Yep, he was on the schedule. I was there, but I had no interest in seeing him, so I went to some other lecture. I did see him walk by me once in a big hurry, as if he had somewhere very important to go, but that doesn't amount to much for a true Pipin worshiper.
For what its worth, many of the other speakers were just hanging out, and I got to talk to them. They seemed to think I was someone worthy of their attention. But maybe he had a tight schedule.
I should admit that I'm a spearfisherman who freedives rather than someone who freedives for its own sake, but this guy always seemed to me to be a pompous self-promoting asshole. I followed his progress with at least faint interest until I read an article in Sports Illustrated about some no limits depth record off of Cabo San Lucas. Whatever that depth was, it turned out that he did it with one breath from a scuba tank at some depth down there.
His excuse was that it was "no limits." OK, but I thought there were limits to no limits. Do I have to keep track of freedive records with one breath from scuba, two breaths from scuba, three breaths from scuba, etc.?
Another thing that turned me off was that he lost a scuba safety diver during that "depth record" and it was not the first.
I don't need a dive buddy like him, and it sounds like others have had a bad experience.