Session 8: How to Repair Solvent Cement PVC Pipe Michael Sass, Spears Manufacturing Emerald ‘A’ Room Session 9: Industrial Equipment Safety Russ Niedzwicki, Morrison Industrial Equipment Emerald ‘B’ Room 3:15 – 3:30 pm Break 3:30 – 4:30 pm Session 10: Making Detroit Zoo’s Anaerobic Digester a Reality Rachel Handbury, Detroit Zoo Pearl Room Session 11: Upgrading A Manatee Life Support System: More Flow and Better Filtration in the same Footprint Joe Arlotto, PCA Global Emerald ‘B’ Room 4:30 – 6:30 pm Vendor Meet and / Trade Show (cash bar & appetizers) Ambassador Ballroom After 6:30 pm Dinner on your own 9:00 – 11:00 pm Hospitality Suite Ruby Room Tuesday October 17th 2017 TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION 6:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast on your own 7:00 – 8:00 am First Time Attendee Meet & Greet Ruby Room 8:00 – 5:00 pm Conference Registration & Info Booth West Concourse 8:00 – 9:00 am Session 12: Hurricane Harvey Relief Chris Vanskike, Adam Malstaff, & Ricardo De La Cruz, San Antonio Zoo Ambassador Ballroom 9:00 – 12:35 am OSHA 10-hour Certification Part 2 Steve Rippe, Techtron Engineering Grandview C 9:10 – 10:10 am Session 13: Seeing your Facility thru the eyes of an Autistic Child Dean Violetta, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Pearl Room Session 14: Build the A-Team. “A” as in Awesome! Mark Fisher, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Emerald ‘B’ Room
10:00 – 4:30 pm Vendor Trade Show Ambassador Ballroom 10:10 – 10:25 am Break 10:25 – 11:25 am Session 15: How Denver Zoo prepared for our 5 Year AZA inspection Nikki Myers & Guy DeLuca, Denver Zoo Pearl Room Session 16: Tree – A Resource to Manage Michael J. Sheerwood, F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company Emerald ‘A’ Room 11:35 – 12:35 pm Session 17: Managing a Safe Zoo Dave Ruhl, Palm Beach Zoo Pearl Room Session 18: Animal Training for Medical Procedures: An Exciting opportunity for Cross Department Collaboration Dr. Ryan Colburn, John Ball Zoo Emerald ‘A’ Room 12:35 – 1:35 pm Lunch Ambassador Room 1:40 -2:40 pm Session 19: Incident Command- CZBG’s Recent Emergencies and Responses to them Wayne R. Lohmoeller, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Pearl Room Session 20: Architectural Hardware 101 David Bersuder, Hager Companies Emerald ‘A’ Room 2:50 – 3:50 pm Session 21: ADA and how it relates to your Zoo Brian Timm, Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium Pearl Room Session 22: The Lied Jungle Roof Re-Glaze Andrew Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium Emerald ‘A’ Room 4:00 – 5:00 pm Session 23: System Manipulation Reduces Costs While Maintaining Delicate Environment for Aquatic Species Nick Kaiser, John G Shedd Aquarium Pearl Room Session 24: Mr. Gadget John Kanzia, Brookfield Zoo Emerald ‘A’ Room 5:00 – 5:30 pm Committee Meeting 4:00 – 6:00 pm Vendor Load Out After 6:00 pm Dinner on your own 9:00 – 11:00 pm Hospitality Suite Open Ruby Room
Wednesday October 18th 2017 TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION 6:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast on your own 8:30 – 9:30 am Shuttles Running to Zoo 9:30 am Group Photo at Zoo Main Entrance of Zoo 9:30 – 12:00 pm Behind-the-Scenes Tours Or Explore on own 10:00 – 11:00 am Workshop 1: HVAC 101 Levi Calkins, B&V Mechanical Admin W. Mechanical Room Workshop 2: Welding 101 Greg Erny, John Ball Zoo Maintenance Shop 12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch Bissell Treehouse 1:30 pm Workshop 3: Ozone Mark Fisher, Ozone Water Systems Living Shores Aquarium Mid-Level 1:30 – 2:30 pm Behind-the-Scenes tours Or explore on own 2:30 – 3:30 pm Shuttles running to Hotel 4:00 – 5:30 pm Silent Auction & Banquet Set-up Ambassador Ballroom 5:30 pm Cash Bar & Auction Preview Ambassador Ballroom 6:00 – 7:30 pm Silent Auction Ambassador Ballroom 7:30 – 9:30 pm AZFA Banquet Dinner Ambassador Ballroom 9:30 – 11:30 pm Hospitality Suite Open Ruby Room Thursday October 19th 2017
TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION 7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast on you own 8:30 am Load Buses for Binder Park 10:00 – 2:00 pm Post Conference Tour Binder Park Zoo 2:00 pm Load Buses for Hotel 3:30 pm Buses Arrive at Hotel After 4:00 pm Departure or Dinner on your own