7th Annual QUAD 2008 SYMPOSIUM – Agenda

                     Managing Diversity & Adversity

May 14, 2008

               7:00  –   7:30 am      Vendor Set-Up (Ballroom A, B, & C)

               7:30  –   8:30 am      Breakfast Buffet/Vendor Exhibit (Ballroom A, B & C)

   8:00  –   8:30 am      Poster Set-Up (Foyer)             

               8:50  –   9:00 am      Opening Remarks – Miriam Moldenhauer-Majewski

                                                (Ballroom D & E)

            Moderator:                   Dr. Ann Turner - AALAS

   9:00  –   9:45 am      Dr. Christian Newcomer – AALAS, Johns Hopkins University

                                                Communication and Unity of Purpose

               9:30  –   1:00 am      Poster Viewing  (Foyer)

   9:45  – 10:30 am      Vendor Exhibits/Break (Ballroom A, B, & C)

 10:30  – 11:15 am      Dr. Fiona Claire Hankenson – University of Pennsylvania

                                                Navigating the U.S. Regulations

 11:15  – 11:45 am      Dr. Howard Rush – U Michigan

Doing More with Less: Applying Lean Processing in the Laboratory Animal Resources Environment

             11:45  –   1:10 pm      Lunch (Pearl Street Room) and Announcements

            Moderator:                   Ms Julie Nack –  Charles River Laboratories

               1:15  –   2:00 pm      Ms. Marion Pietz – Humor Therapy

                                                Laughing Your Way Through Stress

               1:30  –   4:00 pm      Poster Viewing (Foyer)

   2:00  –   2:30 pm      Ms. Ann Murray – Charles River Laboratories

                                                The Outsourcing Revolution: Fact or Fiction

               2:30  –   3:00 pm      Dr. Stacy Pritt – Covance

                                                IACUC Member Training and Continuing Education

               3:00  –   3:45 pm      Vendor Exhibits/Break (Ballroom A, B, & C)

               3:45  –   5:00 pm      QUAD Tech Challenge – Ms. Kathy Meunier /Mr. Sean Sullivan

               5:45  –   7:00 pm      Reception, Dinner Buffet, Auction (Ballroom A to E)

               7:00  –   8:00 pm      Entertainment

May 15, 2008

               7:30  –   8:30 am      Breakfast Buffet/Vendor Exhibits

(Ballroom A, B, & C)

             Moderator:                  Dr. Robert Quinn –  SUNY Upstate Medical University

               8:45  –   9:15 am      Mr. Makr Czarneski – ChlorDiSys Solutions, Inc

                                               Facility Decontamination with Gaseous Chlorine Dioxide

   9:15  –   9:45 am      Ms. Lynell Dupepe – Tulane University

Surviving the Unthinkable – Are You Ready?

               9:30  – 11:00 am      Poster Viewing – (Foyer)

               9:45  – 10:30 am      Vendor Exhibits/Break (Ballroom A, B, & C)

             10:00  – 10:30 am      Authors with Posters (Foyer)

             10:30  – 11:00 am      Mr. Jason Beckwith – Jackson Laboratory

                                                Nomenclature of Mice, Genes and Mutations

             11:00  – 11:30 am      Dr. Wendy Williams – Cornell University

Fangs in the Field: Safe Handling of Timber Rattlesnakes in their Natural Environment

             11:30  – 11:45 am      Closing Comments/Evaluation Drawing