Last night there was a sponsor event in Kythera, to provide project partners and civic leaders insight into work undertaken this season.

Speakers included Dr. George Kakavas (National Archaeological Museum, Greece), Efstratios Charchalakis (Mayor of Kythera & Antikythera), Lorenzo Amberg (Swiss Ambassador in Athens), Mr. Panos Laskaridis (Aikaterini Laskaridi Foundation), Polly Katsouli (OTE and COSMOTE), Mr. Mathias Buttet (R&D Director of Hublot), Professor Theodosis Tassios (National Technical University of Athens), Dr. Brendan Foley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/ARGO), Dr. Theotokis Theodoulou (Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities), Alexander Sotiriou (ARGO).

Dr. George Kakavas, National Archaeological Museum, Greece

Mr. Panos Laskaridis, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation

Mathias Buttet, R&D Director at Hublot

Dr. Brendan Foley, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/ARGO

Dr. Theotokis Theodoulou, Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities

Jo Marchant, (Author/Journalist) & Phil Short (Expedition Diver/Technical Diving Instructor).

The above video shows highlights of a test dive of the Exosuit in Vatica Bay, before heading to Antikythera.

We’re hoping for good weather, to enable the Exosuit to arrive in Antikythera on Monday.

Mr Panos Laskaridis of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation was the diver in the Exosuit for the trial.

Here’s an edited video, providing detailed insight into how Sirius, the underwater robot, aka. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics was used in September 2014 to produce very high resolution 3D digital maps of the Antikythera shipwreck.

This will provide a blueprint upon where all future finds and work will be plotted.

Enjoy!