Speakers

Teemu Liakka

Teemu Liakka

    Underwater photographer Teemu Liakka specialises in underwater photography and has been involved in many projects. He was born in Helsinki in 1972 and currently lives in Porvoo. Liakka has been in the business since 1997. Teemu graduated from Tampere School of Art and Communication in 1997 and graduated as a professional diver in 2002. Liakka has been awarded the Music Television Video Music Awards for his video for Bomfunk MC's. He has shot underwater scenes for films such as Bolgen (2015), Pioneer – diving into the depths of the sea (2013), Deep Hidden (2011), Story of the Lake (2016) In addition, Teemu has been a cinematographer in many nature films; The Story of the Forest (2012), Nature Symphony (2019), The Story of the Fell (2021), Children of the Coniferous Forest (2024). He received the Jussi Prize in 2022 for the story of the Fell. Liakka will be present at the event to talk about his experiences as a photographer and diver.

    Anne Räisänen-Sokolowski

    Anne Räisänen-Sokolowski

      Anne has been diving for almost 30 years and has been practicing diving medicine for almost 20 years, of which 8 years at Medioxygen and 10 years as a doctor at DAN Europe. He also served as a doctor at the Finnish Defence Forces' Closure School for three years. Her research group has been studying technical divers in Finland for 5 years and several articles have been published about them. Thus, diving physiology, what happens in a diver's body, especially in cold and deep conditions, is close to Anne's heart.

      Edd Stockdale

      Edd Stockdale

        Edd Stockdale is the Head of the Finnish Scientific Diving Academy at the University of Helsinki. He has over a decade of experience in dive safety management for remote research operations, specialising in advanced diving operations and training for scientific teams. As an avid underwater explorer Edd has contributed to a large number of articles and books on diving in addition to large numbers of presentations on his passion for the underwater world, especially in the Nordic region. When not working he is still found diving often documenting flooded mine systems in Scandinavia and wrecks in the Baltic Sea, or hiking in the forest with his dog. As a Fellow of The Explorers Club, Edd is a part of the Finnish Wreck exploration team Badewanne, a member of Team Reel Diving, and Ambassador for Divesoft and DAN Europe