Presentation Schedule!

MONDAY, APRIL 22
TOPIC	TIME	SESSION
	7:55 - 8:00	Welcome
TAG Meetings	8:00 - 9:00	Coral CAP
	9:00 - 10:00	AITAG
	10:00 - 12:00	FFTAG
	12:00 - 13:30	Lunch
	13:30 - 14:00	WCMC Update
	14:00 - 16:30	MFTAG
	16:30 - 17:00	Special Meetings as needed
Hospitality Suite Salon IV and V	19:00 - 22:00	Sponsored by Piscine Energetics
TUESDAY, APRIL 23
TOPIC	TIME	SESSION
	8:00 - 8:25	Chris Coco - Welcome and Introduction
	8:25 - 8:45	Animal Professionals
	8:45 - 9:30	Vice Adm. Dr. Conrad Lautenbacher - Ocean Health and Conservation
	9:30 - 10:00	Break
Conservation Part I	10:00 - 10:05	Piscine Energetics
	10:05 - 10:25	Manny Ezcurra & Paul Clarkson Monterey Bay Aquarium's Project White Shark at 10 Years Old (or How to Shoot Yourself in the Foot)
	10:25 - 10:45	Paula Carlson An Update on Sawfish in Aquaria, The Global Conservation Strategy
	10:45 - 11:05	Ben Daughtry New Marine Zoning in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Other Regulatory Issues Affecting the Supply of Marinelife to Public Aquaria and Zoos
	11:05 - 11:30	Panel Discussion
	11:30 - 13:00	Lunch
	13:00 - 13:05	Quality Marine
	13:05 - 13:25	Al Dove Whale Shark Aggregations in Yucatan Mexico
	13:25 - 13:45	Scott Dowd Project Piaba: 2013 and Beyond
	13:45 - 14:05	Tonya Clauss Comprehensive Blood Analysis of Free-Ranging Sandtiger Sharks (Carcharias taurus) In Delaware Bay
	14:05 - 14:25	Greg Barord 500 Million Years on Earth and We Still Don’t Know Jack: The Life of Nautiluses
	14:25 - 14:45	Ben LaBelle The Most Important Corals You Have Probably Never Heard Of
	14:45 - 15:05	Forrest Young  Collection and Successful Long Distance Transport of Atlantic Tunas
	15:05 - 15:25	Break
Animal Management and Training	15:25 - 15:30	CaribSea
	15:30 - 15:50	Alex Collier Behavior Modification to Alleviate Stereotypic Behavior in a Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
	15:50 - 16:10	Kristen Simmons "Brushing" Up on Octopus Enrichment
	16:10 - 16:30	Mollie Getson Acquisition and Operant Conditioning of the Lesser Devil Ray
	16:30 - 16:50	Rich Terrell Management of Arapaima gigas with Operant Conditioning
		End of Tuesday Presentations
	18:30 - 22:00	Georgia Aquarium Evening event
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24
TOPIC	TIME	SESSION
	8:00 - 8:05	Morning update
Animal Health	8:05 - 8:10	Pentair
	8:10 - 8:30	Sharyl Crossley Lazy Nettle Syndrome: A Brief Update from the Tennessee Aquarium
	8:30 - 8:50	Nathan A. Farnau Techniques for Diagnosis and Treatment of Spironucleus vortens in Discus (Symphysodon aequifasciatus)
	9:00 - 9:25	Robert Jones Wet Preps 101 – An Essential Part of Diagnosis Making
	9:25 - 9:55	Break
Animal Health	9:55 - 10:00	New Era Aquaculture
	10:00 - 10:20	Julie Crawford Treatment of a black spot shell disease in California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
	10:20 - 10:40	Becca Gangler Ovariectomy of Sub-Adult Southern Rays (Dasyatis americana) to Prevent Reproduction and Future Reproductive Problems
	10:40 - 11:00	Tonya Clauss Coelomic Distention and Anemia In A Manta Ray (Manta alfredi)
	11:00 - 11:30	Panel Discussion
	11:30 - 13:00	Lunch
Natural Disaster Preparation and Recovery	13:00 - 13:05	Living Color
	13:05 - 13:25	Laura Graziano & Linelle Smith Surviving Superstorm Sandy
	13:25 - 13:45	Dave DeNardo Disaster Prep and Recovery at New York Aquarium
	13:45 - 14:30	Aiken, Grzenda, Whittaker & Yates Disaster Challenges in Aquatic Collection Management
	14:30 - 15:00	Panel Discussion
	15:30 - 17:00	Special Workshop; Beth Firchau & Jane Davis Cultivating Curators
	16:00	Behind the Scenes Tours of Georgia Aquarium
Salon IV & V	21:00	Hospitality Suite Sponsored by Piscine Energetics
THURSDAY, APRIL 25
TOPIC	TIME	SESSION
	8:00 - 8:05	Morning update
Exhibitry Part I	8:05 - 8:10	Ecoxotic
	8:10 - 8:30	Marisa Avila Two New Species of Octopus for Display: Coconut and Larger Pacific Striped Octopus
	8:30 - 8:50	Chris Okamoto The Sea Lasso:  How to Catch a Kelp Paddy in One Swoop
	8:50 - 9:10	Mako Fukuwa The Temperate Reef Tank
	9:10 - 9:30	J. Charles Delbeek A Living Coral Reef in Golden Gate Park: A Year 5 Update
	9:30 - 10:00	Break
Propagation	10:00 - 10:05	Dynasty Marine Associates, Inc.
	10:05 - 10:25	Mark Olsen and Julie Gee How to Raise Your Dragon:  Captive Propogation of the Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
	10:25 - 10:45	Danny Kent Breeding Beluga Whale Food: Captive spawning and Rearing Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida)
	10:45 - 11:05	Elsa Santos Reproduction of Heterodontus portusjacksoni at the Oceanário de Lisboa
	11:05 - 11:25	Shelley Anthony A Simple, Low-Cost, Low-Maintenance Design for In-House Live Brine Shrimp Culture
	11:30 - 13:00	Lunch
	13:00 - 13:30	RAW Business Meeting
Live Collection Management	13:30 - 13:35	Emperor Aquatics
	13:35 - 13:55	David Cochran Use of Tablets For Data Entry and Record Keeping
	13:55 - 14:15	Megan Olhasso A New Kind of Fish Tattoo:  Better Medical Management Through Individual Identification of an Aquatic Collection
	14:15 - 14:35	Nell Bekiares Why Cephalopods Need a National Set of Best Practices or Standards of Care
	14:35 - 15:00	Panel Discussion
	15:00 - 15:30	Break
Professional Development and Aquarist Training	15:30 - 15:35	Cairns Marine
	15:35 - 15:55	Chris Spaulding Academics for Applied Science:  A Brief Overview of the Aquarium Science Program; Past, Present and Future
	15:55 - 16:15	Kirk Embree Central Campus Revisited....What Have We Done?
	16:15 - 16:35	Becky Duchlid Training the Next Generation; Developing an Intern Program
	16:35 - 17:00	João P. Correia Making Science Work for You
	17:00 - 17:15	Panel Discussion
	18:00 - 21:00	Ventanas Cocktail Reception
	19:00 - 20:00	Poster Session
FRIDAY, APRIL 26
TOPIC	TIME	SESSION
	8:00 - 8:05	Morning update
Exhibitry Part II	8:05 - 8:10	Fritz Pro Aquatics
	8:10 - 8:30	Ramon Villaverde Buff Guys Buffing!- An Acrylic Buffing Story
	8:30 - 8:50	Joe Yaiullo Destroyers of Reefs or Docile Algae Grazers: Parrotfish in Your Reef Tank
	8:50 - 9:10	Thom Demas  RiverGiants: The Message is Important Yet Nothing, if Not Heard
Conservation Part II	9:10 - 9:30	Pat Rakes Twenty Years of Imperiled Fish Surveys in Portions of the Conasauga and Coosa River Drainages with Watersheds on Cherokee and Chattahoochee National Forest Lands, Including Observations of Impacts of 2004 Floods Produced by Tropical Storm Ivan.
	9:30 - 10:00	Break
	10:00 - 11:00	AZA Aquatic Conservation Program Overview
	11:00 - 11:30	Pete Mohan Drum and Croaker:  Preserving Public Aquarium Husbandry information for 55 years
	11:30 - 11:40	Chris Coco Closing Remarks/Updates

