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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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