2023 Orangutan SSP Husbandry Workshop
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Hosted by the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, TX
October 16-20th Steering Committee Meeting (Closed) - Monday, October 16 Workshop - Tuesday-Thursday, October, 17-19 Zoo Day/Demos/Brew @ the Zoo - Friday, October, 20 |
The Orangutan SSP Husbandry Workshop will highlight the latest accomplishments, achievements and challenges in orangutan husbandry care and their conservation through presentations, panel discussions and posters. Join us for our conservation keynote speaker, Dr. Jamartin Sihite who is the CEO of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation and President Director of a company focused on the restoration of orangutan habitat in Indonesia - PT. RHOI.
Additionally, there will be a training keynote speaker, Rick Hester. Rick is the Curator of Behavioral Husbandry for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, is adjunct faculty at Colorado State University and is a consultant and course co-instructor for Susan Friedman's Behavior Works LLC. Rick will provide a limited tabletop activity on zoo day focusing on behavior-change plans utilizing FAID (Functional Assessment and Intervention Design) forms.
Along with husbandry, training, and enrichment, the workshop will also focus on the care of those caring for the species through the keynote speakers from GRAZE – Growing Resiliency for Aquarium and Zoo Employees. The mission of GRAZE is to bring mental health support to those in the zoo and aquarium industry by raising awareness, sharing ideas, resources, and helpful tools.
Zoo Day will consist of visiting the beautiful Cameron Park Zoo with the option to learn about their Orangutan Cardiac Care Program with training demonstrations, FAID Tabletop sessions, and two series of talks aimed at zoo professional's care.
The workshop schedule of the workshop is:
October 16th – Steering Committee Meeting (closed) and Icebreaker Event
October 17th – 19th – Presentations and Panel Discussions. Silent Auction and Banquet on the 18th
October 20th – Zoo Day with Cardiac Training Demonstrations, FAID tabletop, and Caring for Keeper Talks
Please find more information regarding the workshop at: https://www.cameronparkzoo.com/programs/680-2/
Additionally, there will be a training keynote speaker, Rick Hester. Rick is the Curator of Behavioral Husbandry for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, is adjunct faculty at Colorado State University and is a consultant and course co-instructor for Susan Friedman's Behavior Works LLC. Rick will provide a limited tabletop activity on zoo day focusing on behavior-change plans utilizing FAID (Functional Assessment and Intervention Design) forms.
Along with husbandry, training, and enrichment, the workshop will also focus on the care of those caring for the species through the keynote speakers from GRAZE – Growing Resiliency for Aquarium and Zoo Employees. The mission of GRAZE is to bring mental health support to those in the zoo and aquarium industry by raising awareness, sharing ideas, resources, and helpful tools.
Zoo Day will consist of visiting the beautiful Cameron Park Zoo with the option to learn about their Orangutan Cardiac Care Program with training demonstrations, FAID Tabletop sessions, and two series of talks aimed at zoo professional's care.
The workshop schedule of the workshop is:
October 16th – Steering Committee Meeting (closed) and Icebreaker Event
October 17th – 19th – Presentations and Panel Discussions. Silent Auction and Banquet on the 18th
October 20th – Zoo Day with Cardiac Training Demonstrations, FAID tabletop, and Caring for Keeper Talks
Please find more information regarding the workshop at: https://www.cameronparkzoo.com/programs/680-2/
Registration
Registration Options
(Early Bird Registration October 1, 2022- August 16, 2023.)
Fees increase August 17, 2023
Full Workshop (10/17-10/20)– $275.00
Single Day Workshop– $100.00
T-shirt– $20.00
International Registrants (Virtual Option)– $250.00 per facility
Registration Options
(Early Bird Registration October 1, 2022- August 16, 2023.)
Fees increase August 17, 2023
Full Workshop (10/17-10/20)– $275.00
Single Day Workshop– $100.00
T-shirt– $20.00
International Registrants (Virtual Option)– $250.00 per facility
- Conference sessions will be available for viewing live in Central Standard Time Zone (US & Canada)
- Conference sessions will be transmitted in English only
- International registrations do not include a conference t-shirt
Abstract Submission
Interested in submitting an abstract presentation?
The 2023 Orangutan SSP Husbandry Workshop hosted by Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas now accepting presentation abstract submissions. The workshop will be held October 16-20, 2023.
Interested in sharing your ideas and accomplishments on orangutan husbandry, training and behavior problem solving? Do you have an incredible exhibit modification or event day you really love? Have you or your team instituted really helpful or unique management tools for staff?
We would love to hear from you and can't wait to share information from conservation to husbandry to the people that care for these amazing apes with the whole orangutan community in October.
Information regarding abstract submissions can be found at https://form.jotform.com/222485833301048
Interested in submitting an abstract presentation?
The 2023 Orangutan SSP Husbandry Workshop hosted by Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas now accepting presentation abstract submissions. The workshop will be held October 16-20, 2023.
Interested in sharing your ideas and accomplishments on orangutan husbandry, training and behavior problem solving? Do you have an incredible exhibit modification or event day you really love? Have you or your team instituted really helpful or unique management tools for staff?
