Cognitas safety talks – new dates
Series of diving safety presentations during autumn
Gareth Lock of Cognitas Incident Management is giving a fresh series of presentations on diving safety over the coming months.
The familiar GUE tech diver is part-way through a five-year PhD studying risk factors for sport divers.
applies principles of airborne incident analysis to underwater incidents
Formerly a navigator in the RAF, Gareth applies the same principles of airborne incident analysis to underwater incidents.
Now Mr Lock is giving a fresh series of presentations to explain his approach in more detail. After outlining his theories of accident analysis, he then moves on to apply it to real world cases.
Schedule
Date | Venue | |
7 November | DiveLife, Manchester | Details |
9 November | Scottish Dive Conference, Stirling, Scotland | Details |
23-24 November | Baltic Tech 2013 Diving Conference, Gdansk, Poland | Details |
8-9 December | Global Diving Conference, Portimão, Portugal | Details |
18-19 January 2014 | Copenhagen Dive Show, Copenhagen, Denmark | Details |
23 January 2014 | Kingston Sub Aqua Club, London | Details |
For more information on Cognitas or to book Gareth for your dive club – plus travel expenses and beer, of course – visit his website.


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