<strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">March 10-13, 2014 </strong><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">- Association of Zoo Veterinary Technicians (AZVT) Focus Group:  The Art and Science of hand-rearing.  Santa Rosa, CA  The workshop concentrates solely on the hand-rearing of zoo carnivore and ungulate species.  For more information contact: Gail Hedberg at ghedberg@safariwest.com</span>

<strong>March 15-19, 2014</strong> - Otter Keeper Workshop, Denver, CO  Hosted by the Denver Zoo and Denver Downtown Aquarium.  For more information go to: otterkeepersworkshop.org

<strong>March 22-28, 2014</strong> AZA Mid-year Meeting, Memphis, TN  For more information go to: AAZA.org/midyearmeeting

<strong>April 13-18, 2014 </strong>ABMA’s 14th Annual Conference Dallas, TX For more information go to: <a href="http://theabma.org/" target="_blank">theabma.org</a>

<strong>April 29-May 2, 2014 </strong>- African painted Dog Conference, Chicago, IL.  This conference will be hosted by the Chicago Zoological Society at Brookfield Zoo.  Please join us in helping to enhance and improve the care and conservation of African Painted Dogs.  For more information and to register, please visit: <a href="http://www.czs.org/czs/APDConference">http://www.czs.org/czs/APDConference</a>

<strong>August 4-7, 2014 </strong>- 12th Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles.  Orlando, FL.  For more information go to: turtlesurvival.org

<strong>September 8-12, 2014</strong> - AAZK Conference, Orlando FL. Hosted by Disney's Animal Kingdom. For information on upcoming AAZK conferences, watch the AAZK website at www.aecetia.net/gws/aazk.

<strong>September 12-18, 2014</strong> - AZA National Conference, Orlando, FL.  Hosted by Disney’s Animal Kingdom, The Seas, and SeaWorld Orlando. For more information visit aza.org

<strong>Otober 6-8, 2014 </strong>- 3rd International Flamingo Symposium Hosted by SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego. CA.  For more information contact: laurie.conrad@SeaWorld.com