Domobranska 7

10000 Zagreb,  Croatia

Born on March 14, 1954 in Zagreb, Croatia

FAMILY

Wife – two sons 

Neven Lukas is a technical diving instructor with more than 50 years of diving experience and the first Croatian to be admitted to the “International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques”. In his career, he obtained more than 20 different diving certificates, trained hundreds of divers (IANTD, CMAS, PADI), including cooperation with the military and the police in order to train divers. Neven Lukas is the winner of the “Tridente d’Oro” award, which was awarded to him by the International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Techniques in 2022.

PERSONAL (professional) ORIENTATION

Besides former Yugoslav languages, I speak English, Italian, Spanish and have discreet knowledge of French.

EDUCATION:

1975 – 1978       University of Economics and International Trade, Zagreb Received master’s

degree in 1978

1972 – 1974       Università di Economia et Commercio “Luigi Bocconi”, Milano, Italy

Concentration on Italian and National Economy

1974                     Universidad de Valencia  Studying of Spanish

1960 – 1972       Primary, Grammar and High School in Zagreb (Matura 1972)

DIVING  BACKGROUND:

Neven Lukas is a diver with 50 years of SCUBA diving experience, instructor trainer and instructor of world largest Diving associations CMAS, PADI, IANTD. His versatility and multidisciplinary in diving sector can be seen below.

DIVING  BACKGROUND:

Neven Lukas is a diver with 50 years of SCUBA diving experience, instructor trainer and instructor of world largest Diving associations CMAS, PADI, IANTD. His versatility and multidisciplinary in diving sector can be seen below.

During his diving career has had a several roles in national and international diving associations:

• Croatian Diving Federation- HRS

1996 HRS – BOARD MEMBER

1997 HRS – “CROATIAN DIVING FEDERATION” TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PRESIDIENT

2000 -2008 HRS – “CROATIAN DIVING FEDERATION “ PRESIDENT

Croatian Apnea National team lieder on many championship.

• Divers Alert Network – Croatia

2002.   co-founder

• International Association Handicapped Divers – Adriatic  

2002.  co-founder and Board member

• Confederation Mondiale Activites Subaquatiques

2005 – 2017. Board of directors’ member

2017 – 2021 Free- diving commission member

•  involved in CMAS apnea from the very beginning.
• Organizing First Apnoea world championship Rovinj Croatia 2004.
• CMAS judge and commissioner for the Apnoea World Records started from 2006 till now days.
• CMAS delegate on the CMAS World championship in Denmark 2009.

• International Association Nitrox & Technical Divers- Adriatic

1995 – 2005 Instructor

2005 – 2019 Trainer

2019 co owner and president of IANTD Adriatic  – territory of former YU – coordinating technical instructors, education and activities in the territory

• Teaching and creating diving education in technical, gas mixed and rebreather diving.

1988 – 2020 instructor experience training more than 850 different dive certifications through international associations CMAS; PADI; IANTD

• Cooperation with different Military and police forces:

Croatian Ministry of Defence:

2006 -2021                 Instruction in gas mix diving, Nitrox, Trimix, Gas blending.

                                     Conditioning in deep gas mix diving.

Montenegro – Ministry of Interior:

Regional Centre for Underwater Demining- Montenegro

2008- 2020                 Guest Lecturer on international underwater demining courses

Guest Lecturer on international underwater archaeology course 

Guest Lecturer on Kirby Morgan Helmet and band mask operator user training

Instruction in gas mix diving, Nitrox, Trimix, Gas blending, rebreather diving

Conditioning in deep gas mix diving

Croatian Ministry for Underwater Heritage Protection

1997-2021                  Instruction in gas mix diving, Nitrox, Trimix, Gas blending, associate as technical equipment advisor and expedition  organizer and diving supervisor

Innovator specialised in diving equipment:

• 2002.  Founder and general manager of RedTech d.o.o. (production, construction and distribution of technical diving equipment)
• holder of international patents for diving equipment (Buoyancy control device)
• constructions of portable and fix gas blending mixing installation.
• Construction of Mixing station with gas bank systems for nitrox, trimix and oxygen filling facility (Croatian Ministry of defence)
• supply of underwater dry containers for transport of equipment (Austrian ministry of Defence)

Diving expeditions as diver, expedition leader, trimix and diving supervisor:

2022     Expedition  -ISRT – Missing person   search and recovery  Civitavecchia- Italy   B-24 Bomber WW II

2021     Expedition Palagruza – Croatian Ministry – archaeological research wrecks B.C. till WWI

2020     Expedition Palagruza – Croatian Ministry – archaeological research

2019     “SZENT ISTVAN” – Croatian Ministry for underwater heritage protection

2018     “SZENT ISTVAN” 100^th anniversary, participation of Austrian army and police divers

2016     “Re d’Italia” 150^th anniversary of battle o Lissa 120 m rebreather diving

2011     “SZENT ISTVAN” WWI famous Battleship wreck

2009     “SZENT ISTVAN” WWI with IANTD Expeditions

2007     “Secrets of Adriatic” television and video films regarding wrecks form B.C. till WWII

