For the PRESENTATION SCHEDULE, you can download it as an Excel file HERE.
| Moderator | Monday, June 8th | |
| 7:00 - 7:45am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 9:00am | AQIG (Aquarium interest Group) | |
| 9:00 - 10:00am | Freshwater Fish Taxonomic Advisory Group | |
| 10:00 - 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:15 - 11:15am | Aquatic Invert Taxonomic Advisory Group | |
| 11:15 - 12:15pm | Coral Reef CAP | |
| 12:15 - 1:45pm | Lunch (on Own) | |
| 1:45 - 4:00pm | Marine Fish Taxonomic Advisory Group | |
| 4:00 - 7:00pm | Time On Own | |
| Evening Events | 7:00 - 11:00pm | Piscine Hospitality Suite Open |
| Moderator | Tuesday, June 9th | |
| Jeff Gibula | 7:00 - 7:45am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:45 - 7:55am | Jellyfish Symposium Welcome | |
| 7:55 - 8:10am | Chad Widmer - Jellyfish in Aquaria Past, Present, Future | |
| 8:10 - 8:30am | Piet Sondervan - Jellyfish Culture in Europe & the start of first Jellyfish Culture in the Netherlands | |
| 8:30 - 8:50am | Kirk Embree - Overcoming Budgetary and Time Constraints in Moon Jellyfish Production | |
| 8:50 - 9:10am | Justin Pierce. - Beyond begging: A discussion on acquiring jellyfish from sources other than public aquaria. | |
| 9:10 - 9:30am | Chad Widmer - When good jellies go bad | |
| 9:30 - 9:50am | Dave DeNardo - Investigations into the nutritional nomposition of Moon Jellyfish, Aurelia aurita | |
| Chad Widmer | 9:50 - 10:05am | Break |
| 10:05 - 10:25am | Sharyl Crossley - An Overview of Jellies: Living Art at the Tennessee Aquarium | |
| 10:25 - 10:45am | Nate Jaros - Culture Techniques of the Crystal Jelly, Aequorea sp. | |
| 10:45 - 11:05am | Michael J. Howard - In vitro culture of the scyphozoan, Chysaora achlyo. | |
| 11:05 - 12:05pm | Open Discussion Session | |
| Michael Howard | 12:05 - 1:30pm | Lunch (on Own) |
| 1:30 - 2:00pm | Bus to NAq | |
| 2:00 - 4:30pm | NAq Ballroom Practicum | |
| 4:30 - 5:00pm | Bus to Radisson | |
| Sessions Day End | 5:00 - 6:30pm | Time on Own |
| Evening Events | 6:30pm | Bus to NAq Icebreaker |
| 7:00 - 11:00pm | Murphy Catton / NAq Icebreaker | |
| 10:00pm -2:00am | Piscine Hospitality Suite Open | |
| Moderator | Wednesday, June 10th | |
| Jeff Gibula | 7:30 - 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 8:40am | Opening Welcome | |
| 8:40 - 9:00am | Joe Yaiullo - Foam Fractionators: Build’em Big, Build’em Small And Keep The Cost Down Most of All… | |
| 9:00 - 9:20am | Joe Yaiullo - Water flow: Cheaply Movin’ 500gpm with a 1/2hp DC Motor | |
| 9:20 - 9:40am | Crystal Crimbchin - Backwash recovery system efficiency | |
| 9:40 - 10:00am | Kimberly Hall - Designing and Maintaining a Large Closed-System Reef Exhibit | |
| Jolene Hanna | 10:00 - 10:25am | Break |
| 10:25 - 10:30am | Mazuri - Mark Griffin | |
| 10:30 - 10:50am | Dr. Marc Geach, MRCVS - The Application of a Novel Water Soluble 1,3-1,6 Glucan - Imufin® Soluble | |
| 10:50 - 11:10am | Allen Wilson - Standard Blood Values & Anesthetic Alternatives to MS-222 in Southern Stingrays | |
| 11:10 - 11:30am | Bob Snowden - A Blacktip Reef Shark, Carcharhins melanopterus Infected with Brevundimonas vesicularis Bacterium: A Case Study | |
| 11:30 - 11:50am | Dr. Marc Geach, MRCVS - The Development and Applications of Novel Carotenoid Enrichment Systems in Zoos and Aquaria | |
| Keri Siegert | 12:00 - 1:30pm | Lunch (on Own) |
| 1:30 - 1:35pm | Piscine Entergetics - Nuri Fisher | |
