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Programme

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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Wednesday 25 November
Pre registration / Welcome Exhibition Function
5.00pm – 6.30pm
An opportunity to pick up your conference pack and catch up with colleagues.

Thursday 26 November
8.00am Registration opens
8.45am Opening Address – Hon. Nathan Guy
9.15am Alan Warner – Water Safety New Zealand
10.00am Dr Mike Tipton – The hazards associated with cold water immersion
11.00am Morning tea
11.30am Concurrent Sessions
Education
Policy / Strategy
Technical / Research
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Concurrent Sessions
Education
Policy / Strategy
Leadership
3.30pm Afternoon tea
4.00pm Geoff Barry – Organisation review – project groundswell
5.00pm Day one wind up
7.00pm Conference – RFD Gala dinner

Friday 27 November
8.00am Registration opens
8.45am Welcome
9.00am Dr Simon Mitchell – Deep diving by 'technical' recreational divers: challenges, achievements and risks
10.00am Dr Teo – The framework and strategic plan for Singapore
10.30am Morning tea
11.00am Darryl Parrant – The New Zealand water safety framework and workshops
12.45pm Lunch
1.45pm Concurrenct sessions
Ethnicity
Partnerships
Pip Savage, Roget Scott & John Thomas
Sue Tucker
General Interest
2.45pm Afternoon tea
3.15pm The New Zealand water safety framework workshop feedback
3.45pm Justin Scarr – Preventing drowning in developing countries – lessons for us all
4.45pm Closing address