50th Anniversary of the Academic Underwater Club "Krab" of AGH

Tomorrow, on Saturday 25 October, the Academic Underwater Club “Krab”, affiliated with the University of Mining and Economics in Krakow, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation! On this occasion, in the city of Krakow a diving conference has been planned. There will be many interesting guests who will talk about many interesting and thematically diverse aspects of diving.

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The motto of the entire event is “Diving – a sport for everyone”. Among the invited guests there will be no shortage of well-known names and interesting projects that fire up every diver’s head. The invitation of the organizers is directed to the entire diving community, and admission to the event itself is free! So it is preparing a very successful weekend in the capital of Malopolska.

The conference was held under the Honorary Patronage of:

His Magnificence Rector of AGH University of Science and Technology Prof. Tadeusz Słomka

Chairman of the Underwater Activities Committee of the Polish Tourist Country-Lovers’ Association Michał Górny

Conference programme:

9:30 – Opening of the conference
Michał Górny – Chairman of KDP ZG PTTK, Jakub Sęk – President of AKP Krab AGH

9:45 – “Diving for people with disabilities”.
Joanna Madetko – Course Director HSA, Angelika Chrapkiewicz-Gądek – long-time President of the association “Nautica”

10:30 – “Project 190 – Polish record in deep diving for women”
Elżbieta Benducka – scuba diving instructor, Polish record holder in deep diving for women

11:15 – “10 faces of a recreational diver”.
Dr Jacek Kot – National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdańsk

12:00 – “Hranicka Propast – the deepest cave in the world?”
Krzysztof Starnawski – scuba diving instructor, world record holder in deep diving on closed circuit apparatus

12:45 – “And all began in 1405 in Krakow – or about medieval divers in Poland and Europe”
Karina Kowalska – Custodian of the Museum of Diving in Warsaw

13:30 – “AKP Krab past and present – 50 years of Club activities”
Sylwester Wójcik – Head of Training AKP Krab AGH

14:00 – “Tridacna – 1984”
showing of the film from the expedition of AKP Krab AGH to Egypt

The conference will be held on October 25 in the Hall of the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics of AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Avenue 30 (building B-8). Start at 930 hrs. MAPA

The organization of the conference was co-financed by the Underwater Activities Committee of ZG PTT

Source: Organiser Photo. J. Sęk