The Marriott WestShore
Tampa, Florida
October 13-17, 2004

PROGRAM PREVIEW

Wednesday, October 13
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM CETA/ACTE Certification Committee Meeting
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM AETA/CETA Board of Directors Meeting
1:30 PM – 5:00 PM CETA and AETA Certification Exam
6:00 PM – 10 PM AETA Board of Directors Meeting

Thursday, October 14
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Golf Tournament
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Charter Boat Fishing/Tour
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Equine Wet Lab - Ed Squires and Elaine Carnevale - Embryo Morphology and Grading, Embryo Freezing, Superovulation
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ultrasound Wet Lab - Bill Beal
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Small Ruminant Web Lab - Herman Baldassarre
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Starship Dinner Cruise

Friday, October 15, 2004
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Exhibits
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Companion Tour - Busch Gardens
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Introduction of Sponsors
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM USDA-APHIS Updates BSE, Japan
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Peter Hansen - Can ET Be Used to Improve Pregnancy Rate in Heat Stressed Dairy Cattle
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM John Hasler -V itrification Update
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AETA & CETA Annual Business Meeting
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Elaine Carnevale - Assisted Reproduction in the Horse
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Herman Baldassarre - State of the Art (Assisted Reproductive Technology) in Goats and Sheep
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Charles Looney - Environmental Influences on ET, Breed Differences
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Certification Session for AETA/CETA
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Social Hour
7:00 PM Banquet

Saturday, October 16
6:45 AM - 8:00 AM Past Presidents/Board of Directors Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Companion Tour - Ybor, Columbia Restaurant , Florida Aquarium/Catamaran tour of Tampa Bay
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Cliff Lamb - The Use of GnRH and CIDRS to Synchronize Ovulation in Recipients
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Paul Greenough - Stress, Management, and Nutritional Mismanagement; Their Affect on Reproductive Inefficiency and Lameness
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Paul Greenough - Continued
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Randy Prather - Genetic Modification of Swine for Medicine and Agriculture
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Bob Godke - Trans Vaginal Ultrasound Guided Oocyte Recovery in Species Other than Cattle
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Practioners Forum

Moderator - Rueben Mapletoft
Practioners - Bill Beal USA
Roger Suave CAN
Gordon Macdonald CAN
Brad Stroud USA

2004 Convention in Tampa, Florida October 13-16, 2004 At The Marriott WestShore