Diving with Cerebal Palsy - From work to play: How does a therapist who spends her days working from a wheelchair learn to scuba dive? Using a really cool full-face mask with communications. The IVS team has taken my dream and turned it into reality within the freedom of the underwater world.

10:00-10:30a, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Underwater Digital Photography - Interested in Digital Underwater Photography? This presentation is designed to introduce you to underwater photography using today's point-and-shoot and SLR digital cameras. The presentation teaches you
the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to take excellent underwater photographs with a digital camera.

10:00-11:00a, Shop Classroom

The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey is a non-profit organizationt hat brings people together with brain injury, their family and friends, and concerned allied health professionsal to improve the quality of life for people who experience brain injury. BIANJ’s mission is to support and advocate individuals affected by brain injury and raise public awareness through education and prevention.

10:30-11:00a, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Come learn about the benefits and adventures of scuba diving for individuals from the autistic community.

11:00-11:30a, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Egypt-Red Sea presentation - Explore thousands of years of history both on land and underwater. Experience ancient wonders of Egypt and the marvels of the Red Sea on the same travel program. Visit the Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Cairo Museum, Luxor, Valley of the Kings including King Tut's Tomb and then dive the clear blue waters of the Red Sea from the golden shores of the Egyptian coast.

11:00-11:45a, Shop Classroom

Rotors to Regulators - This exciting IAHD-Americas program helps bring the magic of scuba diving into the lives of America's true heros - our disabled veterans.

11:30-12:00p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

DAN - DAN Medical Information Specialist Marty McCafferty, EMT-P, DMT-A has been both a dive instructor and a paramedic since 1995. He has worked as a paramedic in the field, in an ER and as an EMS supervisor at an Ohio theme park. He also has experience training students with disabilities to dive. Marty will be speaking about sinus and middle ear barotrauma: how it happens, signs and symptoms of injury, and strategies to prevent a ruined dive vacation!

12:00-12:45p, Shop Classroom

Life Rolls On – Dave will speak to Life Rolls On, a non-profit organization that assists and inspires people affected by spinal cord injury through action sports, including surfing, skiing, and skating.

12:00-12:30p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Special Equestrians has six programs:

• Therapeutic Riding Program includes independent riding and exercises tailored to each student’s specific needs.
• Hippotherapy is provided by occupational therapists to the most fragile students.
• REINS Program is for children diagnosed on the autism spectrum.
• Youth Connections Program is for at-risk youth is alternative schools.
• Silver Saddles is geared for people aged 55 and over with age-related disabilities.
• Summer Camp is open to all riders under 18.

12:30-1:00p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Freedom’s Wings – Cathy-Anne will be speaking about what it's like for a disabled person to have the opportunity to fly in a sailplane, an unpowered airplane that relies on convective wind drafts to stay aloft.  She will show some film clips and pictures of Freedom’s Wings’ soaring experiences.

1:00-1:30p, Shop Classroom

Haiti Mission Work - Dan Zeigler, from Jeff Daniels Jeeps, has been traveling to Haiti for 10 years and made 36 journeys through the country both before and after the devastating earthquake in 2010. Dan will share his motivations for
going to Haiti and returning again and the meaningful relationships he
has built that create sustainability.

1:00-1:30p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Penn State Ability Athletics started as an idea 1999 and grew from one student lifting in an adaptive room to having now seven students and wounded warriors and people from the community benefiting from a wheelchair basketball program that plays every Wed night for fun that includes over 50 persons with disabilities coming in each day for training and physical fitness opportunities. Ability Athletics has produced two paralympic athletes for the Athens and Bejing games one a thrower and one a wheelchair racer. The Ability Athletes concentrate on what they have instead of what they don't have. Teri is a coach and former American record holder in the 5000 meters as an athlete, so she understands pushing the limits to be one of the best.

1:30-2:00p, Shop Classroom

Kendra Desko will be speaking about Canine Partners for Life, a service dog training organization based in Cochranville, PA. After having a stroke Kendra was matched with her mobility assistance dog Linton. He helps her with balance and retrieval, as well as companionship. Canine Partners for Life also trains dogs for assisting people in wheelchairs, home companion dogs and seizure alert dogs.

1:30-2:00p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Diving and the Little Demons Inside Us - When we dive, we take out whole body and mind with us, and sometimes even more!  Learn how anxiety and hidden medical issues, such as PFOs, can easily go unnoticed for a long time before they rear their ugly heads and try to hurt us!  Butch and Lynn will share personal experiences, talk about how they have dealt with their issues, and help others learn to recognize the signs and take steps to minimize the risk for themselves.

2:00-2:30p, Shop Classroom

Kit's Health Challenges & Diving - Kit McElwee's inspiring story is about a young woman's determination to overcome a rare disease that stole her sight and crippled her. She will also speak about her older brother and younger sister who helped her succeed as a blind diver.

