Return to World Chelonian Trust Main Page for more Turtle and Tortoise Information

16 - 17 August, 2004 Turtle Survival Alliance Annual Meeting  

Please note -- this conference IS open to the public, you do not need to be a TSA Partner to attend. .

2ND ANNUAL TSA CONFERENCE -- CALL FOR PRE-REGISTRATION

AUGUST 16- 17, ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Plans for this year's conference are shaping up, and we are expecting a really good turnout. So that we don't run into space problems with the conference hotel, we are urging you to pre-register in advance so that we can make adjustments if needed. Conference Registration is $40 with checks made payable to Turtle Survival Alliance and sent to:

Lisa Lowell
TSA Secretary
3308 Rivercrest Drive
Austin, TX 78746
 

The venue is the Orlando Worldgate Hotel that is very close to Disney's  Animal Kingdom, and is the same hotel as last year's meeting. The address is 3011 Main Gate Lane, Kissimmee, Florida. Reservations can be made by calling toll free 1-866-705-7676. A reduced room rate of $69/night (plus tax) has been negotiated; to receive this rate please identify yourself as Turtle
Survival Alliance. This rate is available until July 16, 30 days prior to the conference. Please be sure to identify yourself as Turtle Survival Alliance when you reserve your room. Our room rates and catering charges are all based on our reserving a minimum number of  rooms, so please book make your reservations directly with the hotel, and not through an on line travel service. This will insure that we meet the minimum number required for the discount.

This is the confirmed list of speakers for the 2nd annual TSA conference in Orlando Florida, 16 – 17 August 2004. Several others are tentative and may be added later. Some of the titles are very general and may  change somewhat.

• Anders Rhodin – Progress in turtle research and conservation
   

• April Johnson - The emerging threat of Herpes virus in chelonians
   

• Chuck Schaffer - The status of the Burmese brown tortoise in the wild and progress of the Manouria emys TMP
   

• Dana Payne - Information management program
   

• Dick Vogt – Plight of Dermatemys mawi
   

• Doug Hendrie - An Overview of Asian River Terrapin Conservation, focusing on Batagur in Malaysia (and highlights of other Asian priority species)
   

• Ernst Baard - South African Tortoise Conservation
   

• George Heinrich - Using Turtles as a Vehicle for Environmental Education.
   

• Greg Fleming and Bill Ninesling - TSA confiscation triage
   

• Heather Kalb – Chelonian Reproductive Physiology and Ultrasound Technology: a Review
   

• Hugh Quinn - TSA training workshop in Singapore; Population Management Guidelines for captive chelonians
   

• Jody Carlen - Design and construction of aquatic filtration systems
   

• John Behler - Ecology of the Wood turtle
   

• Nicole Burpo - Comparative growth rates of map turtles raised on diets with differing protein contents
   

• Paul Crow - Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Gardens activities, highlighting their work with Cuora trifasciata
   

• Peter Paul Van Djik - The Role of CITES in the Asian Turtle Crisis
   

• Peter Pritchard - The Shanghai softshell turtle, Rafetus swinhoei
   

• Rick Hudson - TSA Year in Review; Developing a comprehensive chelonian conservation program for India
   

• Steve Platt - Fieldwork with Asia turtles
   

Reptiles Magazine is finalizing details for an icebreaker on Monday evening, 16 August. There will be book dealers and other vendors there, plus the new TSA t-shirts should be available by then.

World Chelonian Trust

PO Box 1445

Vacaville, CA

95696

WCT Web Master