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2007- The Year of the Blue Macaws
 

                            

When:    Saturday and Sunday April 28 & 29,

                 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Where:  UCLA - The University of California, Los Angeles.

                 The Covel Commons Conference Center                          

 What:    Focus on parrot conservation and field research

                Presentations on wild and companion parrots

 

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_________________________Symposium Schedule________________________

 

Registration
  Pastries and Coffee (both days) 7:30 AM
  Saturday & Sunday 7:30 AM - 5 PM
 
Lectures/Presentations
  Saturday Lectures 8:30 AM - 5 PM
  Saturday Poster Presentation Session & Cocktails 5 PM - 6:30 PM
  Sunday Lectures 8:30 AM - 5 PM
 
Silent Auction Winners
  Saturday & Sunday 6:00 &  Dinner Party/Banquet
 
Saturday Night Cocktail Reception 6:30- 7 PM  (included with Banquet)
     
Saturday Night  Party/Dinner/Dance 7- 11 PM
 

Don't miss out on the Saturday night banquet of socialization and fun.

 

 

_________________________Saturday Schedule________________________

 

Registration  7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
 

Pastries and Coffee

         - Hosted by Bird Talk Magazine

7:30 AM
 
Saturday Lectures/Presentations     April 28, 2007
  Dr. Mark L. Stafford - Welcome 8:30  AM
  Yves de Soye - Blue Macaws: A Summary Introduction” 9:00  AM
 

Rosemary Low - "The Glaucous Macaw and a modern story

                         of near-extinction."

9:30  AM
  Break 10:15 - 10:30 AM
  Dr. Yara Barros, Ph.D. - "The Spix's Macaw" 10:30 AM
  Dr. Paul Salaman, Ph.D - “Threatened Parrots of Colombia” 11:15 AM
  Lunch on the Patio - No Host 12:00 - 1:00 PM
  Dr. Mark L. Stafford - "Parrots International in 2007"  1:00 PM
  Neiva Guedes - "The Hyacinth Macaw"  1:45 PM
 

Dr. Nigel Collar, Ph.D. -  “Parrot reintroductions: building on the

                                      experience of others”

 2:30 PM
  Break  3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
 

Bennett Hennessey - "Even the Kitchen Sink: The Armonia/ Loro Parque

                              Blue-throated Macaw Conservation Program in Bolivia”

 3:30 PM
  Dr. Yara Barros, Ph.D. - "The Lear's Macaw"  4:15 PM
 

Saturday Poster Presentation Session & Cocktails

            - Hosted by the UCLA Institute of the Environment

5 PM - 6:30 PM
 
Silent Auction Winners
    6:00 PM &  Dinner Party/Banquet
 
Saturday Night Cocktail Reception 6:30- 7 PM  (included with Banquet)
     
Saturday Night  Party/Dinner/Dance 7- 11 PM
 

 

_________________________Sunday Schedule________________________

 

Registration  7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
 

Pastries and Coffee

         - Hosted by Parrots International

7:30 AM
 
Sunday Lectures/Presentations    April 29, 2007
  Dr. Mark L. Stafford - Welcome 8:30  AM
 

Dr. David Waugh, Ph.D. - “Parrot Conservation Wild and Captive:

                                         Two Sides of the Loro Parque Fundación Coin”

8:45  AM
  Dr. Frank Lavac, DVM. - Medical Considerations in Parrot Conservation" 9:30  AM
  Break 10:15 AM
 

Carlos Bonilla Ruz - "Advances in the Knowledge About Biology of  Military

                               Macaws (Ara militaris) in the Canada of Oaxaca"

10:30 AM
 

Dr. Susan Friedman, Ph.D - Behavior Works: The Functional Analysis

                                          of Behavior

11:00 AM
  Lunch on the Patio - No Host 12:00 - 1:00 PM
 

Dr. Donald Merton, Ph.D. - "The Kakapo : Highlights from 50 years of

                                        Rescue & Recovery Effort"

 1:00 PM
 

Dr. Donald Brightsmith, Ph.D. -  "The Psittacine Year: Natural History

                                                Cycles in Peruvian Parrots"

 2:00 PM
  Break  2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
 

Olivier Chassot - "Conservation Biology of the Great Green Macaw:

                                                12 Years of Experience"

 3:00 PM
 

Dr. Darrel Styles, DVM., Ph.D. - “Avian Influenza; Mechanisms of Disease;

                                                Surveillance; and Control Strategies”

 4:00 PM
 
Silent Auction Winners
    5:00 PM
     

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We look forward to you joining us in April.