11.00 – 12.30

Niall Stapleton

1.30 – 2.30

Martyn Farr  -

2.30 – 3.00

Noeleen Smyth

Noeleen is an accomplished research biologist with international experience. She holds a PhD, BA Mod. and Dip. Stats. from Trinity College Dublin. She obtained Diplomas in Horticulture, from the Royal Horticultural Society and the National Botanic Gardens

3.00 – 4.00

Monty Halls

The Great Escapes

Monty Halls is a writer, explorer, television presenter and public speaker. A former Royal Marines officer who worked for Nelson Mandela on the peace process in South Africa, he left the services in 1996 to pursue a career in leading expeditions

1.30 – 2.15

Frances Dipper has always loved the sea, in spite of being brought up on a farm in deepest Warwickshire. She is now a marine consultant, lecturer and author and has been studying marine life for over 30 years. She has dived extensively in the UK, Middle East and Far East and is currently a volunteer with the MCS working on coral reef survey and monitoring in the Semporna Islands, Borneo

2.15 – 3.00

Stewart has been diving for the last 22 years and since 2003 on
Inspiration rebreathers. He is an active instructor with Dalkey
Scubadivers and most of his 120+ dives per year are completed on a 10
litre cylinder!

3.00 – 4.00

Basking Shark Project

Emmett Johnston is Conservation Ranger for Inishowen, Co. Donegal with the National Parks and Wildlife Service. He is editor of www.nature.ie and has published extensively on conservation topics and wildlife affairs. An active crewmember with Lough Swilly RNLI he spends the majority of his time surveying sharks on the North West Coast aboard his yacht 'Pladda'