It is, of course, impossible to walk the halls of DEMA without being stopped every few meters.  I snapped photos of some of the brief encounters and wish I could dedicate an entire entry to each of these wonderful people!

Special thanks to Willy Volk of Divester.com for coming to DEMA and providing sister coverage along with Wetpixel.  Thanks also to Drew Wong for his fantastic video coverage, and to Paul Ng and Lena Goh for helping to gather information.  Jason and Wendy Heller (DivePhotoGuide) served as great company for the few minutes we had each day to socialize without consequences.

Photos follow…

For more coverage of DEMA 2006, please see the DEMA coverage index.

Eric Cheng (Wetpixel) and Willy Volk (Divester)

Larry McKenna and friends at the Save the Leatherbacks booth

Brandon Paige, Sita Sema, and Maryanne Haines of Aqua-Trek Beqa

Andy Sallmon of Sea & Sea

Bernard Begliomini of Tahiti Tourism NA and TOPdive

Allan Millham of Bilikiki Cruises Ltd.

Gerlinde Seupel of Aquanauts Grenaaa

Sascha Dambach and Lisa Crosby of Kararu Dive Voyages

Kararu Dive Voyages booth: Sascha Dambach and Lisa Crosby

Robert and Edi Frommenwiler of the Pindito

MV Odyssea 1: Cassandra Dragon

Eric Cheng and John Bantin

Paul Tanner and Jim Henry of Little Cayman Beach Resort

Antonio Moreano and Vicky Thomson, Galapagos private yacht services

Juan Carlos Martinez and Ken Weemhoff at the Deep Blue Galapagos booth

Kila Quam of Jack’s Diving Locker

Harry Ford and Alin Steen strup of Undersea Hunter show off literature about Steve Drogin’s submarine

I was on this trip.  I’ll bet they make fun of us…

I’ll bet the Light & Motion guys (at the table) REALLY feel like they’re in Japan.  Gotta love Orlando!

My friends Paul Ng and Lena Goh