
Technology. 
Remaining vendors to be contacted and/or confirmed:  AP Valves, DIVEX,  The
Rebreather Company, US Divers, and Uwatec. Others?

Training agencies: 
ANDI, IADRS, IANTD (US & Canada), Key West Spec Ops School, PSA, PADI. 
Waiting to hear from BSAC, SSI, NAUI, TDI and others.

Physicians/physiologists (TO DATE); Dud Crosson, David Elliot, Bill Hamilton,
Peter Heseltine, Hans Ornhagen, Dick Vann, and Morgan Wells.  There are more to
go.

Other groups/vendors confirms; 
Abysmal Software, Asian Diver/tec.asia, Body Glove, Divematics,  Dive Rite, DSI,
DUI, Epic Dives, Farb Expeditions, Historical Diving Society (who will be
displaying historical rebreathers), Howard Hall Productions (tentative), Hruska
& Lesser, HSE, Immersed, Key West Diver, Lubrication Technologies, Marine
Marketing, NASA, Clark Presswood, Orcatron, OC LUGO, OMS, Sea Shepherd Society,
Undersea Research, Watersport Publishing, Wild Hair Scuba.

NOTE THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO CALL/CONFIRM.Apologies if I have
Inadvertnetly left you off the list.

PROGRAM/SCHEDULE:
The thrust of the workshop will be two-fold; 1) To bring everyone up to the same
playing field in terms of basic knowledge/understanding about rebreather
technology, 2) To identify and hash out the outstanding community issues re;
rebreather technology, to enable to bring this technology to market in a
responsible and productive manner. 

Based on your input, I anticipate that the program will be a combination of
informational presentations, and panel and audience discussions. It's my hope
that we can identify a set of workshop goals/objectives and work through these
over the three days. My hope is that we will end up with a definitive community
statement/agreements on rebreather technology.

I plan to have a registration package including a preliminary program in the
next 10 days. This will include a participant questionnaire to help us flush out
issues and objectives. These will be emailed/faxed out to you on about the
second week of July. 

We do plan to produce a detailed proceedings to be published with the help of
DSAT, and completed and ready for distribution by DEMA'97.

TRAVEL & HOTEL
PADI Travel Network (PTN) has agreed to handle our travel requirements (both air
& hotel) and have secured discounted airline fares for the group. Contact them
to book your reservtions at the numbers below. if you have any special
requirements or problems, contact PTN president, Christene Grange at
714.540.7234.

That's about it for now. Please don't hesitate to contact me (305.296.7754, f:
305.943.8989, e: 73204.542@co*.co*) or Mike Innis (305.481.8268, e:
Scubahum@ao*.co*) if you have any questions or comments. 

Cool people. Cool machines. Hot dialogue. Hope to see you there. M2


REGISTRATION & HOTEL INFORMATION:
USA: Rebreather Forum 2.0 p: 305.296.7754, f: 305.943.8989, e:
73204.542@co*.co*. 
ASIA-PACIFIC: Barry Brisco, Asian Diver p: +65.733.2551, f: +65.733.2291 e:
brisco@si*.co*.sg*, w: http//www.asian-diver.com. 
UK: Julie Pounder p/f: +44-181-647-1245, e: 101330,3134@co*.co*. 

TRAVEL & HOTEL PROVIDER: PADI Travel Network  p: 714.540.7234 x 373, f:
714.540.29823, e: ptnfun@ao*.co*. Bookings at: HOLIDAY INN CROWN PLAZA (special
rate $109/night) , Redondo Beach, CA.

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