Schedule
We are still working out many of the details. What is listed below is what we currently have committed. However, speakers may change, timeslots may change, presentations may change, your milage may vary.
Friday, May 23, 2008
At the Jackson County Citizens' Lodge.
| Start | End | Speaker | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Picnic and Socializing. Hamburgergers, Hotdogs, and Stories | |
| 7:00 PM | 7:45 PM | Jeff Bozanic | Accident Analysis Into The Future |
| 7:45 PM | 8:15 PM | Hal Watts | Narcosis Management. Hal talks about managing narcosis on deep air dives. |
| 8:15 PM | 10:00 PM | Woody Jasper, Wes Skiles, Jill Heinerth, Forrest Wilson, Gene Melton, Paul Heinerth, Larry Green, Bill Fehring, Hal Watts, Bill Oigarden, John Jones, and probably a few more cave diving legends. | Fireside Chat with the Pros and Mixer. Fire, Marshmallows, and more stories. |
Saturday, May 24, 2008
At the Florida National Guard Armory. Raffle and Door Prizes throughout the day. Registration required for the exhibits and daytime sessions
Brett Hemphill is the Master of Ceremonies for the day.
| Start | End | Speaker | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Registration opens | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:00 AM | Opening Ceremony Color guard & governmental speakers, recognition of Park Managers and Land Owners throughout the state. | |
| 8:00 AM | 5:30 PM | Multiple Exhibitors | Exhibits open to the public - No Charge |
| 8:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Dr. Simon Mitchell | Preventing and Treating Decompression Sickness in Cave Diving: What Does the Future Hold? |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Jarrod Jablonski | Searching for the World's Longest Traverse |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Break and Exhibits | |
| 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | Dr. Tom Iliffe | The Future of Cave Diving Science and Conservation |
| 11:30 AM | Noon | NSS-CDS Members' Meeting and Awards Ceremony | |
| Noon | 1:00 PM | Lunch (Steak, Chicken, Vegetarian) | |
| 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Dr. David Doolette | Decompression: Past and Future |
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Tom Mount | |
| 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | Break and Exhibits | |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | German Yañez | Cozumel Caves: Past, Present, and Future |
| 3:30 PM | 4:30 PM | Andy Pitkin | CSI: Cave Slime Investigation |
| 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM | Don Shirley | Raising the Dead - The Boesmansgat (Bushmans hole) Expedition |
| 5:30 PM | 7:00 PM | Dinner on your own at one of the fine restaurants in Marianna | |
| 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | Wes Skiles | |
| 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Jill Heinerth | Fire and Water |
| 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Becky Kagan | The Mill Pond Experience |
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Most of the events are at the Jackson Blue Park and are open to the Public. Exceptions as noted below.
| Start | End | Speaker | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Noon | Ken Anderson | The Workshop's Health and Safety Coordinator will be
providing CPR Certifications and re-certifications, and he
will be talking about what you should do when your buddy
has a Cardio Event during a dive. Contact Ken if you would
like to register  . |
| 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | John Faircloth | Cave Diving 101: An educational seminar on Cave Diving and Equipment for cave divers, open-water divers, "dry" cavers, and the general public. John will help non-cave-divers understand why we go into the caves, how we go there, and how we protect the caves in which we dive. |
| 10:00 AM | 2:00 PM | Sponsored and hosted by Advanced Diver Magazine and several other companies | Cave Rebreather Event of 2008: Display What You Have Designed. You do not need to own, have built, or have designed a rebreather to attend! "All Cave Diving Lunatics Welcome!" Please check out the event's website on the Advanced Diver Magazine site: Display what you have designed Cave Rebreather Event of 20088. There is a $10 event registration fee, and preregistration at the event website listed above is strongly encouraged. As part of the encouragement, all preregistered attendees will receive a one year subscription to Advanced Diver Magazine, but you must attend the event to receive this offer. |
| 11:00 AM | 3:00 PM | Cave Adventures | Free Cookout. Cave Adventures will be hosting a free cookout at its facilty, which is next to Jackson Blue Park. It will be hamburgers, hotdogs, bottled water and soda. Edd Soronson & co. will be cooking from 11:00 AM until about 3:00pm or until they run out of food. It is in appreciation for all the people that came for the NSS-CDS workshop but everyone is welcome and it is all paid for by Cave Adventurers and ERA Chipola Realty Team MVP. |
| 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | NCC-CDS Board of Directors meeting. At the Jackson County Chanber of Commerce. NSS-CDS members are welcome to attend the open parts of the meeting. | |
| Morning | Evening | Various | Guided Dives throughout the area |