Stratis Kas

Conferenza
Da -40°C a + 40°C, esplorazione in climi estremi

Stratis Kas

BIO.
Stratis is a professional award winning photographer and film maker that
has been published numerous times in prestigious magazines like Vogue
(italy, Russia, Greece) and GQ (Uk) among others. His work was the
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. Currently he is represented by the talent Agency MKS Milan and
the Jaunties Europe in the UK.

Stratis Kas, 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.

Stratis is a Trimix, Cave and DPV instructor. He is focused almost
exclusively on Cave Diving. From preparatory courses to introduce the
future Cave diver to the skills needed in the overhead, all the way to
Full Cave, DPV courses. Stratis believes that cave diving is an
all-inclusive theory and practice blend course, without the option to
rush courses. He is the co-author of Cave Diving manuals, exams and all
related materials.

Since 2016 he is leading the Top2bottom cave filming team that is
specialized 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.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
• Owner and CEO of Because i Can Ltd media productions 2015-now
• Owner and CEO of Into the Wild Adventures, dive training &
exploration tourism 2019-now

PROJECTS AND EXPEDITIONS.
• Project leader: Cave Film “Infinite Liquid” 2019-in progress
• Project leader: Cave Film “Orda Cave” 2019
• Leading member of Top2bottom.tech Filming and Diving Training
2016-2019
• Project leader: Cave Film “Echoes of Silence” 2018- in progress
• Project leader: Cave Film “Amphitrite” 2017
• Project leader: The Road to Apollo, mapping and filming an ancient
road in Greece 2014
• Project member: Vouliagmeni Lake Mapping 2015

EDUCATION.
• Political Sciences, University of Turin

DIVING QUALIFICATIONS.
• Full Technical & Multistage Cave Instructor IANTD
• Full Cave Instructor CMAS, UTRtek
• Trimix Instructor IANTD, CMAS, UTRtek
• Instructor IANTD, CMAS, UTRtek, SSI
• Mnemonic Decompression Instructor UTRtek

PAST CONFERENCES AS A SPEAKER OR CO/SPEAKER.
• TEKDIVE 2017, Antwerp Belgium, presenting a short movie about cave
diving: “Amphitrite”
• EUDI 2018, Bologna Italy, presenting a short movie about cave
diving: “Amphitrite”
• TEC EXPO 2018, Antwerp Belgium, presenting: “Cave Diving in
Greece”
• EUROTEK 2018, Birmingham UK, presenting: “Balancing efficiency and
safety in Cave diving film productions”

CONFIRMED FUTURE CONFERENCES
• EUDI TEK 2019, Italy, presenting: “-40 to +40C, Exploration under
extreme weather”
• TEKDIVE USA 2020, Orlando, FL, USA, presenting the film “Infinite
Liquid”

PUBLICATIONS AS AN AUTHOR OR CO/AUTHOR.
• QUEST# 19.1 , “Cave Diving in Greece”
• QUEST# 19.3 , “The caves of Valstagna”
• QUEST# 19.4 , “Balancing efficiency and safety in Cave diving film
productions”

BOOKS/MANUALS AS AN AUTHOR/COAUTHOR.
• Full Cave Diving manual, CMAS Greece 2017
• Full Cave Diving manual, UTRTek English version 2017