19-21 October 2018, Galata Museum, Genoa, Italy
Registration
Deadline for registration: until available seats
Note: before purchasing your seat at the workshop and the participation in the sunday activities, please fill in the registration form
Note: Participants to the workshop will be entitled to buy an entry ticket to the Maritime Museum for 8,00 Euro instead of 13,00 Euro (ask for a voucher at the conference reception).
Book your activities for Sunday 21st October
Activity options are reserved to workshop participants. Please, choose no more than one scientific diving activity and one “dry” activity for each workshop participant.
Note: Only 4 places are available for each diving activity. Dry activities allow for 10 participants. Places will be allocated on a first come – first served basis. For specific requests, please contact workshop@reefcheckitalia.it
Scientific diving activities (*):
3D reconstruction of the Mohawk Deer wreck (sold out)
Participants will be trained to record videos to build 3d reconstructions of diving sites.
Required scuba diving certification 30 m or higher
Meeting time: 13.30 at Portofinodivers
Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Restoration of coralligenous habitat (sold out)
The EU project MERCES
Participants will visit experimental restoration areas and the main techniques to transplant sponges and coral will be shown.
Required scuba diving certification 30 m or higher
Meeting time: 13.30 at Diving Group Portofino
Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Census of target species (1 place available)
Participants will be introduced to the main Reef Check Med protocols for the census of marine organisms.
Required scuba diving certification 20 m or higher
Meeting time: 13.30 at Diving Evolution
Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Fishing lines census (sold out)
Participants will be introduced to the main Reef Check Med protocols for the census of lost fishing lines and nets.
Required scuba diving certification 30 m or higher
Meeting time: 13.30 at Style Diving
San Michele di Pagana, Genova
"Dry" activities (**):
Seminar on Ocean Literacy, schools and diving
(Cancelled)
This seminar will present a number of practical initiatives to promote Ocean Literacy by bringing scuba diving into schools.
From 10.00 to 11.30, Via Jacopo Ruffini 13, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Seminar on Citizen Science and diving
This seminar will present a portfolio of Citizen Science initiatives, with emphasis on their potential for research, society and the diving industry.
From 11.30 to 13.00, Via Jacopo Ruffini 13, Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Seminar - Green diving operations - 360° benefits
(Cancelled)
This workshop will present the benefits of green diving operations, followed by role-playing and an open floor discussion of the challenges and solutions by the participants.
From 10.00 to 11.30 at TEST CENTRE Dive System, Via Maragliano 33, 16038 Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Seminar - Divers as stewards of the marine environment - which one are you and what are the benefits?
This workshop will include a lecture describing the main typologies of scuba divers as stewards of the marine environment and the positive effect of each typology
in and outside Marine Protected Areas. The lecture will be followed by a practical group exercise in which divers will be asked to identify the typology they relate to and come up with ways to
meet the goals set for that particular typology. The workshop is intended also as an exercise to understand the benefits (for divers and the environment) which each typology holds.
From 11.30 to 13.00 at TEST CENTRE Dive System, Via Maragliano 33, 16038 Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova
Notes:
* Note. The fee covers for: access to and use of the dive center facilities, boat transfer, tank and weights. The fee does not cover for: transfer to/from the meeting point and associated costs, rental or purchase of equipment, extra services unless indicated, beverages and food, tips, anything that is not indicated under “the fee covers”. Participants to field activities must possess a valid diving licence enabling them to the given activity, and are fully responsible for their underwater behaviour.
** Note. The fee covers for: access to and use of the specific facilities. The fee does not cover for: transfer to/from the facility and associated costs, extra services unless indicated, beverages and food, tips, rentals/purchases of any type, anything that is not indicated under “the fee covers”.
Note importanti:
* Nota. La quota comprende: accesso e uso delle strutture del centro di immersione, trasferimento in barca, bombola e pesi. La tariffa non copre: trasferimento da / verso il punto di incontro e costi associati, noleggio o acquisto di attrezzature, servizi extra se non indicato, bevande e cibo, mance, tutto ciò che non è indicato sotto la voce "la quota comprende". I partecipanti alle attività sul campo devono possedere un brevetto di immersione valido che li abiliti alla determinata attività e sono pienamente responsabili del loro comportamento in immersione.
** Nota. La quota comprende: l'accesso e l'utilizzo delle strutture specifiche. La tariffa non copre: trasferimento da / per la struttura e costi associati, servizi extra se non indicati, bevande e cibo, mance, affitti / acquisti di qualsiasi tipo, tutto ciò che non è indicato sotto la voce "la quota comprende".
Contacts
Email: workshop@reefcheckitalia.it
Con il patrocinio del Comune di Genova
Si ringraziano
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