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Portugal 2025
International Diving Show
The “TED Talks” of Diving

Michael Menduno in InDepth Magazine

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23-25 October ~ LISBON

Speakers 2025

Meet the world’s most extraordinary divers and explorers—each speaker at Diving Talks 2025 brings a story that will inspire, challenge, and redefine the way you see the underwater world.
 This list will be updated periodically.

Alex Dawson

Underwater Photographer

Andrea Murdock Alpini

Explorer and Researcher

Baptista Pereira CAP

Subsurface Squadron Commanding Officer

Cathryn Castle Garcia

Explorer and Author

Damian P. Xuereb

Management Consultant & Business Researcher

Dan Voyce

Scuba Network Founder

David Caldwell

NAUI Course Director Trainer & Technical Examiner

Dawn Kernagis

Director of Scientific Research at DEEP

Elsie Gabriel

HSA International Director

Filipe Martinho

Assistant Professor at University of Coimbra

Gui Garcia

Captain & Cinematographer

Henry Jager

Underwater Photographer & Visual Storyteller

Isidora Dekalo

Leading Content Creator

Jason Legatt

CEO Shearwater Research

Kaila Krack

Diver

Kirill Egorov

Underwater Explorer

Kirk Krack

Human Performance Lead at DEEP

Laura Marroni

CEO DAN Europe

Marco Ali

Maritime Archaeologist at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks

Maria Bollerup

Cave Diver and Explorer

Mark Powell

Technical Diving ITE and Author

Paulo Oliveira

Member Board of Directors IFCN, IP-RAM

Peter Symes

X-Ray Mag Chief Editor

Phil Short

Professional Diver and Explorer

Rui Zambujo Madeira

Navy Divers Commander

Susana Vallejos

Maritime Archaeologist at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks

Tamara Adame

Cave Explorer

Tiffany Duong

Award-Winning Explorer
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Schedule

17
BRANDS DAY
October, 2025
Friday
  • 9:00–12:30

    Schools Visiting Hours — Underwater Photography Collection

  • 14:00-18:00

    Attendees Registration

  • 14:00-18:00

    Brands Day

  • 17:00-18:00

    Underwater Photography Collection Exhibition Inauguration

  • 18:00-20:00

    Ocean Tales

18
TALKS DAY 1
October, 2025
Saturday
  • All-day

    Exhibitions and visit to displays

  • 9:00-13:00

    Talks 1

  • 13:00-15:00

    Networking lunch

  • 15:00-18:30

    Talks 2

  • 19:30

    Diving Talks dinner

19
TALKS DAY 2
October, 2025
Sunday
  • All-day

    Exhibitions and visit to displays

  • 9:00-13:00

    Talks 3

  • 13:00-15:00

    Networking Lunch

  • 15:00-18:30

    Talks 4

  • 18:20

    Diving Talks Closing

Full Schedule

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What are diving talks?

DIVING talks – Portugal is the international diving show that will bring to Portugal the world’s leading divers, showing their best of the best recent achievements.

DIVING talks is also a pretext to put together the love for diving and a trip with your family.

Diving Talks is talking about diving, talking is an expression of communication, communicating is sharing; so let’s talk about diving, and share the talks!

What you can expect
  • A diving event with international visibility and attractiveness;
  • The world’s leading divers, showing their best of the best recent initiatives;
  • A diving community network;
  • Debate on technological advancements in diving;
  • Portugal new hub for all subjects related with diving, both technical and scientific.

Exhibition

DIVING talks will feature an exhibition area, a ‘show and tell’ expo that will host a range of global diving exhibitors showcasing their latest services, products and technologies.

Are you confused about which DPV to dive? Want to update your lighting system? Are you seeking inspiration for your next diving adventure? Or maybe you are thinking of buying your first rebreather? Benefit from valuable facetime with leading companies, users, and get all your questions answered without the usual hard sell.

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Diving Talks
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Underwater Photography Collection

The Diving Talks | Underwater Photography Collection exhibition is an exciting display of images captured by some of the world’s best underwater photographers. It combines works by award-winning photographers Becky Kagan Schott, Brandi Mueller, Ellen Cuylaerts, Jill Heinerth, João Rodrigues, Natalie Gibb, Nathalie Lasselin, Nuno Sá (Curator of the Collection), Nuno Vasco Rodrigues, Pete Mesley, Rico Besserdich, Rui Luís and Tom St George.

This year Alex Dawson and Henry Jager are joining the Collection and you can check their magnificent work following the link to the Virtual Visit.

Whether you’re an experienced diver or want to admire the beauty of the underwater world from afar, you’ll be amazed by the incredible images on display. From coral reefs to mysterious shipwrecks, the photographs in this collection transport visitors to another world and surprise them with the natural wonders that exist underwater.

Virtual Visit

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