2:00-2:30p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

The Philippines has recently hit the "diver's radar screen" and is becoming ever more popular. The Philippines are located in the Northwest point of the famed Coral Triangle. Being included in this rich, highly bio-diverse area, the Philippines ranks right up there with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Come and learn what the Philippines have to offer her visiting divers!

2:30-3:00p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Coral Restoration Foundation - a 501 c (3) non-profit based in Tavernier, FL
was established in 2007 from a series of staghorn coral growth strategies and outplanting initiatives from President, Ken Nedimyer and family, partnering organizations, as well as volunteers. Andy Northrop from the Foundation will be discussing an overview of the organization and its accomplishments towards restoring coral reefs in the Florida Keys, and their current programs involving reef restoration via volunteer-driven programs in the Florida Keys.

2:30-3:00p, Shop Classroom

USAFS Vandenberg Project - Joe Weatherby is a longtime Key West Dive Boat Captain, Instructor and Tech Diver with a special love of wreck diving. Joe has been diving on wrecks worldwide. He has been involved in artificial reefing since the mid 1980s and has served on DEMAs advisory Board for Ships to Reefs for the last six years. He has helped to create reef policy in Washington DC and Florida and has spoken to numerous state legislatures, veterans groups, environmental, educational and other stakeholder groups. Joe was part of the leadership which sank the "General Hoyt S. Vandenberg" in Key West. This is considered one of the, if not the most successful ship project ever. He is here to tell the first hand story of Sinking The Vandenberg.

3:00-4:15p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Indian Valley Scuba & About Australia Diving Strikes Again
Indian Valley divers have an opportunity to achieve another first. Dave & Paul have been scheming since the Australia trip to put together a fantastic opportunity and it will be - to dive “New Zealand”. All details will be revealed during the Indian Valley “Dive in Festival”.

Paul Watkins is flying in to provide a presentation on this incredible international diving adventure. The itinerary we have created is completely unique but to give you a small taste of what to expect:

• November 2011 - Dave is leading a group to New Zealand to dive 2 specific areas – basically the best of the best!
• The 1st dive area is the Poor Nights (located in the Tutukaka on the North Island of New Zealand. This remote yet beautiful region is the perfect stepping off point to dive the eco rich Poor Knights islands – (Most amazingly it was named by Jacques Cousteau in his top 10 personal dive destinations in the world)
• The 2nd is diving the Mikhael Lermontov a Russian Cruise ship sunk in mysterious circumstances in 1978. It is alleged she also operated as a Russian spy ship and, as such, government reports into the reason why she sunk have never been released. Amazingly, this is one of the largest cruise ships to sink since the Titanic. She lies in approx 108 ft of water on her starboard side with an average dive depth of 75ft. The Lermontov is completely intact, is easily penetrated & is right up there in terms of world wreck dives.

Combined in the itinerary will be the opportunity to see some very remote & incredibly beautiful parts of New Zealand not to mention the opportunity to watch Dave bungee jump in Queenstown….."

3:00-3:45p, Shop Classroom

Wreck Racing League - Joe Weatherby is a longtime Key West Dive Boat Captain, Instructor and Tech Diver with a special love of wreck diving. Joe has been diving on wrecks worldwide. Recently he co-founded Formula H20 and the Wreck Racing League (www.wreckracingleague.com). This new sport has become an instant worldwide sensation with coverage from Headline News, CNN, NBC, Discovery Channel, Popular Mechanics, Seaduction, Sport Diver, Diver News Wire, Scuba Board, Scuba Nation and many others. Every event so far has had participation from Indian Valley Scuba who are promising some special surprises for the upcoming races: Wes Skiles Memorial Shootout in Key Largo Oct 2-4 and the Quest for Atocha Gold Nov 5-7 in Key West. Joe will introduce you to the newest X game, Wreck Racing.

3:00-4:15p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Wrecks of Key Largo - Key Largo and the Upper Keys has a fascinating array of shipwrecks and artificial reefs that attract divers from around the world. From the shallow waters of the City of Washington to the deep blue of the Spiegel Grove, there are wrecks in Key Largo for every diver's preference and ability level.

3:45-4:30p, Shop Classroom

Live, Learn, and Play – Live, Learn, and Play is an all-in-one community connection for individuals with special needs and their families. Jill has worked as a supervisor in a group home and realized that families were missing out on many services, and many services did not even exist. She will speak about the benefits of scuba diving and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for individuals with autism and special needs.

4:30-5:00p, Outdoor Speaker Tent

Sandals Vacations – Come learn about the luxury and fun of dive vacations at multiple Sandals locations throughout the Caribbean, where some of the best diving in the world is at your fingertips.

4:30-5:00p, Shop Classroom