2005     “Wrecks Island Pag” WWI wrecks

2005     “SZENT ISTVAN” WWI with IANTD Expeditions

2003     “VIS Flying Fortress” WWII bomber B-17

2003     “SZENT ISTVAN” WWI with IANTD Expeditions first time all team diving with trimix & nitrox

1997     “SZENT ISTVAN“ WWI First use of trimix in an archaeological survey in Croatia  

1989     Island Mljet – Ministry for Underwater Heritage Protection; archaeological research wreck B.C.

Conferences and international conferences as speaker, presenter, or lecturer:

2020     Hrvatski Ronilacki – Kongres Zagreb Croatia

2019     EUDI TEK Spedizione “Szent istvan” 2019 – Rapallo Italia

2018     International Symposium on the protection of underwater archaeological sites and education of professional divers – Budva Montenegro

“Sviluppo delle tecniche e apparecchi nuovi nella immersione  profonda et ricerca archeologica”

2018     EUDI “Vari tipi di assorbenti uso et esperienze con Extendedair” Bologna Italia

2017     EUDI Conferenza “Re d’Italia” Bologna Italia

2017     EUDITEK “IMERSIONE TECNICA A -100 E PIU” Montegrotto Italia

2016     EUDI Conferenza “Immersione Tecnica con miscele”

2015     EUDI Conferenza Szent Istvan, nuove ricerche

2010     Congresso istruttori  IANTD Tirrenia “ASORBIMENTO DI CO2”

2010     KONGRES INSTRUKTORA SRBIJE Beograd Serbia “Problemi apsorpcije kod  AZK” 

2006     2nd Congress Alps-Adria working community on maritime; undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Zadar    “ ARE THE TECHNICAL DIVERS SAFE”

1996     Conference Technical museum Zagreb Croatia “Gas mix Diving”

DIVING CERTIFICATES:                                                                                                                                                                            

1995      IANTD ADVANCED NITROX INSTRUCTOR

1999      IANTD WRECK INSTRUCTOR

1999      IANTD TRIMIX INSTRUCTOR

2009      IANTD EXPEDITION LEADER

2009      IANTD OPTIMA CCR INSTRUCTOR

2010      IANTD TECHINCAL & TRIMIX INSTRUCTOR TRAINER

2010      IANTD WRECK INSTRUCTOR TRAINER

2014      CMAS APNEA INTRENATIONAL JUDGE

2016      IANTD OPTIMA CCR INSTRUCTOR TRAINER

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• TRIMIX INSTRUCTOR TRAINER (certificate: IANTD – International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers);
• Senior diving Trainer (Center for education of professionals in sport of the Faculty of physical education of the University in Novi Sad);
• Instructor of underwater demining training and manager of management of operations for removal of explosive devices (certificates: Cranfield University from London and the Center for Management Development and Training of the Faculty of Economics from Ljubljana);
• Underwater archaeology diving instructor (certificate: IANTD and CMAS, Pisa – Italy);
• currently: Director of the Regional Center for Underwater Demining and Diver Training (RCUD), founded by the Government of Montenegro in 2002 – www.rcud.co.me

Experience:

In sport diving:

• President of the Diving Association of Montenegro from 1994 to 2000;
• President of the teaching commission of the Diving Association of Montenegro since 2000;
• Founder and president of the Mediterranean Underwater Film Festival since 2000

In professional diving:

• Commander of the diving squad in the Republic Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of Montenegro from 1990 to 1992;
• Commander of the Diving Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Montenegro from 1992 to 2002;
• Director of the Regional Center for Underwater Demining and Diver Training from 2002.

AWARDS AND PRIZES:

• In Rome, Italy, on the Tiber River in 2005, the World Organization for the Protection of Seas and Oceans “MAREVIVO” organized the event “FIVE EVENINGS FOR THE SEA” under the auspices of the Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory Protection, which was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Convention from Barcelona on the protection of seas and oceans, awarded the first prize to Vesko Mijajlović “for a humanitarian mission and contribution in underwater demining and protection of citizens from underwater mines”, and was presented by the president of this organization, Rosalba Giugni.

• At the event “BIG BLUE” in Italy in 2011, organized by “PELAGOS la comunicazione del mare”, an award was given to Vesko Mijajlović for “humanitarian underwater demining”, the award was presented by one of the most famous Italian journalists, Giancarlo Manetti.

• In Palermo in 2015, Vesko Mijajlović was awarded the prize of the International Academy of Underwater Sciences and Technique (http://www.underwateracademy.org/en). The award was presented by Academy President Sebastiano Tusa and Vice President Pippo Capelano.

• In Civitavecchia, Italy in 2023, one of the most authoritative Italian organizations for the protection of the sea “FONDAZIONE PREMIO ATLANTIDE” awarded Vesko Mijajlović the “ATLANTIDA” award for excellence in underwater demining.

• In Podgorica in 2017, Vesko Mijajlović was awarded with “THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF MONTENEGRO FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY” award which was presented to him by the President of Montenegro, Filip Vujanović.

• In Bologna, in 2023, on the 30th anniversary of IANTD – International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers awarded Vesko Mijajlović “for exceptional excellence in training divers for technical diving” which was presented to him by the President of IANTD Italy, Fabio Ruberti.

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