Speaker Details

Film Maker, Explorer

Website:	https://intothewild.tech/
E-Mail:	stratis@intothewild.tech

About Stratis Kas

Stratis has been diving since 2001. With a truly global experience in diving, from South America to Hawaii, and from the high altitude lakes in the US and Florida Caves, to the Red sea and beyond, he calls the underwater world home.

He is a Trimix, Technical Cave and Technical cave DPV instructor. He is focused almost exclusively on Sidemount Cave Diving. He firmly believes that Cave diving cannot be an “occasional” type of diving, because of the intense focus and preparation needed, both physical and psychological, to be a safe sport.

Since 2016 he has lead the Top2bottom cave filming team that specialise in Adventure Filming. In 2017 he finished his first film “Amphitrite” that won a finalist place in the film festival “Short to the Point” in 2018. Currently he is filming his first full feature film “Echoes of Silence” produced by Because i Can ltd and FilmO2 Paris.

Stratis Kas is a professional award winning photographer and film maker who has been published numerous times in prestigious magazines like Vogue (Italy, Russia, Greece) and GQ (UK) among others. His work has included advertising material for brands like Christian Dior and Levi’s. As an artist he has exhibited in galleries and shows in London, New York and Paris.

EDUCATION

• Political Sciences / Int. Relations @ University of Turin, Italy

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Owner of “Because I Can Ltd”, Media Productions
• Owner of “Into The Wild”, Diving Training & Adventure Tourism
• Leading member of “Infinite Liquid” Filming Team, 2019-now
• Leading member of “Top2bottom.tech” Filming Team, 2016-2019
• Owner of Nakedbutsafe Magazine, 2011-2019
• Owner of Stratis Photography, 1998-now

DIVING QUALIFICATIONS

• Technical Cave Instructor IANTD, CMAS
• Full Cave Instructor UTRtek
• Technical Cave DPV Instructor IANTD, CMAS
• Technical & Trimix Instructor IANTD, CMAS, UTRtek
• Instructor IANTD, CMAS, UTRtek, SSI
• Mnemonic Decompression Instructor UTRtek
• Side Mount Instructor IANTD

BOOKS & MANUALS as an AUTHOR

• CAVE DIVING MANUAL, CMAS GREECE 2017
• CAVE DIVING MANUAL, UTRtek ENGLISH VERSION, with Matteo Ratto

MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• GUE QUEST# 19.1, “Cave Diving in Greece”
• GUE QUEST# 19.3, “The caves of Valstagna”
• GUE QUEST# 19.4, “Balancing efficiency and safety in Cave diving film productions”
• XRAY #94, “Why Sidemount is my true DIR Diving option”

CONFERENCES AND EVENTS AS A SPEAKER

• TEKDIVE EUROPE 2017 Belgium, presenting the short movie: “Amphitrite”
• EUDI 2018 Italy, presenting the short movie: “Amphitrite”
• TEC EXPO 2018 Belgium, presenting: “Cave Diving in Greece”
• EUROTEK 2018 UK, presenting: “Balancing efficiency and safety in Cave diving film productions”
• EUDITEK 2019 Italy, presenting: “Expeditions in Extreme Weather”

FUTURE CONFIRMED CONFERENCES AS A SPEAKER

• TEKDIVE USA, April 2020, ORLANDO USA, presenting the film: “INFINITE LIQUID”
• EUROTEK 2020, UK, presenting: TBA