Speakers

Confirmed Speakers for 2023
Ross Kemp

ROSS KEMP

TV Personality, Author and Adventurer

Andy Torbet

ANDY TORBET

TV Personality, Author, Adventurer and Technical Diver

Alex Mustard

ALEX MUSTARD

UPY Awards 2023

Patrick Widmann

PATRICK WIDMANN

Technical Diver and Adventurer

Cristina Zenato

CRISTINA ZENATO

Shark Conservationist

Liz Parkinson

LIZ PARKINSON

Stunt Performer

MAIN STAGE

SATURDAY

10.30 am – 11.15 am
Patrick Widmann (Expeditions around the world)

11.30 am – 12.15 pm
Andy Torbet and Chris Jewell (Cave diving and exploration)

12.30 pm – 1.15 pm
Liz Parkinson (Hollywood stunt performer, freediver and shark wrangler)

1.30 pm – 2.15 pm
Ross Kemp (TV presenter, award-winning film-maker, actor)

2.30 pm – 3.15 pm
Cristina Zenato (‘Mother of Sharks’ and cave explorer)

3.30 pm – 5 pm
Alex Mustard (Underwater Photographer of the Year winners presentation)

SUNDAY

10.30 am – 11.15 am
Liz Parkinson (Hollywood stunt performer, freediver and shark wrangler)

11.30 am – 12.15 pm
Ross Kemp (TV presenter, award-winning film-maker, actor)

12.30 pm – 1.15 pm
Cristina Zenato (‘Mother of Sharks’ and cave explorer)

1.30 pm – 2.15 pm
Patrick Widmann (Expeditions around the world)

2.30 pm – 3.15 pm
Natalie Hewit (Finding Shackleton’s Endurance)

3.30pm-4pm
Dan ‘Wheelsdan’ Metcalfe (Q&A with paralysed three-times world record holder)

TECH | UK DIVING STAGE

SATURDAY

10.45 am – 11.30 am

TECHNICAL DIVING

John Kendall (Archaeology in the dark – Digital mapping in

flooded caves)

11.45 am – 12.30 pm

UK DIVING

Tim Clements (What happened to early-season diving in Scotland?)

12.45 pm – 1.30 pm

BRITISH ISLES TECH

Vic Verlinden (Diving the Lusitania)

1.45 pm – 2.30 pm

UK DIVING

Sally Cartwright (DCI denial, why you shouldn’t avoid symptoms)

2.45 pm – 3.30 pm

TECHNICAL DIVING

Lanny Vogel (HMS Bounty – the challenges of remote diving expeditions)

3.45 pm – 4.30 pm

UK DIVING

Clare Dutton (Building a business in the dive industry)

SUNDAY

10.45 am – 11.30 am

UK DIVING

Leigh Bishop (Great British wrecks)

11.45 am – 12.30 pm

TECHNICAL DIVING

Rannva Trofrio Jormundsson (Expedition Buteng)

12.45 pm – 1.30 pm

UK DIVING

Oli Van Overbeek (Life after COVID – the changing face of UK diving

1.45 pm – 2.30 pm

TECHNICAL DIVING

Tiffany Norberg (Mine diving in Sweden)

2.45 pm – 3.30 pm

UK DIVING

Roisin Maddison (The challenges of shooting photographs in UK waters)

PHOTO | INSPIRATION STAGE

SATURDAY

10.30 am – 11.15 am

PHOTOGRAPHY

Byron Conroy (Underwater photography in Iceland – it’s not just Silfra!)

11.30 am – 12.15 pm

PHOTOGRAPHY

Donovan Lewis (The challenges of photographing sharks)

12.30 pm – 1.15 pm

PHOTOGRAPHY

Stuart Philpott (Underwater photography in the Maldives)

1.30 pm – 2.15 pm

INSPIRATION

Tiffany Geer (Shipwrecks of Grenada)

2.30 pm – 3.15 pm

PHOTOGRAPHY

Lawson Wood (Starting out – and when should I edit?)

3.30 pm – 4.15 pm

INSPIRATION

Nick Lyon (The Hannah Brookes Lecture – Celebrating the fun in diving)

SUNDAY

10.30 am – 11.15 am

INSPIRATION

Paul Toomer (What to look for in a dive centre)

11.30 am – 12.15 pm

PHOTOGRAPHY

Anne and Phil Medcalf (The Peaks and Pitfalls of Learning Underwater Photography)

12.30 pm – 1.15 pm

INSPIRATION

Jake Davies (Sharks off the Welsh coast)

1.30 pm – 2.15 pm

PHOTOGRAPHY

Stuart Philpott (Shooting wrecks in Cyprus)

2.30 pm – 3.15 pm

INSPIRATION

Grace Westgarth and Rada Pandeva (World Ocean Day)

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