Speaker Details

Safety Manager, Trimix & Technical Cave Instructor Trainer

Website:	http://www.prodiversformation.com/
E-Mail:	matteo@prodiversformation.com

About Matteo Ratto

Matteo is a Technical Cave, Trimix & DPV Instructor Trainer, CCR and P-SCR Diver. He started diving in 2003 and very quickly through intense training, he started diving caves, with trimix and rebreathers. After a long experience as a dive master, he became an instructor in 2011. Matteo lives in Italy close to lakes and caves, so cold and dark water are his ordinary training. He likes to dive new spots all around Europe, especially caves and mines. He started to dive CCR and SCR rebreathers in 2005. He participates in different projects including long and deep dives in caves and wrecks.

During 2011-12 he participated at the ‘Oliero Traverse Project’, including the traverse of the two big caves with a 5km underwater dive and differents dives for the setup of the caves with run-time of 6h long in cold water. From 2012 Matteo started to collect deep dives, reaching 160m in some research dives in lake and caves. In 2016 Matteo started participating in international projects that included film and still documentaries. In 2017 he participated at the production of the film of the sea cave “Amphitrite”.

In 2018 he dived in Croatia participating in the deep exploration and video making of the “Re d’Italia” wreck. As an active element of the Top2Bottom Filming Team and the World Submarine Exploration Team, he participated in international projects at the TekDive Europe (Belgium), EUDI Show (Italy), Tec-Expo Int (Belgium).

Currently he is participating in the filming of a full feature film “Echoes of Silence” produced by Because i Can ltd and FilmO2 Paris.

Professional Experience

• Owner, CEO, Pro Divers Formation, Diving Training 2010-now

• Leading member, Top2bottom Filming-Diving Training 2016-now

• Project member: Re D’Italia Wreck Exploration & Film, 2018

• Project member: Cave Film “Echoes of Silence” 2018-now

• Project member: Cave Film “Amphitrite” 2017

• Project member: Oliero Traverse Project, Exploration, 2011-12

• Project member: Italian Mines Exploration, 2009-2016

Education

• IT, Software developer , Italy

Diving Qualifications

• Technical Cave & DPV Instructor Trainer, UTRtek, CMAS

• Trimix Instructor Trainer, UTRtek, CMAS

• CCR & P-SCR Trimix Diver on differents units

Conferences as a Speaker or co/speaker.

• TEKDIVE 2017, Antwerp, Belgium, presenting: “Amphitrite” film

• EUDI 2018, Bologna Italy, presenting: “Amphitrite” film

• TEC EXPO 2018, Antwerp, Belgium, presenting: “Cave Diving in Greece”

• 2015-2019 Many talks around Italy presenting video and pictures of cave and wreck diving

Publications as an author or co/author

• QUEST# 19.3, “The caves of Valstagna”

• QUEST# 20.1, “How much is (your) life worth? ”

Books/manuals as an author/coauthor.

• Overhead Protocols & Cave Diving manual, UTRtek 2011

• Cave and Trimix diving Training Evaluator for UTRtek, 2011-now