The physiology of deep breath-hold diving
Domenica 1 Ottobre - Castello di Prampero (Magnano in Riviera)
1 ottobre 2017
Sunday, october 1st // Magnano in Riviera
Seminar - The physiology of deep breath-hold diving
09:30 Welcome
Pietro Enrico di Prampero (Udine, Italy)
Guido Ferretti (Genève, Switzerland and Brescia, Italy)
09:40 KEYNOTE LECTURES
Patrizia Maiorca (Siracusa, Italy): We miss you Dad!
Mario Costa (Siracusa, Italy): In memory of a Friend.Clinical issues in free breath-hold diving.
10:20 I SESSION - Mechanics of Breathing, Gas Exchange
Chairman Bruno Grassi (Udine, Italy)
10:20 Guido Ferretti: The O2-CO2 diagram and breath-hold diving.
10:40 Dag Linnarsson (Stockholm, Sweden): Apnoea and gas exchange.
11:00 Uwe Hoffmann (Cologne, Germany): Apnoea during exercise.
11:20 Igor Mekjavic (Ljubljana, Slovenia): The respiratory response to sudden cold water
immersion.
11:40 General Discussion
12:00 II SESSION - Cardiovascular responses, Energetics of swimming
Chairman Marco Narici (Padova, Italy)
12:00 Nazzareno Fagoni (Brescia, Italy): Dynamics of cardiovascular responses during
breath-holding.
12:20 Frédéric Lemaître (Rouen, France): Diving bradycardia.
12:40 Paola Zamparo (Verona, Italy): Energetics of fin swimming.
13:00 General Discussion
13:20 LUNCH
14:30 III SESSION - Historical Notes, Breath-hold diving and the brain
Chairman Guido Ferretti
14:30 Introductory remarks by the Chairman
14:40 Dave Pendergast (Buffalo, USA): Breath-hold diving from AMA to Maiorca: a view
from Buffalo.
15:00 Nicola Sponsiello (Padova, Italy): The brain during breath holding: feeding or fasting?
15:20 Kay Tetzlaff (Tübingen, Germany): Possible mechanisms of brain injury in deep
breath-hold diving.
15:40 General Discussion
16:10 CONCLUDING REMARKS
Guido Ferretti and Pietro Enrico di Prampero
16:20 COFFEE AND END OF THE MEETING