22ndAnnual AZFA Conference Agenda at a Glance

Saturday, 10thOctober 2015
Time / Activity and Location
6:30 – 9:00 pm / Conference Registration & Info Booth / Atrium outside Prairie Stone III
7:00 – 9:00 pm / Vendor Load In for Pre-conference Tour Participants / Prairie Stone II
7:00 – 11:00 pm / Board Meeting/Dinner / Chicago Room
Sunday, 11th October 2015 – Preconference Golf Outing & Ice Breaker
Time / Activity and Location
7:00 – 8:00 am / Breakfast on your own
8:00am – 5:00 pm / Conference Registration & Info Booth / Atrium outside Prairie Stone III
6:00 am / Depart Hotel for Cog Hill Golf Outing
12:00 – 5:00 pm / Vendor Load In / Prairie Stone II
3:45 pm4:45 pm / Depart Hotel for Shedd Aquarium
5:00 – 6:30 pm / Behind-the-Scenes Tours / Shedd Aquarium
6:30 pm / Ice Breaker Group Photo
6:35 pm / Ice Breaker Dinner / Soundings & North Terrace
8:30 pm / Depart Shedd for Hotel
Monday, 12th October 2015
Time / Activity and Location
7:00 – 9:00 am / Breakfast on your own
8:00 am – 6:00 pm / Conference Registration & Info Booth / Atrium outside Prairie Stone III
8:00 – 8:15 am / Welcome – Brookfield Zoo Staff / Prairie Stone III - IV
8:15– 9:30 am / Business Meeting – Summary Reports
Elections
2016 Host Presentation / Prairie Stone III - IV
9:30 – 9:45 am / Break / Prairie Stone III
9:45 – 10:45 am / Session 1: Storm Water & Water Re-Use at the CZBG Africa Exhibit
Jeff Koehn, IBI Group
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 2: Emergency Response Roundtable
Wayne Lohmoeller, Cincinnati Zoo
@ Prairie Stone VI / Session 3: New Filtration Technologies for Zoos & Aquaria Clint Holland, Waterco
@ Chicago Room
10:50 am – 6:00 pm / OSHA 10-hour Certification Part 1
Steve Rippe, Techtron Engineering / Lunch and breaks included
@ Chicago Room
10:55 am– noon / Vendor Introductions & Trade Show
Distribute vendor raffle cards / Prairie Stone I - IV
12:00 – 1:30 pm / Lunchwith Keynote Speaker Roger German, Shedd Aquarium / Prairie Stone III - IV
1:30 – 2:30 pm / Session 4: Clark Waldram Grant Updates
Allmon Forrester, John Ball Zoo
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 5: Cost Estimating for Zoo Projects
Mariusz Bleszynski, PGAV Destinations
@ Prairie Stone VI
2:40 – 3:40 pm / Session 6: Slaying the Energy Vampire
Mark Fisher, Cincinnati Zoo
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 7: Basic Life Support Systems
Brian Brawner, R&B Aquatic Distribution
@ Prairie Stone VI
Monday, 12th October 2015 continued
Time / Activity and Location / Time
3:40 – 4:00 pm / Break / Prairie Stone III
4:00 – 5:00 pm / Session 8: Biodiesel Plant @ San Antonio Zoo
Ben Barton, San Antonio Zoo
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 9: Do’s & Don’t s of Internally Lining Salt Water Tanks
Warren Brand, Chicago Corrosion Group
@ Prairie Stone VI
5:00 – 7:00 pm / Vendor Meet & Greet/Trade Show
Cash bar and Appetizers / Prairie Stone I - III
After 7:00 pm / Dinner on your own / Check postings for restaurant meetups
9:00 – 11:00 pm / Hospitality Suite Open / Room 121
Tuesday, 13thOctober 2015
Time / Activity and Location
6:00 – 8:00 am / Breakfast on your own
8:00 am – 7:00 pm / Conference Registration & Info Booth / Atrium outside Prairie Stone III
8:00 am – 12:10 pm / OSHA 10-hour Certification Part 2
Steve Rippe, Techtron Engineering / Break included
@ Chicago Room
8:00 – 9:00 am / Session 10: Tigers of the Realm Exhibit- Light on the Land
Allmon Forrester, John Ball Zoo
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 11: FRP vs. Traditional Materials Mark Miller & John Morelli, Corrim Company
@ Prairie Stone VI
9:10 – 10:10 am / Session 12: Renewable Energy Infrastructure Opportunities
Tom Sonnleitner, UWO
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 13: Sustainability – For a Healthy Tomorrow
Suzanne Andrew, GOJO
@ Prairie Stone VI
10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Vendor Trade Show / Prairie Stone I - IV
10:10 – 10:25 am / Break / Prairie Stone III
10:25 – 11:25 am / Session 14: VFD or Water Regulator PackageRandy Kent & Brian McBride, BECI & SPOC
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 15: Risk Management – What Does CMMS Have to Do with It?
