Montpellier 2011 - Plenary Sessions
The plenary sessions at the EAZA Annual Conference bring all delegates together for presentations of general interest to the membership and to the wider zoo and aquarium community. The opening plenary includes a keynote presentation intended to set the context for event in an inspiring and thought-provoking way. This year's conference will also see plenary sessions dedicated to themes relating to sustainability and to EAZA's breeding programmes.
Opening Plenary
Wednesday 21 September - 08.30-10.30
EAZA Chairman’s welcome - Simon Tonge (Executive Director, Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust)
Conference host's welcome: Welcome to Montpellier
A year in the life of EAZA - Lesley Dickie (Executive Director, EAZA)
Video message from special mystery guest
Keynote Presentation:
Dr. Elizabeth Bennett, Vice President, Species Conservation, WCS
Conservation Campaigns
Wednesday 21 September - 16.30-18.00
16:30-17:15
Closing the EAZA Ape Campaign
- Update on results of palm oil lobbying activities
- Campaign awards
- Presentation of funds to pre-selected projects
- Introducing the EAZA Ape Conservation Fund
17:00-18:00 Introducing the EAZA and IUCN/SSC Southeast Asia Campaign
- Why South-East Asia and why a joint EAZA –IUCN/SSC campaign
- Why saola as a campaign flagship species and not the ‘usual suspects’
- The scale of the problem and reiteration of the urgency to act
- Campaign details and practicalities
Sustainability Plenary
Friday 23 September - 14.00-16.00
A showcase of projects from across the EAZA membership demonstrating a range of actions that help zoos and aquariums use resources in a more sustainable way.
Abstracts are available on the proceedings page. Each presentation will last ten minutes. There will be some time for questions either following the individual presentation or at the end of the session.
Session chair: Michael Sullivan (Communications and Membership Manager), EAZA Executive Offive
1. "Green Team" Initiative
Shai Doron (Director General), The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem
2. What it takes to be environmentally certified
Rikke Bydam, Environmental Coordinator/Ann-Katrine Garn, Zoologist, Research and Conservation
Copenhagen Zoo
3. Encouraging sustainability through a national zoo federation sustainability code
Mirko Marseille (Knowledge and Membership Coordinator), NVD
4. Measures to save energy and resources in the Gondwanaland tropical hall
Jörg Junhold (Director), Zoo Leipzig
5. Energy: management, measurement and mayhem
Mark Pilgrim (Director General) North of England Zoological Society
6. Reduction of CO2 and energy for a sustainable energy policy in Münster Zoo
H. Jörg Adler (Director) and Martina Raffel (Curator for in situ Conservation)
Allwetterzoo Münster
7. Sustainable food production and its role in the modern zoo
Vicky Melfi, Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
8. Recycled Roost – a low-cost, low-impact enclosure for Old World fruit bats
Dominic Wormell (Head of Mammal Department), Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
9. Light, heat and dung
Eric Bairrão Ruivo (Science and Conservation Director), Beauval Zoo
Breeding Programmes Plenary
Towards self-sustaining populations in EAZA and beyond
Saturday 24 September - 11.00-13.00
Session chair: William van Lint (Assistant Manager of Collection Coordination and Conservation), EAZA Executive Office
1. EEPs in the future
Bengt Holst (EEP Committee Chair), Copenhagen Zoo
2. Intensively Managed Populations (IMPs) for species conservation
Kristin Leus, CBSG Europe and EAZA
3. EAZA and the world: global initiatives towards achieving more sustainable populations
Danny de Man (Manager of Collection Coordination and Conservation), EAZA Executive Office
4. Conservation Centers for Species Survival (C2S2)
Dr. Susie Ellis, International Rhino Foundation
5. Imports of animals from third countries; practicalities, do’s and don’ts
Jacques Kaandorp (EAZA Veterinary Committee Chair), Safaripark Beekse Bergen
Closing Plenary
Saturday 24 September - 16.30-17.00
- Host handover: Parc de Lunaret, Montpellier hands over to Alpenzoo Innsbruck, Austria
- Chairman's closing remarks: Simon Tonge