PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release

It is with great excitement that we announce the Premier Technical Diving=

Event for the Asia/Pacific Region for 1999, the inaugural OZTeK '99
Australian Diving Technologies Conference & Rebreather Forum.

Held on the weekend of the 24 - 25 April 1999 at the Australian National
Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney, this conference will bring
together both local and international experts in the fields of diving
exploration, physiology, diving technologies, support systems and trainin=
g.


Thursday 22 & Friday 23 April will see the first TDI Asia/Pacific Members=

Forum for TDI Instructors, Facilities & representatives.  The TDI Members=

Forum, though utilising the same venue & hopefully being the core for
attendance at the OzTek '99 Conference, is a separate event, open only to=

TDI Associates.

OZTek '99:
Saturday the 24 April will see a public conference with a number of
presentations throughout the day, culminating in a Lecture Night from som=
e
of the foremost diving explorers in the world today.  Subject areas such =
as
Expedition Planning, In Water Recompression, Gas Blending Systems Design,=

Decompression Theory and Rebreather Technology will be presented with
seperate sessions available for further  discussions.

Already confirmed to attend are the following diving identities:
Nuno Gomez, World Record SCUBA diver, South Africa
Jim Bowden & Anne Kristovitch, DeepCave Explorations, Zacatan, Mexico
Richard Pyle, Deep Reef Explorations, Bishop University, Hawaii
Bret Gilliam, President TDI & CEO UWATEC USA
Chris Parrett, Abysmal Diving Inc, USA
Nicos Raftis, Gas Blending Systems, NS Research, Cyprus
Jo Odom, TDI Training Director & Cave Diver, USA
Andrew Poole & John Vanderleest, Team Australia - Wakulla2 Project
Dr. Mark Spencer, AE2 Project 98 Dive Team, Australia.

Further speakers are being arranged and will be announced shortly.

Sunday 24 April will continue with further presentations and will culmina=
te
with a 'hands on' Rebreather Forum and actual 'try dives' on some of the
most advanced units available.  Already confirmed to be on show are =

CIS-Lunar, Halcyon, Inspiration and  Draeger rebreathers, with more being=

finalised. =


Organising Sponsors to date are:
TDI, Poseidon, Draeger, NS Research, Abysmal Diving, SportDiving & Dive L=
og
Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Further Sponsors are being negotiated and will be announced shortly.

This WILL be THE diving event in the Southern Hemisphere in 1999, and the=

premier occasion to be invloved in Technical Diving Technology.

Advanced Tickets will go on sale in late December, for both OZTeK 99 and
the TDI Members Forum.  For further details please contact:

Richard Taylor
Director - TDI Australia & New Zealand
Convenor - OZTeK'99 Conference & Rebreather Forum
Tel/fax: +61-(02)-9958-3469
Mob: +61-0417-426-316
Email: tdi_aust@co*.co*
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