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Around 60 speakers will attend RESCUE24 and deliver lectures definately worth attending. We will introduce them here in the coming weeks as they turn in their abstracts for their lecture. Please check in again for updates.
Matt Wheble is a senior advisor for New Zealand Search and Rescue Secretariat and a former Police officer with extensive experience in Disaster Victim Identification, Emergency Management and Search and Rescue.
Aly Curd is an accomplished emergency management professional with extensive experience in search and rescue, community development, and leadership roles.
Freyr Ingi Björnsson is the head instructer in mountaineering with ICE-SAR's Rescue School.
Siggi is a professional photographer and also a member of ICE-SAR since 1990. He has been a freelance photographer for ICE_SAR since 1997.
Dr. Smith is an EMS and Emergency Medicine physician practicing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and is the current Medical Director for Wilderness Medical Associates International.
Brian Carriere brings over 30 years of experience in the healthcare and emergency services sectors, focusing on Emergency Management, Administration, and Systems Development.
Dr. Þorsteinn Sæmundsson graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Quaternary geology from the University of Lund, in Sweden in 1995.
Chris Burkard is an accomplished explorer, photographer, creative director, speaker, and author.
Benoît Vivier works as Public Affairs Director for the European Emergency Number Association.
Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir is a law school graduate, policeman and currently the National Chief of Police.
Ástvaldur Helgi worked as a guide for 12 years, and began a teaching career in mountaineering with FAS in 2017.
Matthew believes in the volunteer and humanitarian spirit. Rescue provides the opportunity to create greater meaning and purpose in the marine environment he loves.
Julie is the Curriculum Director for Wilderness Medical Associates International and has been a Lead instructor with them since 2002.
Axel is from Akureyri, Iceland where he works full-time as a professional Firefigter/EMT-A and also does air ambulance flights. He has been a member of ICE-SAR since 2005 and has been an instructor for ICE-SAR´s rescue school since 2008 and he is the wilderness medical training manager at the rescue school. He´s also an instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates International.
Alma is a doctor, with a specialist degree and a PhD in anaesthesia and intensive care. She also has a specialist degree in health care administration and a masters degree in public health and administration.
Freysteinn Sigmundsson is geophysicist at University of Iceland studying volcanoes and other processes causing ground deformation in Iceland, and associated natural hazards.
FOUNDER & CEO of World Extreme Medicine Adventurer, pioneer, entrepreneur, founder, leader, and innovator. An honorary associate professor, & aquanaut former Coastguard Rescue Officer. Mark was awarded a prestigious EC50 Award for 'people who are changing the world that the world needs to know about'.
Einar Sveinn is the Chief of the Fire department of Grindavik, born in Dalvik in the north of Iceland. Einar is a certified fire man and has finished all required courses for fire prevention.
Ari is a structural engineer, and heads a branch of Verkis engineering firm in the south of Iceland.
Andrea specializes in evidence based first response and psychosocial triage during and after terrorist attacks, mass casualty incidents and suicide postvention.
Einar Magnús works as an expert in advertising and promotion at Samgungstofa. However, for most of his life, he has worked in filmmaking and photography.
Internationally recognized as a expert on team performance, Utah State University (USA) Professor Scott Hammond is also a veteran of over 500 search and rescue missions.
Vilhjálmur is a shift supervisor at Neyðarlínan, the emergency dispatch in Icleand, and a member of the Reykjavik rescue team Ársæll.
Hrafnhildur, in daily life called Habba, started her rescue team career with a team in Kopavogur but in recent years has been working with the Rescue team Kari near Skaftafell.
I am an anesthesiologist living in Akureyri, Iceland. I have been a flight doctor for almost three decades, in USA, Iceland, Norway and Greenland.
Sólveig was the Team Leader for a 11-person group that responded to the devastating earthquake in Turkiye in February 2023.
Dagbjartur, a seasoned Emergency and Disaster Response Manager, brings over 35 years of expertise in Search and Rescue.
Árdís Björk Jónsdóttir is the CEO of Stokkur software. Stokkur has been working with and developing the SafeTravel app in cooperation with the product owners.
Director Fleet, HR and Operation I have been within car rental business over 26 years.