Call for Presentations

The staff of Georgia Aquarium would like to invite you to be an active participant in the 27th Regional Aquatics Workshop (RAW).  We encourage you to share your knowledge with colleagues by presenting your field of expertise to the group.  Without many opportunities for formal training in our industry, information sharing within the confines of gatherings like RAW are crucial to professional development and the positive growth of the industry as a whole. With professionals of varying experience levels in attendance, presentations are solicited to cover an array of topics.

Presenters should limit their time to 20 minutes.

Application Deadline is March 1st, 2013.

Download your Abstract Submission Form here:   

Presentation Abstract Submission

The RAW General Sessions will take place on April 23rd-26th.  These sessions will give speakers the opportunity to share new innovations or rehash old exploits with exciting updates.  General session topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Novel exhibit ideas or mixed taxa habitats

• Crustacean Health: Issues and Solutions

• Water Quality/Life Support

• Propagation & Breeding Techniques

• Husbandry Technique/Innovation/Care

• Conservation/Education/Research

• Enrichment/Training

• Nutrition/Feeding Techniques/Live Foods

• Quarantine/Disease Treatment/Drug Sensitivity/Acclimation

• Miscellaneous others! Anything goes!!!

Interested parties should download, fill out the Presentation/Poster Application form and return it to RAW@georgiaaquarium.org with "RAW Presentation" in the subject line.