The 2025 Annual Symposium was held at SeaWorld in Orlando on November 10th.
86 ADPA members attended the Symposium from 52 different facilities!
We had 7 presentations from ADPA members:
- Beyond the Presentations: Elevating the DSO Voice Across AZA (Arnold Postell- South Carolina Aquarium, James Bonovich- Monterey Bay Aquarium, Ashley McCarthy- New England Aquarium)
- Permit Required! Merging Confined Space Programs with Dive Operations (Charlie Lawton- Virginia Aquarium)
- Divas in the Dive Locker (Rachel Cushman, Aquarium of the Pacific)
- A Deep Dive into Dive Stats (Chad Burtrum, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium)
- National Aquarium’s Volunteer Diver Recruitment Process (Holly Bourbon and Brittney Fleenor- National Aquarium)
- From Concept to Competency: Evolving Diver Safety Training (Christina Joellenbeck and Susan Allen, Shedd Aquarium)
- Large Marine Debris Removal from the Mesophotic Zone in a National Marine Sanctuary (Jake Emmert, Moody Gardens)
Our Symposium Raffle for the Brett Dodson Scholarship was again able to fund 2 scholarships for the 2026 Symposium, thanks to generous donations from Blue Green Expeditions, Divers Alert Network, Fairway, OTS, Rescue X, Aves, Fourth Element, Huish Outdoors, Submersible Systems, and Arnold Postel and the South Carolina Aquarium!
The Symposium Committee thanks all of those who contributed to the success of the Symposium from the presenters, Corporate Partners, committee members, and those who lent a hand throughout the day. We could not do this without you!
Great thanks goes out to Chris Miller who took hundreds of photos during the Symposium and Networking Event. There are far too may to put in one gallery, so they’ve been broken up. You can see them at the following links.
Photo Album 1 – Symposium and Presentations
Photo Album 2 – Group Photos
Photo Album 3 – Networking Social and Raffle
Photo Album 4 – Corporate Partners
Photo Album 5 – Random photos taken during breaks
