IMAC Founder to Step Down

[Pufferpunk]

Got this letter from Dennis while I was on vacation:

Hi All;

Well, it has been my great pleasure for 6 years to offer IMAC to the
community, but now it is time for me to step down for health reasons,
after this year.

I hope you can join us in Chicago May 30, 31 and June 1 so I can get
together with you one last time. I think we have a very good conference
lined up for you as my farewell gift. Here are the Speakers:
Dr. Sanjay Joshi: “Reef Lighting”
Dr. Ron Shimek (2 presentations): “Currents & Feeding Corals” and
“It’s Not As Bad As We Thought; It Is Far Worse”
Frank Burr: “Self-sustaining Marine Biospheres”
Anthony Calfo: “Aquarium Photography”
Scott Fellman: “Marine Biotope Aquariums: Taking Inspirations From
Nature”
Adam Cesnales: “Form Meets Function: Designing Your Refugium to Work
Harder”
Jake Adams: “Fluid Dynamics for the Reef Aquarium”
John Coppolino: “Rare Angels”
Dr. Adelaide Rhodes: “Frontiers in Fish Growing - Newest Technologies
in Aquaculture that can help the Hobbyist”
James Fatheree: “Tridnacnid Clams â€"œ Diversity and Lighting
Needs”
Tony Vargas: “Tubbataha â€"œ Unexpected Paradise”
Tim Hayes : “How to Be A Better Reefkeeper”
Allen LaPointe: “Water Quality Monitoring and Data Interpretation”
Tullio Dell Aquila: “Full Spectrum LED Systems for Aquariums and
Aquaculture Use”
Tom Frakes (Banquet Speaker): “Global Warming: Reef Tanks and the
World”
Robert “Bob” Fenner: “Mixed Reef Livestocking: Techniques and
Approaches for Avoiding & Reducing Allelopathogenic Effects”

In addition, we will have a Great Trade Show, a Speakers’ Reception,
a “behind-the-scenes” Tour of the Shedd Aquarium and a Gala
Banquet. For those of you who can only attend a day or two, we have posted a
Program Schedule.

Since many of you have attended more than one IMAC, I have gotten to
know many of you personally. That has been a very pleasant experience
for me and I will certainly miss seeing you every year. I Thank You for
your continued support and I wish you continued success in your
Reefkeeping efforts. I just hope that IMAC may have played some small role in
your success. I know I have benefited greatly from listening to all
the fantastic Speakers (I’m so busy I don’t have time to see them
live but that’s why we videotape them).

I hope I will have one more chance to see you and I would like to
remind you that the Registration Fee for IMAC goes up in about a week, so
please get over to www.theimac.org and sign up today! BTW, we have FREE
videos of some previous IMAC speakers' IMAC presentations available on
the IMAC home page you can see in streaming form.

Thanks for All the Great IMAC Years,
Dennis