Rebreather Forum 4 Coming to Malta
The acclaimed Rebreather Forum – this time in its fourth edition – is returning in 2023, and will take place in Malta from 20 to 22 April.
The event, which is sponsored by DAN Europe, DAN, PAFDI and Heritage Malta, will take place in the old campus of the University of Malta in Valletta.
The purpose of this scientific and commercial meeting only is to advance the state of knowledge of the diving community about rebreather technology and its uses, with the aim of improving safety and rebreather diving performance. The proceedings of the meeting will be published and available to the public.
While the Rebreather Forum 4 team works on organizing the event, set up a preliminary website with basic details and a place to express your interest and get on the mailing list for updates. They expect to have the registration up and running soon.
And yes, there will be diving – shipwreck diving to be specific, with the help of their colleagues at RAID and Heritage Malta.
RF4 will actually be the fifth such meeting held by the diving industry. the Rebreather Forum and Rebreather Forum 2 they were done in 1994 and 1996, when rebreathers had just become available to the diving community. Rebreather Forum 3 was held in 2012 and was followed by the Rebreathers and Scientific Diving Workshop in 2015. The proceedings of these meetings are available as downloads on the RF4 site.