Saturday, January 19, 2013

ABWAK Symposium 2013 - RZSS Edinburgh Zoo





ABWAK Symposium 2013 - RZSS Edinburgh Zoo

 

AGENDA: Saturday 2nd March

TIME: 
ITEM:        Final draft programme, subject to change without notice
SPEAKER
08:30
Registration opens: Edinburgh Zoo Education Centre
09:30
Welcome Address.
Ross Snipp
Chair of ABWAK (& Zoo Manager, Flamingo Land)
Chris West
Chief Executive, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
09:45
Key note speaker – The Future of Zoos
Lesley Dickie
Director, EAZA
10:15
Keeper development
Greg Clifton
Primate Keeper, Twycross Zoo & ABWAK Council
10:35
How the ICZ helped me (ABWAK ICZ grant recipient)
Yianna Cooling
Head Keeper, Paradise Wildlife Park
Coffee break 10:55 – 11:15
Sign up for keeper tours
11:15
Role of zoos and zookeepers in capacity-building for ex-situ conservation
 
Tim Wright
Deputy Head of Conservation Training, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
11:35
A One Plan Approach
John Partridge
Senior Curator of Animals, Bristol Zoo Gardens
11:55
AGM – ABWAK
Reports and updates from the Association; Election of Council
Ross Snipp
Chair of ABWAK
12:30 -1:00
Edinburgh Zoo keeper led tours – limited numbers for each:
Hoofstock(20-25), Primates(20), Living Links & Budongo (25), Carnivores (20) , Penguins (20), Koalas (8 people only)
RZSS keepers
1:00 – 2:15 – LUNCH and Time in the Zoo (note giant panda viewing is booked for Sunday)
Also @ 1:45 -  Lecture Theatre
Jo Elliott Records Officer at Edinburgh Zoo- ZIMS demonstration
2:15 – Penguin Parade (to be confirmed)
2:30
Keepers and the Media
Charlotte Macdonald
Living Collection Curator, Twycross Zoo
2:50
Advances in Raptor training and husbandry
Mark Habben
Zoological Manager, ZSL London Zoo
3:10
Fish Net – Conservation of Freshwater Fishes
Brian Zimmerman
Aquarium Curator, ZSL London  Zoo
3:30 – 3:50 coffee
3:50
Living Links & Budongo Trail – research facilities and exhibit
Alison Dowling
Senior Keeper, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo
4:10
Breeding Inca terns (Larosterna inca) in a free flying mixed exhibit
Amy Fitzgerald
Senior Keeper, Living Coasts, Torquay
7pm Symposium Dinner, Mansion House, Edinburgh Zoo (£25) pre-booking required
4:30 – 5:00
And apparently zoo keepers used to handle animals too…
Douglas Richardson
Animal Collection Manager, RZSS Highland Wildlife Park

ABWAK Symposium 2013 – RZSS Edinburgh Zoo

AGENDA: Sunday 3rd March

TIME: 
ITEM: Final draft programme, subject to change without notice
SPEAKER
9:00
Arrival, Coffee & Biscuits:  Edinburgh Zoo Education Centre
9:30
Welcome address
9.40
South East Asian Wildlife Trade – Why we need an EAZA Campaign
Stewart Muir
Director Newquay Zoo & ABWAK President
10.00
Wake up to Climate Change before it’s too late
(and prepare for the next EAZA campaign)
Stephen Woollard
Head of Discovery & Learning, RZSS
& ABWAK Vice Chair & Editor
10:30
Management of a pride of lions at Flamingo Land
Martin Lees
Flamingo Land
Coffee 10:50 – 11:10
11:10
Beyond Browse
Simon Jones
Curator of Plants & Head of Sustainability, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo
11:30 -12:30
Panda Tours & Browse in The Zoo
N.B. Pre-booked timed tickets to see the pandas; plus time to look at browse/time in Zoo
Lunch 12:30 – 1:15
1:15
Returning the fen raft spider back to the wild in the UK
Karen Lambert
Lead Keeper, Lower Vertebrates and Invertebrates, Chester Zoo
1:35
Enrichment & Training In Reptiles
Grant Kother
Reptile Keeper, ZSL London Zoo
1:55
Giant Pandas at Edinburgh Zoo
Alison Maclean
Team Leader Giant Panda and Carnivores,
RZSS
Edinburgh Zoo
2:15
Making Choices for to-morrow…… for today
Darren Beasley
Longleat Safari and Adventure Park
2:35 – 2:55 Coffee
2:55
New ‘Penguins Rock’ Exhibit
Colin Oulton
Team Leader of Birds, RZSS Edinburgh Zoo
3:15
Aquaponic Systems – Green filters
John Maxwell
Askham Bryan College
3:35
Breeding of Lear's Macaws
Lisa Bath
Harewood Bird Gardens
4: 00 – 4:15
Close & Q&A
Ross Snipp
Chair of ABWAK
5:00 Zoo Closes
Thanks for Coming – for those staying over: restaurants/bars in Edinburgh for the night!


MONDAY 4th MARCH

Optional trip to the RZSS Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park
(polar bear, Amur tiger, Japanese macaque, musk ox, Scottish wild cat and more)
Coach £20 subject to numbers booking – approx. 8am leave Edinburgh and approx. 17.00 back in Edinburgh
Please tell us if you are interested in this trip.
If coming by car you may drive yourself (approx. 120 miles north of
Edinburgh) – but please let us know you intend to go to obtain free entry and to meet staff there.  

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