We’re therefore going to assess the current situation re manufacturing, testing, training and diving protocols to check that we are doing this as safely as we can, and highlight areas that need improving so that we can move forward.

Hence we’ve convened this Conference to put a lot of opinions into the room, rather than relying on a set of interpretations from one particular organization or company. Doing it this way allows us to pull together all the different views and we then analyse the results through one lens.

The training agencies all say we are doing it right, so therefore why do we still have a number of fatalities every year?

At RF3 we intend to be as honest as we can about issues and address every one of them. This may sound to some divers that we are suggesting current standards are dangerous. We are not. Our ethos is more along the lines of ‘how can we do it better and safer’?

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Rebreather Forum 3 Organiser Rosemary E Lunn with RF3 Speaker Dr Neal W Pollock at the 2011 UK Diving Trade Show Photo credit: Jason Brown / Bardo Creative -