Dive Ireland 2008 is Ireland's only all-Ireland dive conference.  The conference will take place in Belfast's Wellington Park Hotel on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th February 2008.  The aim of the 2 day conference is to bring together all divers from all diving agencies (CFT, BSAC, PADI, SAA, TDI, IANTD) to promote scuba diving in Ireland as a sport for everyone, irrespective of qualification or geographic location.  The conference aims to provide a list of high profile speakers and practical workshops that will cater for a diverse range of diver interests, such as photography; wreck diving; overseas diving; mixed gas and technical diving.  Present at the conference together will be two of the largest recreational diver training agencies in Ireland; The British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) and the Irish Underwater Council (CFT). Also present will be NIFSAC (Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs) who are the governing body of the sport in Northern Ireland. The BSAC and CFT will use the conference as a platform to update and inform their members about recent developments, including technical and training changes, in their respective organisations and any impact these may have on their local branches. CFT will also host their annual conference and delegate meetings while BSAC will host their Regional Meeting hosted by the new National Diving Officer (Sean Gribben) and the Regional Coach (Greg Hanna). It is anticipated that this will be an extremely well supported show with divers attending from all over Ireland and an evening social event should make this 2 day conference one to remember.

National and local press coverage will be guaranteed in "Dive" and "SubSea" magazines and this will be augmented by additional promotion on the BSAC and CFT websites and in branch communications such as "BSAC Talk".