In 2019, The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America will be celebrating 31 years of education, innovation, and social networking. Three days, dozens of speakers, hundreds of exhibitors, and thousands of attendees all under one roof! Turning 31 never looked so [...]
Welcome to MACNA 2020: A Reef Oasis in the Desert! Taking advantage of all the city has to offer, MACNA 2020 will be held in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, in both the beautiful Phoenix Convention Center, and next door in Phoenix’s largest hotel, the Sheraton Grand Phoenix, from August 28th – [...]
The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America is the oldest conference of its kind, bringing industry leaders, scientific advancements, and the hobbyists that connect them together all in one place. Three days, dozens of speakers, hundreds of exhibitors, and thousands of attendees all under [...]
Attend the Saturday night banquet at MACNA to see Vincent Chalias’ keynote: What happened to the coral industry? A quick history of the issues, the causes, and what we can do to fix it. Vincent is an avid aquarist from an early age, and a graduate of the Marine Aquaculture program from [...]
The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) is proud to present 4th annual MASNA Scientific Poster Session held at the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) 2019 in Orlando, Florida, August 30th – September 1st, 2019. MASNA is a non-profit organization composed [...]
MASNA intends to award two leaders a highly sought after award for those contributing to the marine aquarium industry for their impact on the sustainability of the hobby at its annual conference in Orlando in August. Those considered for this award must first be nominated for consideration by [...]
To further our goals, MASNA offers the MASNA Student Scholarship program to help stimulate and promote the pursuit of marine science, in particular for topics that are current and relevant to the marine aquarium hobby. This year there are two scholarships available; one $4,000 scholarship for [...]
During this year’s MACNA, Kessil finally released the highly anticipated successor to their wildly popular 360 series. I met up with my friend David Lowry of Kessil to learn everything about this amazing new light from Kessil. Enjoy! MACNA 2018 – Introducing Kessil X. [...]