NAUI Official Seminar Schedule (Room W205A)
For Seminar Descriptions,
visit: http://blog.naui.org/naui-seminar-descriptions-dema-2025/
Tuesday – November 11th, 2025
| Time | Workshop | Speaker |
| 11:00 AM | NAUI’s Armed Forces Programs | Ray Reneau |
| 12:00 PM | Dive Like A Girl | Alysha Acosta |
| 1:00 PM | Mission-Driven Diving: Embedding Conservation into Dive Travel and Your Local Community | Kylie Smith, PhD & Micheal Goldberg |
| 2:00 PM | Peak Inhale: A Look Into NAUI’s Apnea Programs | Nick Nechay |
| 3:00 PM | Inside the NAUI Public Safety Diver Program: Purpose-Driven Training for Real-World Missions | George Mills |
| 4:00 PM | Discover the Secrets Beneath the Surface of the Northeast United States | Captain Kirby Kurkomelis |
| 5:00 PM | Bridging Standards and Innovation: An Innovative Leadership Conference Model for Transformative Dive Education | David Caldwell |
Wednesday – November 12th, 2025
| 10:00 AM | STEPDive: Preparing The Next Generation of Divers | Tiemen van Dillen |
| 11:00 AM | Women in Diving Discussion Panel | Alysha Acosta |
| 12:00 PM | Reef-Safe Isn’t Optional Anymore – What Every Instructor Should Know About Protecting Our Blue Planet | Autumn Blum |
| 1:00 PM | **NAUI Worldwide Keynote Seminar** Sinking History: The SS United States Artificial Reef Project | Alex Fogg |
| 2:30 PM | Surviving an Incident at Sea: An Essential Guide to Passenger Safety Onboard Liveaboards | Barry Lipsky |
| 3:30 PM | Why You Should Talk to Your Customers about Divers Alert Network (DAN) | Shelli Wright |
| 4:30 PM | The Art of the Upsell | Shelli Hendricks |
Thursday – November 13th, 2025
| 1:00 PM | NAUI Worldwide Annual General Meeting / Awards and Members Update | All Members |
Friday – November 14th, 2025
| 9:00 AM | NAUI Worldwide Course Director and Instructor Trainer Round Table and Requalification course | Registered |
