Taken from their Facebook page:
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 15, 2012
8:30 to 9:00 am – mingle and continental breakfast
9:00 am – WELCOME (TTPG) Russ Gurley
KEYNOTE
9:15 to 10:15 am – SPECIAL GUEST
10:15 to 10:45 am – Fred Caporaso PhD - “Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.): Going, Going Gone! Making a Huge Comeback!â€
10:45 to 11:45 am – TBA
11:45 to 12:30 pm - Doug Dix “Keeping and Breeding Mediterranean Tortoises Indoorsâ€
12:30 to 1:15 pm – LUNCH
1:15 to 2:00 pm – Stephen Böhm (Austria) “Keeping and Breeding Phrynops ranicepsâ€
2:00 to 2:45 pm - Richard Fife (TTPG) “Breeding Cuora serrataâ€
2:45 to 3:15 pm – David Lee (The Tortoise Reserve) “Community organized turtle races: well-intended, unregulated family events can be serious drains on native turtle populationsâ€
3:15 to 3:45 pm - TBA
3:45 - 4:00 pm - BREAK
4:00 to 4:30 pm – Cord Offermann DVM “Designing Outdoor Breeding Programsâ€
4:30 to 5:15 pm – David Mifsud “A Look at Blandings Turtlesâ€
5:15 to 5:25 pm - BREAK
5:25 to 5:45 pm – Ashley Rademacher (ZOO MED) “Keeping and Breeding Pancake Tortoisesâ€
5:45 to 6:30 pm - Stephen Böhm (Austria) “A Turtle and Tortoise Trip to French Guianaâ€
6:30 to 8:00 pm - Dinner together or on our own
8:00 pm to ??? David Lee (The Tortoise Reserve)
Mini-Workshop. Turtles Outdoors: what works where?
[Overview of a proposed cooperative program for TTPG members to share climate zone information for successfully keeping breeding groups of turtles and tortoises outside throughout the year. Common sense with a few surprises. Followed by an open discussion.]
* Some of the Behler Chelonian Center will be on hand to tell us about their amazing facility in Ojai, California and we will be playing videos from some of their turtle adventures around the world.
FRIDAY, November 16, 2012
8:30 to 9:00 am – mingle and continental breakfast
9:00 to 9:30 am - Cord Offermann DVM “Keeping and Breeding Box Turtles in South Central Texasâ€
9:30to 10:00 am – Alan Shoemaker “Legal Issues and Terminologyâ€
10:00 to 10:45 am – Barry Downer (Tulsa Zoo) “A Breeding and Reintroduction Program for Alligator Snapping Turtlesâ€
10:45 to 11:15 pm – TBA
CONCLUSION - Russ Gurley
11:30 pm to 1:00 pm – lunch banquet and banquet speaker:
Dr. Peter Pritchard (Chelonian Research Institute)
“EXTINCTION and the Story of Rafetus swinhoeiâ€
Not a whole lot of tortoise stuff, but I am still planning on going. If anyone else on the forum is going we should all get together and wear TFO shirts with green visors and fanny packs.
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 15, 2012
8:30 to 9:00 am – mingle and continental breakfast
9:00 am – WELCOME (TTPG) Russ Gurley
KEYNOTE
9:15 to 10:15 am – SPECIAL GUEST
10:15 to 10:45 am – Fred Caporaso PhD - “Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis spp.): Going, Going Gone! Making a Huge Comeback!â€
10:45 to 11:45 am – TBA
11:45 to 12:30 pm - Doug Dix “Keeping and Breeding Mediterranean Tortoises Indoorsâ€
12:30 to 1:15 pm – LUNCH
1:15 to 2:00 pm – Stephen Böhm (Austria) “Keeping and Breeding Phrynops ranicepsâ€
2:00 to 2:45 pm - Richard Fife (TTPG) “Breeding Cuora serrataâ€
2:45 to 3:15 pm – David Lee (The Tortoise Reserve) “Community organized turtle races: well-intended, unregulated family events can be serious drains on native turtle populationsâ€
3:15 to 3:45 pm - TBA
3:45 - 4:00 pm - BREAK
4:00 to 4:30 pm – Cord Offermann DVM “Designing Outdoor Breeding Programsâ€
4:30 to 5:15 pm – David Mifsud “A Look at Blandings Turtlesâ€
5:15 to 5:25 pm - BREAK
5:25 to 5:45 pm – Ashley Rademacher (ZOO MED) “Keeping and Breeding Pancake Tortoisesâ€
5:45 to 6:30 pm - Stephen Böhm (Austria) “A Turtle and Tortoise Trip to French Guianaâ€
6:30 to 8:00 pm - Dinner together or on our own
8:00 pm to ??? David Lee (The Tortoise Reserve)
Mini-Workshop. Turtles Outdoors: what works where?
[Overview of a proposed cooperative program for TTPG members to share climate zone information for successfully keeping breeding groups of turtles and tortoises outside throughout the year. Common sense with a few surprises. Followed by an open discussion.]
* Some of the Behler Chelonian Center will be on hand to tell us about their amazing facility in Ojai, California and we will be playing videos from some of their turtle adventures around the world.
FRIDAY, November 16, 2012
8:30 to 9:00 am – mingle and continental breakfast
9:00 to 9:30 am - Cord Offermann DVM “Keeping and Breeding Box Turtles in South Central Texasâ€
9:30to 10:00 am – Alan Shoemaker “Legal Issues and Terminologyâ€
10:00 to 10:45 am – Barry Downer (Tulsa Zoo) “A Breeding and Reintroduction Program for Alligator Snapping Turtlesâ€
10:45 to 11:15 pm – TBA
CONCLUSION - Russ Gurley
11:30 pm to 1:00 pm – lunch banquet and banquet speaker:
Dr. Peter Pritchard (Chelonian Research Institute)
“EXTINCTION and the Story of Rafetus swinhoeiâ€
Not a whole lot of tortoise stuff, but I am still planning on going. If anyone else on the forum is going we should all get together and wear TFO shirts with green visors and fanny packs.