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Zoological Society of San Diego Conservation Medal Recipients (pdf)... |
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Calendar: Conservation Medal Award Dinner and State of Endangered Species
Conservation Medal Award Dinner
Thursday, May 15, 2008
6 p.m. at the San Diego Zoo
Tickets: $65 per person
Includes 3-course dinner, hosted bar, and dinner wine
Recipients
- Laurie Marker, Ph.D., Founder, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia—Lifetime Achievement Award
- Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, D.V.M., Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH)— Conservation-In-Action Award
- Richard Louv, Author, Last Child in the Woods—Conservation Advocate Award
Schedule
- 6 p.m. — Animal Ambassadors and Conservation Project Displays by CRES and Junior Conservationists
- Hosted Bar
- 6:45 p.m. — Dinner and Awards Program
Introductions by Joan Embery, Conservation Ambassador
Endangered Species Day
State of Endangered Species
Climate Change: Wildlife Impacts
Friday, May 16, 2008
10 a.m.–4 p.m. at the San Diego Zoo
Tickets: $10 per person
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and presentations
Schedule
- 9:30 a.m — Continental breakfast
- 10 a.m. — Introduction, Joan Embery, Conservation Ambassador, Zoological Society of San Diego
- 10:30 a.m. — Climate Change and Birds, Alicia Frances King, American Bird Conservancy Director, Bird Conservation Alliance
- 11:15 a.m. — Polar Bears and Arctic Ice, George Durner, Senior Polar Bear Researcher, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
- Noon — Lunch
- 12:15 p.m. — Polar Bear Foraging Strategies, JoAnne Simerson, Senior Animal Keeper, Polar Bear Researcher, San Diego Zoo
- 1 p.m. — Living on Fast Food: Can Big, Hungry Carnivores Survive in a Rapidly Changing World? Terrie Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
- 2 p.m. — Conservation of Threatened Reptiles in the Face of Global Warming, Nicola Nelson, Ph.D., Program Manager, Conservation Biology School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
- 3 p.m. — Climate Change and Coral Reefs, Stuart Sandin, Ph.D., Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
