DEMA 2025 Seminar Series: How standards are designed and developed in the RSTC / ISO

The seminar on how standards were designed and developed within the RSTC and ISO delivered one of the most valuable industry conversations at the DEMA Show 2025. The session created a rare forum where the process of shaping global training requirements was explained with transparency, authority, and collaborative intent. Representatives from multiple dive training agencies led an open, structured discussion about what standards actually meant, how they were debated, reviewed, rewritten, balloted, tested, and ultimately published for international adoption. The panel described how safety, training efficiency, equipment specifications, environmental realities, and human factors were encoded into written requirements that later guided instructors, course directors, and facilities worldwide. The conversation covered the friction between innovation and cautious iteration, the challenge of applying universal frameworks in very different dive environments, and the responsibility of maintaining rigor without slowing progress to a standstill. Unlike most conference seminars, this session wasn't built around selling ideas, it was built around answering real questions and admitting how imperfect the process had sometimes felt before solutions were refined. Attendees were encouraged to challenge assumptions, question governance pathways, and contribute constructive viewpoints. The audience responded immediately because they finally saw how decisions were shaped: one measured argument, one revision draft, and one safety debate at a time. 🔔 Don’t forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and HIT THE NOTIFICATION BELL so you never miss an update from the #OnediveFamily! https://www.youtube.com/c/SDITDIERDI SDI - Scuba Diving International: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scuba-diving-international-sdi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SDIdivers/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sdidivers/ For more info on Dive Courses: https://www.tdisdi.com/ *Please note that translations in all of our materials are created by a process that utilizes translators in combination with automatically generated content. We make efforts to verify these translations, but we apologize for any inaccuracies in the words or phrases. We appreciate feedback and suggested edits to our materials. Please email us at Feedback@tdisdi.com with any comments.* #SDIdivers #OneDiveFamily #DEMA2025 #ScubaDiving #DiveIndustry #ScubaEducation #DiveProfessionals #DivingStandards