| 1:35 - 1:55pm | Jessica Miller - Setting the Right Mood for Mysid Mating | |
| 1:55 - 2:15pm | Kerry Gladish - The “Tail” of George: A Case of Attempted Reproduction of Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) | |
| 2:15 - 2:35pm | James D. Clarke - Novel Prey Items for the Weedy Sea Dragon, Phyllopterix taeniolatus. Or Mysis are not the only thing on the menu. | |
| 2:35 - 2:55pm | Dave Smith - Captive Propagation of the Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) | |
| Jeff Gibula | 2:55- 3:25pm | Break |
| 3:25 - 3:30pm | Living Color - Francis Yupangco | |
| 3:30 - 3:50pm | Michael Brittsan, Dirk Peterson: Restoring endangered corals in the Caribbean | |
| 3:50 - 4:10pm | Mitch Carl, Ramon Villaverde: SECORE 2008 update: Still rockin’ for the rock | |
| Session Day End | 4:10 - 7:00pm | Time on Own |
| Evening Events | 7:00 - 11:00pm | Piscine Hospitality Suite Open |
| Moderator | Thursday, June 11th | |
| Ric Urban | 7:30- 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 8:35am | Morning Update | |
| 8:35 - 8:40am | Aquatic Environments - Thruston Wright | |
| 8:40 - 9:00am | Bob Snowden - Operant Conditioning/Behavioral Management in Public Aquariums | |
| 9:00 - 9:20am | Amy Rollinson - Environmental Enrichment and Behavioral Desensitization of the Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) | |
| 9:20 - 9:40am | Evonne Mochon-Collura - Oddwater: A Colorful Combination of Blown Glass and Unusual Sea Creatures | |
| 9:40 - 10:00am | Pete Mohan - A Jellies Gallery as a Terrestrial Institution’s First Major Aquarium Project: Opportunities and Challenges | |
| Dan Hagley | 10:00 - 10:25am | Break |
| 10:25 - 10:30am | YSI - Patrick Higgins | |
| 10:30 - 10:50am | Jennie Janssen - Transport Logistics of the Georgia Aquarium’s Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) and Giant Manta (Manta birostris) Acquisitions | |
| 10:50 - 11:10am | Forrest Young - Utilization of a three man submersible to collect deep water organismisms | |
| 11:10 - 11:30am | Dirk Peterson - The new Caribbean deep-reef exhibit at Rotterdam Zoo – managing a natural multispecies system for filter feeders | |
| 11:30 - 11:50am | Michael J. Howard - A Review of the Comprehensive Captive Management, Research Program with a focus on growth Study of Mola mola | |
| Allan Marshall | 12:00 - 1:30pm | Lunch (on own) |
| 1:30 - 1:35pm | Aquatic Eco - Huy Tran | |
| 1:35 - 1:55pm | RAW 2011 Presentation | |
| 1:55 - 2:15pm | RAW 2011 Presentation | |
| 2:15 - 2:35pm | Steve Spina, Kate Banks, Chris Doller - A Multitaxa Mangrove Exhibit Featuring Upside Down Jellies | |
| Beth Firchau | 2:55- 3:25pm | Break |
| 3:25 - 3:30pm | Murphy Catton - Mark Catton | |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm | Joe Choromanski - The 1st successful live capture, long-distance transport, and unsuccessful captive maintenance of the (Somniosus microcephalus) | |
| Session Day End | 4:00 - 6:00pm | Time on Own |
| Evening Events | 6:00pm | Buses load for Cincy Zoo |
| 6:30 - 10:00pm | Cincinnati Zoo Event | |
| 10:30 - 2:30am | Piscine Hospitality Suite Open | |
| Moderator | Friday, June 12th | |
| Mark Dvornak | 7:30- 8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 8:40am | Morning Update | |
| 8:35 - 8:40am | LaBonneMer - David LaBonne | |
| 8:40 - 9:00am | Francis Yupangco - Aquarium Building in the Middle East | |
| 9:00 - 9:20am | Joao Correia - Long-term transportation, by road and air, of Mobula mobular, Argyrosoma regius, Mola mola and small Mediterranean fish | |
