NEVEN LUKAS
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” 100th anniversary, participation of Austrian army and police divers
2016 “Re d’Italia” 150th 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
