All meetings are open and will take place at the Westin Mission Hills. Click on any of the blue text below for a more detailed description of the meeting or workshop. Have changes or questions? Contact Cheryl Wallen.
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Saturday, March 24
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Accreditation Hearings – closed
• Wildlife and Conservation Management Committee – closed
• ASAG Sustainability Working Group - cancelled
Sunday, March 25
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Accreditation Hearings - closed
• Gorilla SSP - closed
• Maximizing Yellow and Red Bird Programs
• Population Management Center/PMCTrack Help Desk
• Wildlife and Conservation Management Committee – closed
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Zoo Conservation Outreach Group
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
• Andean Condor SSP – closed
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
• Field Conservation Sub-Committee Working Group – closed
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
• Avian SAG TAG Chairs – closed
Monday, March 26
7:00 am – 8:00 am
• Avian SAG Steering Committee – closed
7:30 am - 9:00 am
• Committee Chairs Meeting
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Accreditation Hearings – closed
• Population Management Center/PMCTrack Help Desk
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Avian SAG General Meeting
• Gorilla SSP
• Population Management Center
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
• Safety Committee
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Conservation Education Committee (CEC)
• Diversity Committee
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Animal Welfare Committee – closed
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Animal Health Committee
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• Research and Technology Committee
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Herds of a Feather Flock Together: Joint ASAG/Ungulate TAG Multi-species Exhibit Management Workshop
• Field Conservation Committee
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Trends Committee
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
• 2012 U.N. Year of the Bat - cancelled
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
• Enterprise Committee
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Government Affairs Committee
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
• Public Relations Committee – closed
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
• Micronesian Kingfisher SSP
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
• Icebreaker at the Palm Springs Air Museum
Enjoy a beautiful desert evening at the Palm Springs Air Museum. The museum showcases the nation's largest collection of vintage military flying aircraft displayed in a time-capsule-like environment in spacious indoor airplane hangars. Sip cocktails as you wander through history and enjoy culinary delights as you mingle with friends.
Tuesday, March 27
7:30am
• Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 am – 9:30 am
• General Session with Keynote Speaker David “Jonah” Western
9:30 am – 10:30 am
• Break with Exhibitors
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Collaborative Thinking Sessions
*Effective Program Evaluation
*Social Media Trends and Topics
*2012 - U.N. Year of the Bat
*Save on Operating Cost through AZA Affinity Purchasing
*Blue Sky Ideas in a Less Than Blue Sky World: Pulling Together Ideas for Design Concepts for My Zoo’s Mixed Species Exhibits
• WCMC Program Leaders Q&A
• Green Summit Opening Meeting - What Do Sustainable Practices Mean To Zoos and Aquariums?
• NatureStart Professional Development Program (separate registration required)
10:30 am - 2:15 pm
• Population Management Center/PMCTrack Help Desk
• Development and Membership Special Interest Group - closed
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
• Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
• Continuation of Exhibitors Visits and Collaborative Thinking Sessions
* Meeting Your Organization's Printing Needs
* 2012 - U.N. Year of the Bat
• WCMC Program Leaders Q&A (repeat of morning session)
• NatureStart Professional Development Program (separate registration required)
2:30 pm – 8:30 pm
• Zoo Day at The Living Desert
Get ready for an afternoon of fun at The Living Desert zoo and botanical gardens. Enjoy exclusive behind the scenes access from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm, followed by specialty cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvre stations in our African village between 5:00 pm and 8:30 pm.
Wednesday, March 28
7:30 am
• Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 am – 9:00 am
• General Session
9:00 am – 9:30 am
• Break with Exhibitors
9:30 am – 11:00 am
• Penguin TAG
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Marketing Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Segways, Service Animals and the New ADA: Are You Ready?
• Joint Research and Technology, Animal Welfare, and Conservation Education Committees Meeting – closed
9:30 am – 11:45 am
• Green Summit Workshop – Sustainability Planning
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
• NatureStart Professional Development Program (separate registration required)
• Population Management Center/PMCTrack Help Desk
• Development and Membership Special Interest Group - closed
9:30 am – 5:30 pm
• Ungulate TAGs Meeting (in PDF)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Raptor TAG
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
• Lunch with Exhibitors
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Ciconiiformes/Phoenicopteriformes TAG Workshop
• Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter (separate registration fee required)
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
• Green Summit Workshop – Energy Management and Conservation
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
• AZA Board of Directors Meeting
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Joint Public Relations and Marketing Committees Meeting
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
• Green Summit Workshop – Water Conservation
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
• Public Relations Committee
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
• Green Summit Workshop – Waste Reducation
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
• Use of Short Films to Communicate Conservation and Research Messages
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Green Summit Sustainability Soiree: “It’s Easy Being Green”
Thursday, March 29
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• AZA Board of Directors Meeting
• NatureStart Professional Development Program (separate registration required)
• Jaguar SSP
• Small Population Management Advisory Group
• Ungulate TAGs Meeting (in PDF)
8:00 am – 9:00 am
• Anseriformes TAG
9:00 am – 10:00 am
• Coraciiformes TAG
9:00 am – 11:30 am
• Crisis Communication Workshop
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Climate Change Initiative Task Force
• Business Operations Committee
10:00 am – 11:00 am
• Parrot TAG
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
• Turaco Cuckoo TAG
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
• 2012 – U.N. Year of the Bat
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
• Passeriformes, Apodiformes, Coliiformes, Caprimulgiformes and Trogoniformes TAG - cancelled
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
• Business Operations Trends & Best Practices Open Mic
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
• Permit Writing Session
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter (separate registration fee required)
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
• FrogWatch USA Chapter Coordinator Training
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
• Business Operations Committee
Friday, March 30
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Small Population Management Advisory Group
• Conservation Assessment Task Force