| 9:20 - 9:40am | Greg Whittaker - Emergency Preparation: Hurricane Disaster Galveston, TX | |
| 9:40 - 10:00am | Chad Widmer - Is it possible or feasible to display the giant Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas? | |
| Pete Mohan | 10:00 - 10:25am | Break |
| 10:30 - 10:50am | RAW 2010 Update - Mitch Carl | |
| 10:50 - 11:10am | RAW PC Round table Discussion | |
| 11:10 - 11:30am | Round table Discussion cont'd | |
| 11:30 - 11:50am | Round table Discussion cont'd | |
| Jeff Gibula | 12:00 - 1:30pm | Lunch (on Own) |
| 1:30 - 1:50pm | Board buses to Olympics | |
| 1:50 - 2:10pm | Aquarist Olympics | |
| 2:10 - 2:30pm | Aquarist Olympics | |
| 2:30 - 2:50pm | Aquarist Olympics | |
| 2:50- 3:20pm | Aquarist Olympics | |
| 3:20 - 3:40pm | Aquarist Olympics | |
| 3:40 - 4:00pm | Aquarist Olympics | |
| 4:00 - 5:00pm | Buses to Radisson | |
| Session Day End | 5:00 - 7:30pm | Time on Own |
| Evening Events | No Events Scheduled | |
| Moderator | Saturday, June 13th | |
| 7:00am | Load bus to TNAq | |
| 12:00pm | Arrive TNAq | |
| Thom Demas | 12:00-1:00pm | Lunch Provided by TNAq |
| 1:00pm - Choice | Explore TNAq | |
| Choice - 7pm | Dinner (on Own) | |
| 7:30pm | Bus leave TNAq | |
| Session Day End | 1am (June 14th) | Arrive at Radisson |
| Evening Events | No Events Scheduled |
Call for Presentations and Posters
23rd Annual Regional Aquatics Workshop
June 8th – 13th, 2009
DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM HERE:
Dear Colleague,
The staff of the Newport Aquarium would like to invite you to be an active participant in the 23rd Annual Regional Aquatics Workshop (RAW) hosted by the Newport Aquarium in Newport, KY. We encourage you to share you knowledge with your fellow colleagues by presenting your field of expertise to the group. Without many opportunities for formal training, public aquarists rely greatly on information sharing within the confines of our small, but highly skilled community to consistently improve our husbandry techniques for the well being of our captive collections. With a large variety of experience levels in attendance, from entry level aquarist to battle tested director, presentations are solicited to cover an array of topics. This year, seven main topic sections will be covered:
Water Quality & Life Support
Medical
Husbandry Technique/Innovation/Care
Aquaculture/Propagation
Conservation/Education
Enrichment/Conditioning
Miscellaneous
RAW will kick off this year on Monday June 8th with a day’s worth of AZA Aquatic TAG and AQIG meetings followed by a day dedicated to the first Jellyfish Symposium. The next three days, June 10th -12th, will be paper sessions during which you are given the opportunity to share your new innovation or re-hashed old exploits with your fellows! The seven sessions planned will have 4-5 selected talks per session, and each talk is limited to a max of twenty minutes. If you need more incentive to whet your appetite for RAW 2009, see the Registration Form for more details on the conference.
Interested parties should download, complete and send Presentation / Poster Application form to:
Newport Aquarium
Attn: Jeff Gibula, RAW Presentation Req
One Aquarium Way
Newport, KY 41075
Or
Email the completed Presentation / Poster Application form to:
DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM HERE:
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday February 1st, 2009
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