THURSDAY May 15^TH / MORNING SESSION

7:15 AM-3:15PM                                  Registration open 

7:15 – 8:00AM                       Vendor Set-Up / Vendor Breakfast

8:00 – 8:45AM                       Vendor Exhibits / Breakfast Buffet

8:45 – 9:00AM                       Opening Remarks – Kevin Phelps, Quad Chair

9:00 – 10:00AM                     Dr. Cindy Buckmaster

Topic: Reining in the Reproducibility Crisis

Moderator: Dawn Hidenfelter

10:00 – 10:45AM                    Vendor Exhibits / Beverage Break

10:15 – 10:45AM                    Poster Discussion Session w / Authors

10:45 – 11:30AM                    Dr. Jeff Wyatt

Topic: A VERY FISHY, One Health, Translational Research Success Story

Moderator: Pradeep Dumpala

 11:30AM – 12:15PM              Dr. Mario C. Rodriguez

Topic: Marmosets: Bridging the Gap Between Mice, Monkeys and the Human Brain

Moderator: Pradeep Dumpala

12:15 – 1:15PM                     Lunch and Dessert (Vendor Area to remain open until 4:45PM)

 

THURSDAY May 15^TH / AFTERNOON SESSIONS 

1:15 – 2:00PM                       Dr. Jim Macy (AALAS President)

Topic: Academic Animal Resource Center Trends

Moderator: Diana Medina

2:00 – 2:45PM                       Angelika Rehrig

Topic: Zookeeper to Lab Rat: Enhancing Laboratory Animal Welfare through Insights from the Zoo World

Moderator: Diana Medina

2:45 – 3:30PM                       Vendor Exhibits / Beverage Break / Speaker Evaluations

3:30 – 4:45PM                       QUAD Tech Challenge – Katie Allen & Karrie Southwell

6:00 – 8:30PM                       Reception, Dinner Buffet, and Auction

 

FRIDAY May 16^TH / MORNING SESSION

7:30AM-10:45AM

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

8:30 – 9:15AM                       Breakout Session #1: Melissa Dragon and Michelle Nevor

Topic: Pfizer Drug Discovery Game

Moderator: Nicole La Mattina

 

Breakout Session #2: Dr. Rebecca LaFleur

Topic: Stuck on a Problem? Try a Kaizen Event

Moderator: Diana Medina

 

Breakout Session #3: Dr. Leah Makaron

Topic: 3D printed mouse ‘playgrounds’

Moderator: Karrie Southwell

 

9:25 – 10:10AM                    

Breakout Session #1: Melissa Dragon and Michelle Nevor

Topic: Pfizer Drug Discovery Game

Moderator: Joe Ordile

 

Breakout Session #2: Dr. Rebecca LaFleur

Topic: Stuck on a Problem? Try a Kaizen Event

Moderator: Jennifer Martinez

 

Breakout Session Speaker #3: Dr. Leah Makaron

Topic: 3D printed mouse ‘playgrounds’

Moderator: Diana Medina

 

10:15 – 10:45AM                    Vendor Exhibits / Morning Break

10:15 – 10:45AM                    Poster Discussion Session w / Authors

10:45 – 11:30AM                    Dr. Monika Burns

Topic: Hot Topics in Animal Welfare

Moderator: Diana Medina

11:30AM – 11:40PM               Speaker Evaluations

11:40AM – 12:00PM               Closing Remarks / Poster Prizes Presented – Kevin Phelps

 

FRIDAY, May 16th / MINI MANAGEMENT+ALAT SESSION

(Pre-registration Required and Lunch Included)

Moderator: Kevin Phelps

12:15 – 5:00PM                    

Mini Management Speaker #1: Kiirsa Pokryfke

Topic: Empowering Growth: Advancing Laboratory Animal Science Trainers using Expectations, Performance Evaluations and Career Pathways

Mini Management Speaker #2: Dr. Leslie Diaz

Topic: I’m sorry you find communication difficult, next time I’ll read your mind

Mini Management Speaker #3: Martin Gallardo

Topic: Digital SOP: Transforming Vivarium SOP Training Through Mobile Technology

Mini Management Speaker #4: Renee Thompson

Topic: "Introduction to Lean Management: from Waste to Value in the Vivarium".

FRIDAY, May 16th / Deep Diving into ALAT Review

(Pre-registration Required and Lunch Included)

 

12:15 – 4:00PM

Moderator: (TBD)

Instructors: Louisa Cassone and Vivian Carbonell