Forrest Cooper, FacilityDude
@ Prairie Stone VI
11:35 am -12:35 pm / Session 16: Streamline Facility Bidding & Vendor ManagementTom Rogers & Ellen Nasrallah, Vendor Centric/BidNet
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 17: Grizzly Bear Container TestingRandy Gravatt, Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center
@ Prairie Stone VI
12:35 – 1:35 pm / Lunch / Prairie Stone I - III
1:40 – 2:40 pm / Session 18: Finding the Balance Roundtable – Facilities vs. Keepers
Sam Peterson & David Muzia
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 19: Indoor Air Quality Testing w/ Anderson N6 Microbial Impactor Kit John Kanzia, Brookfield Zoo
@ Prairie Stone VI
2:50 – 3:50 pm / Session 20: Getting to “Yes” Roundtable Mark Fisher, Cincinnati Zoo & Bob Wengel, Shedd Aquarium
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 21: Holding Back the Wild
Liam Shaw, Gallagher
@ Prairie Stone VI
3:50 – 4:10 pm / Break / Prairie Stone III
4:10 – 5:10 pm / Session 22: Plastic Pipe Fittings & Valves
Michael Sass, Spears Manufacturing
@ Prairie Stone V / Session 23: LSS – Equipment, Controls, & Management Joe Arlotto, Aquatic Operations & John Hale, RCK Controls
@ Prairie Stone VI
Tuesday, 13thOctober 2015 continued
5:10 – 6:00 pm / Committee Meetings / To be determined by committee chairs
4:00 – 6:00 pm / Vendor Load Out / Prairie Stone II
After 6:00 pm / Dinner on your own / Check postings for restaurant meetups
9:00 – 11:00 pm / Hospitality Suite Open / Room 121
Wednesday, 14thOctober 2015 –Zoo Day
Time / Activity and Location
6:30 – 7:45 am / Presidents Breakfast
6:00 – 7:45 am / Breakfast on your own
8:00 – 8:15 am / Buses depart for Zoo
9:00 am / Group Photo / Brookfield Zoo entrance
9:15 am / Welcome to the Zoo – Zoo staff
9:30 am – 12:00 pm / Behind-the-Scenes Tours / Or explore the Zoo on your own
10:00 am / Workshop 1: Stable Fly Management in Zoos
Dr. Jerry Hogsette
@ 31st Street hoofstock yards / Workshop 2: Welding
Frank Guidry, Woodland Park ZooCraig Tichelar, Brookfield Zoo
@ Maintenance Shop
12:00 – 1:30 pm / Lunch / Swan Pavilion
1:30 pm / Workshop 3: Roto Mold Machine Demonstration
Matt Owens & Sara Feliciano
@ Animal Enrichment Workshop / Workshop 4: Animal Enrichment – PVC Tree Branches
Matt Owens & Sara Feliciano
@ Animal Enrichment Workshop
1:30 – 3:00 pm / Behind-the-Scenes Tours / Or explore the Zoo on your own
3:15 pm / Buses Return to Hotel / Buses depart from Zoo
4:00 – 5:30 pm / Silent Auction and Banquet Set Up / Prairie Stone I - III
5:30 pm / Cash Bar Opens & Auction Preview / Prairie Stone I - III
6:00 – 7:30 pm / Silent Auction / Prairie Stone I - III
7:30 – 9:30 pm / AZFA Banquet Dinner / Prairie Stone III - IV
9:30 pm – 11:30 pm / Hospitality Suite Open / Room 121
Thursday, 15thOctober 2015 –Post Conference Tour to Lincoln Park Zoo
Time / Activity / Location
7:00 – 8:00 am / Breakfast on your own
8:00 am / Load buses for Lincoln Park Zoo
9:00 am – 2:00 pm / Post Conference Tour / Lincoln Park Zoo
10:00 am / Kurt Zitner Presentation: Landscape Masterplanning 101
2:00 pm / Load buses for Soldier Field / Soldier Field excursion
4:00 pm / Load buses and return to Hotel
After 4:30 pm / Departure or dinner on your own

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