I know it is a bit of a short notice, but nevertheless. Please take a look and if you can, GO!!
The line up of speakers is fantastic and the news and updates you will hear and learn about will be incredible, in short, PRICELESS!!!
It is hosted at the Oakland Zoo
Location: Oakland Zoo
Maddie’s Center/Zimmer Auditorium, on the first floor
9777 Golf Links Road, Oakland, CA
March 28, 29, 30
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
$250 general; $175 student
Price includes:
• Welcome reception on Wednesday evening at the Oakland Zoo
• Vegetarian or vegan lunch on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Summit lunches presented by renowned Chef, Tanya Petrovna
• Complimentary shuttle service to and from the Oakland Zoo for conference attendees
• staying at the Hilton Hotel-Oakland Airport location.
Price does not include:
Other transportation, lodging, or any meals not mentioned.
Saturday, March 31
ARK 2000 SANCTUARY*
Optional excursion to PAWS’ ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, CA.
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
$75 per person; includes transportation to and from San Andreas and a sack lunch.
Join PAWS directors, Pat Derby and Ed Stewart, for an intimate, behind-the-scene
tour of the first captive elephant sanctuary in the United States.
ARK 2000 shuttles will be available at two locations — Oakland Zoo and the
Hilton Hotel-Oakland Airport. When you register, please indicate at which location you
will be boarding the shuttle. Check-in will begin promptly at 8:45 a.m. Space is limited.
*ARK 2000 excursion is open to conference attendees/speakers only.
And the Speaker's are:
• Pat Derby and Ed Stewart: Founders, Performing Animal Welfare Society
• Joyce Poole and Petter Granli: Founders, ElephantVoices
• Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips: Founders, Animal Defenders International (ADI)
• Matt Rossell: Campaign Director, Animal Defenders International (ADI)
• Kartick Satyanarayan and Geeta Seshamani: Founders, Wildlife SOS India
• Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell: Founder, Utopia Scientific
• Joel Parrott, DVM: Executive Director, Oakland Zoo
• Colleen Kinzley: Director of Animal Care, Conservation and Research, Oakland Zoo
• Gina Kinzley: Senior Elephant Keeper, Oakland Zoo
• Guy Lichty: Curator of Mammals, North Carolina Zoo
• Member, Steering Committee for the Elephant Taxon Advisor Group/Species Survival Plan
• for the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA)
• Rob Atkinson: CEO, The Elephant Sanctuary (TES)
• Keith Lindsay, Ph.D.: Researcher/Conservation Biologist, Scientific Advisory Committee,
• Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP)
• Dagmar Gerdes: Operant Conditioning Manager/Protected Contact, San Juan de Aragon Zoo, Mexico
• Cindy Machado: Director of Animal Services, Marin Humane Society
• Gail Laule: President, Active Environments
• Margaret Whittaker: Consultant, Active Environments
• Katie Maneeley: Founder, The Animal Agency
• Anna Ware: Board of Directors, Atlanta Humane Society
• Deborah Robinson: Volunteer/Elephant Campaign, In Defense of Animals (IDA)
• Catherine Doyle: Elephant Welfare Specialist/Campaign Director, In Defense of Animals (IDA)
• Ariel Fagan: Tufts University, Veterinarian Department
• Cherie Travis: Executive Director, Chicago Commission On Animal Care & Control
• Winnie Kiiru: Research Associate, Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP)
• Sofie Goetghebeur and Tony Verhulst: Founders, Elephant Haven (European elephant sanctuary)
• Adam M. Stone: Assistant Curator of Behavioral Management, Elephant Program Manager, ZooAtlanta
• Leonie Vestering: Wilde Dieren de Tent Uit (Dutch association against the use of wild animals in circuses)
• Linda Faso: Las Vegas Animal Advocate
• Martha Golar, Esq.: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Animal Law
• Delcianna Winders: Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement, PETA
• Denise M. Sofranko, DVM: Field Specialist for Elephants, USDA, APHIS, Animal Care
• Sharon Niel: Conservationist, Researcher and Author
CONFERENCE CONTACT INFORMATION
Kim Gardner, event coordinator: 916/488-3991
E-mail Kim Gardner: kgardner@pawsweb.org
PAWS office: 209/745-2606
E-mail PAWS: info@pawsweb.org
PAWS’ website: www.pawsweb.org
Karim Kara is a Kenyan born and bred, self taught, independent filmmaker and photographer. He, as a teen, was passionate about nature and the environment, which later led him to pursue and study ornithology. Following that knowledge gained, he consulted as an Ornithologist for Lafarge Ecosystems International.
Ever since he was 13 years old, his beating heart began taking wildlife pictures and slowly moved on to corporate and commercial photography & films. That later led to the birth of his little media company; Megapixels Productions. 
His heart still beats very strongly for the wildlife & conservation world and whenever his time allows he is out in the bush with his most favorite 'models'.