EuroTek.08 Speaker Dr Simon Mitchell ( Dr Mitchells EuroTek presentation Information)

At Oztek 2007 people were turned away from Dr Mitchells presentations simply because there was not enough room for everyone who wanted to see him speak. Simon is one of the southern hemisheres leading speakers in the field scientific diving physology amied at deep Techincal divers.

Simon Mitchell began diving in 1972 at the age of 14. His diving career has subsequently included more than 6000 dives spanning many disciplines including sport, scientific, commercial, and military diving. In recent years his diving interests have focussed on photography and visiting deep wrecks using a Mk15.5 closed circuit rebreather. Simon maintains this active participation in deep diving first, because he loves it and second, because he believes that comprehensive understanding of the process and complete credibility with other divers in his educational interactions requires such participation. Over recent years he has been a lead member of teams that were the first to dive and identify 3 deep wrecks of high historical significance in Australia and New Zealand. At the time of one of these dives (2002) the 180m depth represented the deepest wreck dive to date.