WAMAS SYMPOSIUM
WAMAS, The Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society, will be hosting a Symposium on Saturday June 26, 2004 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM in Vienna, VA (immediately outside Washington, DC).
If you have a Saltwater Aquarium and want to learn how to maximize the experience and the fun of owning it this is the event you need to attend.
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Special Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Bruce Carlson
- Dr. Daphne Fautin
- Adam Cesnales
- Joe Burger
- John Brandt
Featured Vendors & Highlights:
- Dr. Mac of Pacific East Aquaculture, Inc. The Premier Livestock Vendor and Coral Farm
FISH * CORAL * SUPPLIES * FOR SALE
BOOK SIGNINGS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RAFFLE PRIZES
- Win a 90 gallon (Reef Ready) donated byAll-Glass
- Win 1 of 2 Blueline E-Ballast Metal Halide Lighting systems donated byChampion Lighting & Supply
- Win a My Reef Creations calcium reactor My Reef Creations
- Liveaquaria live rock & other prizes LiveAquaria
*Many more prizes listed soon!!!
Along with Dr. Mac & his traveling coral store, lots of frag swapping and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss!
For further information on the WAMA Symposium, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/
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Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society)
When: June 26, 2004 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST)
Where: Oakton High School (entrance 5)
2900 Sutton Road
Vienna, VA 22181
Cost: WAMAS Members - $25
Non-members - $35.00
Non-Member + WAMAS Membership - $45.00 (1/2 price membership benefit for attending)
* children under 16 free with paying parent
Lunch fee - $ 7.50
[WAMAS Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family; $10 - Educators; Free - Students (students must pay for symposium)]
Agenda
- will be announced soon
Miscellaneous
- Raffle prizes
- Vendor exhibits
Directions:
- will be written up soon
Here's a map from Mapquest
Map link
Hotel details
* coming soon - see WAMAS website for updates
This is not just another Aquarium Society Meeting; this is the Capital Area, Aquarium event of the year.
The Event runs all day with a break for lunch. It is a day that will be chocked full of fun and information. People will be bringing frag's to trade with each other. Dr. Mac of Pacific East Aquaculture, Inc., one of the regions foremost coral aqua-culturist and livestock dealers will be there. He will have a large amount of the finest coral to sell to the attendee's of the event. We will have a raffle with prizes that range from live coral to a 90gal All-Glass (reef ready) tank and stand. There will be an opportunity to ask Questions and get answers from the pros. Also you get to make friends with a lot of other people who understand your addiction to this hobby.
THE MAIN SPEAKERS:
Dr. Bruce Carlson Former Director Waikiki Aquarium.
Currently Vice President for Life Sciences at the new Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. This man is a true pioneer in the reef keeping field. He will be talking to us about Coral Diseases and the Fiji- bleaching updates/recovery, Also he will share information about the 2 major export operations down there
Adam Cesnales. Current President of PMASI (Pittsburgh Marine Aquarium Society Inc.). He will be sharing Soft Corals and Xeniidis, care and propagation.
Joe Burger (JB) One of the foremost experts on Aquarium Lighting. He will be giving us his Lighting comparisons of 250W metal halide bulb and ballast combinations.
Dr. Daphne Fautin is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas. She also serves as Curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the university. Dr. Fautin is an expert and author on sea anemones and corals and has been deeply involved in planning for the Census, particularly in the development of an ocean biogeographic information system (OBIS). If you keep a Clownfish with an Anemone (or want to) you need to hear her talk on Clownfish Host Anemone Interactions.
John Brandt, MASNA's Industry/Legislation/Ocean Conservation Representative. John is the Vice President of the Chicagoland Marine Aquarium Society (CMAS); the Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) and United States Coral Reef Task Force representative for the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) and the MASNA representative for MAC. John has lectured at two MACNA's and at many more CMAS meetings. In the past few years John has been greatly involved in aquarium industry reform issues and has an active relationship with the USCRTF and MAC. He has also attended and spoken at government meetings in Washington D.C., American Samoa and Puerto Rico. His recent travels to the Philippine.
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