Western Marine Conference 2006 - Fri April 21 to Sun April 23 in Sacramento

[racrumrine]

A Big Thank You to MARS for putting on this conference. The list of speakers is amazing. Hope to see many of you there.

http://www.wmc2006.org/default.aspx

2006 Western Marine Conference
April 21-23, 2006
Red Lion Inn
1401 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA

Call (916) 922-8041 for room reservations (be sure to tell them you are with the WMC).
Room Rate $89.00 per night

Registration
Early Registration begins April 1, 2005
Price is $100
Price after February 1, 2006 is $130

Fee Includes: 3 days at the conference (you will be able to hear all the speakers), no host bar and social evening with speakers and manufacturers on Friday evening, and buffet lunch on Saturday (April 22nd)

Additional Events:
Saturday night banquet - $35
There will be a raffle after the banquet on Saturday night

Also, a free 2006 WMC T-shirt to the first 150 early registrants. The T-shirts will also be on sale at the conference.

Speakers:
Walt Smith of Pacific Aqua Farms
Steve Robinson of Cortez Marine
Adelaide Rhodes of Essential Live Feeds (copepods)
David Cripe of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Bob Fenner
Eric Borneman
Sanjay Joshi
Mike Paletta
Anthony Calfo
Scott Michael
Leng Sy
Rob Toonen

Regards,

Roy

 

[Kinetic]

woah, that looks really impressive. anyone going?

 

[Apon]

I might, but I have not seen any update on this in a while on the website.

 

[budgetyourself]

No real update is needed - all the information is on the website-http://www.wmc2006.org/ It is a definate go.
It should be a great conference here in No. Calif. Much easier than traveling to the midwest to hear the same speakers.

 

[plankton]

I'm going and already registered including banquet. Then again, I've been to the last two so sort of a tradition now. He he he.

Scott

 

[Apon]

2 questions...I was reading the FAQ.

If I pay by check where do I mail it too?

For vendors you say check the vendor page, but you only have a sponser page. I assume those are the vendors as well?

 

[thereefgeek]

Thanks for the plug Roy!

Thanks for the plug Roy!

Here's the skinny:

The Marine Aquarist Roundtable of Sacramento is proud to once again host the Western Marine Conference April 21-23, 2006 at the Red Lion Hotel in Sacramento, California. We'd like to extend our invitation to you and your marine society to come to Sacramento and participate in one of the few conferences this side of the Rockies. With a dozen of the nations premier speakers and a wide variety of quality livestock and aquarium related products on display and for sale, it will definately be a weekend you won't want to miss out on.

FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Walt Smith
Steve Robinson
Leng Sy
Adelaide Rhodes
David Cripe
Bob Fenner
Anthony Calfo
Eric Borneman
Sanjay Joshi
Mike Paletta
Scott Michael
Rob Toonen

VENDORS AND SPONSORS SO FAR:
Captive Reef Systems & ROWA USA Bruce Azzarito
Walt Smith International Walt Smith
EcoSystem Aquarium & CORAL Magazine Leng Sy
Clams Direct Barry Neigut
Innovative Lighting Solutions Princeton Huang
Reed Mariculture Randy Reed
Exotic Reefs John Susbilla (tubs)
Frag Farmer dot Com Eric Caamano (ejocam)
Your Reef Aquarium Supply John Dakan
Midwater Systems Jim Stime
CPR Aquatics
Liquid Life USA
Seachem Labs Inc.
Marineland
Catalina Aquarium
DT's Plankton Farm


2006 Western Marine Conference
April 21-23, 2006
Red Lion Inn
1401 Arden Way
Sacramento, CA

The REGISTRATION PAGE is up and running and we're taking sign-ups via Pay-Pal.
The conference price of $100 is good through the end of January 2006, $130 after that. Early sign-ups receive a WMC 2006 T-Shirt.
Fee Includes: 3 days at the conference (you will be able to hear all the speakers), no host bar and social evening with speakers and manufacturers on Friday evening, and buffet lunch on Saturday (April 22nd)
Optional Saturday night banquet dinner - $35
There will be a raffle after the banquet on Saturday night.
We have secured a limited number of rooms for the special Conference price of $89.00 per night. Call (916) 922-8041 or 1-800-RED-LION for room reservations (be sure to tell them you are there for the WMC to receive the special rate).

Be sure to stay up to date with the latest information on the WMC 2006 website or check out the WMC THREAD on the M.A.R.S. FORUM here at Reef Central. If I can answer any questions, feel free to e-mail or PM me from the buttons above my post.


Thank you and hope to see you there,
Rich VanDusen
President: M.A.R.S.

 

[Apon]

Rich, are the vendors open on Friday and Sunday or only SAT?

 

[thereefgeek]

Yes, we're going to extend the vendor's times, but many of the vendors also want to see the speakers. The schedule on the website is tentative at theis point. One good thing is that we had to move the vendors into the big room and the speakers into what was the vendor's area. Check out the latest list of exhibitors at http://www.wmc2006.org/Sponsors.aspx

 

[racrumrine]

Awesome job MARS!

Hope the next one is sooner than 5 years from now.

Roy