Saturday, 14th October 2017 Time Activity Location 6:30 – 9:00 pm Conference Registration & Info Booth West Concourse 7:00 – 10:00 pm Meeting/Dinner Pearl Room Sunday, 15th October 2017 – Preconference Golf Outing & Ice Breaker Time Activity Location 7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast on your own 8:30am – 5:00 pm Conference Registration & Info Booth West Concourse 8:00 am Depart Hotel for Golf Outing Thornapple Pointe 10:00-6:00 pm Vendor Load In Ambassador Ballroom 5:00-6:00 pm Shuttles Running to Ice Breaker 6:00 pm Ice Breaker Group Photo Founders Brewery 6:15 pm Ice Breaker Dinner & Tours Founders Brewery 8:00-9:00 pm Shuttles Returning to Hotel Monday, 16th October 2017 Time Activity Location 7:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast on your own 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Conference Registration & Info Booth West Concourse 8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome – John Ball Zoo - CEO Ambassador Ballroom 8:15 – 8:45 am Business Meeting – Summary Reports & Elections 2018 Host Presentation: National Zoo Ambassador Ballroom 8:45 – 9:15 am Keynote Address Clinton Boyd & Mary Ellen Mika Next Steps in Sustainability – Examples from Steelcase Ambassador Ballroom 9:15 – 9:30 am BREAK 9:30 – 10:30 am Session 1: Exhibit Materials Budgets, & Problems Kelly Bair, Nets Unlimited, Inc. Pearl Room Session 2: Energy Management – The effects of energy performance on facilities maintenance & capital planning Forrest Cooper, Dude Solutions Emerald ‘A’ Room Session 3: Advanced Methods for Rockwork Design and Delivery Mariusz Bleszynski, PGAV Destinations Emerald ‘B’ Room
10:50 am – 6:00pm OSHA 10-hour Certification Part 1 Steve Rippe, Techtron Engineering Lunch and breaks included Grandview C 10:30 am – noon Show Opens Vendor Introductions @ 11:45 Distribute vendor raffle Trade Show continues to 6:30 pm Ambassador Ballroom 12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Presenting Sponsor Dude Solutions Ambassador Ballroom 1:05 – 2:05 pm Session 4: Pump 101 – How to get Started with Pumps Brian Brawner, R&B Aquatic Distribution, Inc. Pearl Room Session 5: Virtual Design and Construction Technologies using Virtual Reality Jennifer Suerth, Pepper Construction Company Emerald ‘A’ Room Session 6: Open Emerald ‘B’ Room 2:15 – 3:15 pm Session 7: Keep Your Theming Alive! (Without killing your budget) Richard Antczak & Sarah Drees, Weber Group, Inc. Pearl Room Session 8: Solvent Cementing Procedures & Techniques Michael Sass, Spears Emerald ‘A’ Room Session 9: Fork Lift and Industrial Safety Russ Niedzwicki, Morrison Industrial Equipment Emerald ‘B’ Room 3:15 – 3:30 pm BREAK Time Activity Location 3:30 – 4:30 pm Session 10: Detroit’s Poop Session 11: Upgrading a Manatee Life Support System: More Flow and Better Filtration in the Same Footprint
Pearl Room Emerald ‘A’ Room 12:35 – 1:35 pm Lunch Round Table discussions Accreditation Master Planning-Our role How to get to yes with Keepers Clark Waldram Fund Hazard Recovery Events roles Barriers-Best Practices Ambassador Ballroom 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, Jager Companies Emerald ‘A’ Room 2:50 – 3:50 pm Session 21: ADA and How it Affects a Zoo Brian Timm, Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium Pearl Room Session 22: Jungle Roof Replacement Andrew Marti, 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 Meetings To be determined by committee chairs 2:00 – 6:00 pm Vendor Load Out After 6:00 pm Dinner On your own 9:00 – 11:00 pm Hospitality Open Ruby Room Wednesday, 18th October 2017 – Zoo Day Time Activity and Location 6:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast on your own 8:30 - 9:30 am Shuttles Running to the Zoo 9:30 am Group Photo at Main Entrance 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Behind-the-Scenes Tours TBD Or explore the Zoo on your own 10:00am – 11:00am Workshop 1: HVAC 101 Workshop 2: Welding 101
Levi Calkins, B&V Mechanical Admin W Mechanical Room Greg Erny, John Ball Zoo Maintenance Shop 12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch Bissell Treehouse 1:30 pm – 2:30 Workshop 3: Ozone Mark Fisher & Chris Key, Ozone Water Systems Living Shores Aquarium Mid-Level 1:30 – 2:30 pm Behind-the-Scenes Tours TBD Or explore the Zoo on your own 2:30 – 3:30 pm Shuttles Running to Hotel 4:00 – 5:30 pm Silent Auction and Banquet Set Up Ambassador Ballroom 5:30 pm Cash Bar Opens & 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 pm – 11:30 pm Hospitality Suite Open Ruby Room Thursday, 19th October 2017 – Post Conference Tour to Binder Park Zoo Time Activity Location 7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast on your own 8:30 am Load buses for Binder Park Zoo 10:00 am – 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 Thank you for your participation and support!