68th WAZA ANNUAL CONFERENCE Technical Congress Agenda Saturday, 12 October 2012 09:00-16:00
Registration Open, Disney's Yacht and Beach Club, Cape Cod Registration Desk
Sunday, 13 October 2013 08:30-17:00
Council Meeting (Closed),
08:00-13:00
Registration Open
All Day 09:00-17:00 17:00
Visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom Transport Flights of Wonder (Steve Martin Bird Show), Group Photo, Icebreaker Dinner
19:00
Stonington Board Room (Council to be transported to Disney’s Animal Kingdom at close of meeting) Disney's Yacht and Beach Club, Cape Cod Registration Desk Disney’s Animal Kingdom, (meet at Porte Cochère) Disney’s Animal Kingdom Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Harambe Village
Monday, 14 October 2013 07:30
Registration and Exhibition Open
Cape Cod Registration desk
07:00-08:00
Light Breakfast
Salon 1-4
08:00-08:30
Opening Ceremony
Room Grand Harbour Ballroom North
Welcome Address by the Host
Jackie Ogden, CEO, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, USA
Welcome Address by Florida Environmental Official
Herschel Vinyard, Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Kris Vehrs, Executive Director, AZA, USA Jörg Junhold, Director, Leipzig Zoo, Germany
08:30-09:00
Welcome to the Region Welcome Address by the WAZA President
09:00-09:30
Keynotes The Nature Conservancy’s approach to integrated conservation planning
Chair: Jackie Ogden, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, USA Muttulingam Sanjayan, The Nature Conservancy, USA
09:30-10:00
Bringing the One Plan Programme to Life
Kent Redford, Archipelago Consulting, USA
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10:00-10:30
Press Conference
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-10:45
One Plan and Global conservation: What are the threats? Climate Change
10:45-11:00 11:00-11:15
11:15-11:30 11:30-11:45 11:45-12:00 12:00-12:15 12:15-12:30 12:30-12:45
Illegal Wildlife Trade: A global challenge Bush Meat Trade Crisis in Uganda; Pushing Wildlife Populations To Jeopardy Among Communities Around Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Northern Uganda
Jörg Junhold, Leipzig Zoo, Germany / Jackie Ogden, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, USA / Gerald Dick, WAZA Switzerland Salon 1-4 Chair: Kevin Bell, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA Claudia Benitez-Nelson, University of South Carolina, USA Crawford Allan, TRAFFIC, USA James Musinguzi, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Uganda
One Plan and the Conservation Links: Ex Situ and In Situ
Chair: Lena Lindén, Nordens Ark, Sweden
The One Plan Approach: Engaging Zoo and Aquarium Visitors In Our Efforts to Protect Species Trends in Collections – Is There A Plan? Restoring African Wild Dogs in South Africa: A Managed Metapopulation Approach "Efforts to bring back from the Brink" (Vulture conservation breeding programme in India) Penguins, lemurs and fruit bats: Bristol Zoo's “One Plan” approach to institutional species conservation planning We help them to survive – the way towards the wandering bus
Anne Savage, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Nate Flesness, ISIS, USA, and Onnie Byers, CBSG, USA Markus Gusset, WAZA, Switzerland Bishan Bonal, Central Zoo Authority, India Bryan Carroll, Bristol Zoo Gardens, UK Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo, Czech Republic
12:45-13:00
Questions and Answers
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Salon 1-4
One Plan by Design: Linking ex situ and in situ through interpretation and design
Chair: Lee Ehmke Minnesota Zoological Garden, USA
14:00-14:15 14:15-14:30
One Plan by Design: Around the world One Plan – Linking an aquarium with in situ marine conservation, research and education
Sue Chin, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA Judy Mann, uShaka Sea World, South Africa
14:30-14:45 14:45-15:00
One Plan – Linking a museum and zoo: The Darwineum One Plan -– London Zoo’s Tiger Territory: investing in field conservation.
Udo Nagel, Rostock Zoo, Germany David Field, Zoological Society of London, UK
15:00-15:15
One Plan - Masoala – combining modern exhibit, education and conservation in Madagascar
Alex Rübel, Zoo Zurich, Switzerland
15:15-15:45
Questions and Answers
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15:45-16:15
Break
Salon 1-4 Chair: Lee Ehmke, Minnesota Zoological Garden, USA Jenny Gray, Zoos Victoria, Australia Karen Fifield, Wellington Zoo, New Zealand
16:45-17:00 17:00-17:15
Sustainability: Walking the Conservation Talk Vision, Courage and Innovation for a Carbon Neutral Future A Sustainable Journey - how Wellington Zoo became the world’s first carbon zero accredited zoo Supply chain activism - a role for zoos and aquariums Sustainable Zoo
17:15-17:30
Questions and Answers
17:45 18:00
Transport of attendees for president reception (closed) Arrival at Seaworld, President’s reception for New Members (Closed) WAZA member - Departure for Seaworld Arrival at Seaworld; Presidents’s reception ends Social Dinner Dinner ends – Move to Turtle Trek Desserts Event ends – Buses depart
16:15-16:30 16:30-16:45
18:30 18:45 19:00 20:45 21:00 22:00
Jonathan Wilcken, Auckland Zoo, New Zealand Clara Dominguez, Cali Zoo, Colombia
Porte Cochère Seaworld Ports of Call Porte Cochère Sea Harbour Gate Seaworld – Antartica : Empire of the Penguin Turtle Trek Front Gate
Tuesday, 15 October 2013 07:30
Registration Open
Cape Cod Registration Desk
07:00-08:00
Light Breakfast
Salon 1-4
Keynote
Chair: Jackie Ogden, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, USA, Grand Harbour Ballroom North William Conway, formerly Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
08:30-09:00
Why are Zoos doing In Situ Conservation?
AZA and the One Plan Approach 09:00-09:15 09:15-09:35 09:35-09:50 09:50-10:05
The One Plan Approach: The good, the bad, and the ugly Guest service at Disney: Providing the foundation for conservation interpretation Revenue generating/"premium" programs: Funding the One Plan approach From the Elephants‘ Perspective: using science to understand zoo elephant welfare
Chair: Kris Vehrs, AZA, USA, Grand Harbour Ballroom North Bob Wiese, San Diego Zoo Global, USA Josh D’Amaro, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, USA Bill Street, Sea World/Busch Gardens, USA Anne Baker, CBSG, USA
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10:05-10:20 10:20-10:45
10:45-11:00 11:00-11:15 11:15-11:30 11:30-11:45 11:45-12:00 12:00-12:15
Engaging the public in direct support of our global conservation efforts Break Regional Activities ACOPAZOA Conservation Programs of ACOPAZOA Latin American Association of Zoos and Aquaria (ALPZA) contribution to conservation in Latin America EAZA - European Conservation initiatives PAAZAB – African Conservation activities The Arabian Connection – the newly established Arabian Zoo & Aquarium Association AZAA
Steve Burns, Zoo Boise, USA Salon 1-4 Chair: Gerald Dick, WAZA, Switzerland Carolina Falla, ACOPAZOA, Colombia Yara Barros, Foz Tropicana Parque das Aves, Brazil Lesley Dickie, EAZA, The Netherlands Stephen van der Spuy, PAAZAB, South Africa Mark Craig, Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort, UAE
Tiago Pinto-Pereira, WAZA, Switzerland
12:30-13:00
JAZA － Conservation activities and legal systems integrated with Japanese government WAZA in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity: “The Decade Project” Questions and Answers / End of Technical Congress
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Salon 1-4
12:15-12:30
Shigeyuki Yamamoto, JAZA, Japan
End of Technical Congress
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