We would love to hear from you and can't wait to share information from conservation to husbandry to the people that care for these amazing apes with the whole orangutan community in October.
Information regarding abstract submissions can be found at https://form.jotform.com/222485833301048
Hotel Information
We have a room block reserved at Hilton Waco for October 16, 2023 through October 20, 2023. Booking your room is simple, just select "Book a Room" to receive your group's preferred rate.
Event dates: October 16, 2023 - October 20, 2023
Book by: The discounted rate is available until August 28th at 4:00 p.m.
Hilton Waco
113 South University Parks Drive
Waco, TX 76701-2241USA
254-754-8484
Book a Room
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Rooms & Rates if booked before August 28th at 4:00pm
We have a room block reserved at Hilton Waco for October 16, 2023 through October 20, 2023. Booking your room is simple, just select "Book a Room" to receive your group's preferred rate.
Event dates: October 16, 2023 - October 20, 2023
Book by: The discounted rate is available until August 28th at 4:00 p.m.
Hilton Waco
113 South University Parks Drive
Waco, TX 76701-2241USA
254-754-8484
Book a Room
This link opens in a new tab.
Rooms & Rates if booked before August 28th at 4:00pm
- 1 King Bed with Sofa Deluxe Room - $159.00
- 2 Queen Beds Deluxe Room - $159.00
- 2 Queen Deluxe Mobility/hearing Accessible Bathtub - $159.00
Conference Schedule
October 16th
Steering Committee Meeting (closed)
Icebreaker beginning at 6pm
October 17th
Presentations, Panel Discussions and Conservation Keynote Presentation by Jamartin Sihite
Free Evening or Pub Crawl
October 18th
Presentations, Panel Discussion, and Training Keynote Presentation by Rick Hester
Banquet and Silent Auction at Cameron Park Zoo
October 19th
Presentations, Panel Discussions, and GRAZE Keynote
Free Evening or Going to Main Event (https://www.mainevent.com/)
October 20th — Zoo Day
Orangutan Cardiac Training Presentations and Demonstrations
FAID Tabletop
Caring for Keepers Talks (Focusing on keepers themselves and their mental health)
Behind the Scenes Tours
Brew at the Zoo Event at 6pm (optional, additional fee at member’s rate)
October 16th
Steering Committee Meeting (closed)
Icebreaker beginning at 6pm
October 17th
Presentations, Panel Discussions and Conservation Keynote Presentation by Jamartin Sihite
Free Evening or Pub Crawl
October 18th
Presentations, Panel Discussion, and Training Keynote Presentation by Rick Hester
Banquet and Silent Auction at Cameron Park Zoo
October 19th
Presentations, Panel Discussions, and GRAZE Keynote
Free Evening or Going to Main Event (https://www.mainevent.com/)
October 20th — Zoo Day
Orangutan Cardiac Training Presentations and Demonstrations
FAID Tabletop
Caring for Keepers Talks (Focusing on keepers themselves and their mental health)
Behind the Scenes Tours
Brew at the Zoo Event at 6pm (optional, additional fee at member’s rate)
Keynote Speakers
Training Keynote Speaker: Rick Hester
Rick Hester is the Curator of Behavioral Husbandry for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado. He oversees all the zoo’s behavioral programming. His work includes the zoo’s animal training for husbandry, medical, and public show behaviors, enrichment, developing programs to improve problem behavior situations, the zoo’s formal animal welfare assessments, and exhibit design for behavior goals. He has worked at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo since 2006. Much of that time he was an animal keeper caring for a wide variety of species, including small primates, great apes, penguins, African lions, and bears. In 2015, he started working with Dr. Susan Friedman and began to understand the importance of behavior analysis and its application for animals in human care. He is adjunct faculty at Colorado State University in the Department of Biology and a consultant and course co-instructor for Susan Friedman’s Behavior Works LLC.
Training Keynote Speaker: Rick Hester
Rick Hester is the Curator of Behavioral Husbandry for the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado. He oversees all the zoo’s behavioral programming. His work includes the zoo’s animal training for husbandry, medical, and public show behaviors, enrichment, developing programs to improve problem behavior situations, the zoo’s formal animal welfare assessments, and exhibit design for behavior goals. He has worked at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo since 2006. Much of that time he was an animal keeper caring for a wide variety of species, including small primates, great apes, penguins, African lions, and bears. In 2015, he started working with Dr. Susan Friedman and began to understand the importance of behavior analysis and its application for animals in human care. He is adjunct faculty at Colorado State University in the Department of Biology and a consultant and course co-instructor for Susan Friedman’s Behavior Works LLC.
Conservation Keynote: Jimartin Sihite
Dr. Jamartin Sihite is the CEO of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation and President Director of a company focused on the restoration of orangutan habitat in Indonesia – PT. RHOI. The BOS Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Critically Endangered Bornean orangutan and its habitat and the Foundation is currently caring of almost 450 displaced or orphaned orangutans with the support of 400 highly dedicated staff. As CEO of the BOS Foundation, Dr. Sihite manages three orangutan reintroduction forests in Borneo, where his team has reintroduced almost 500 rehabilitated orangutans, and a 309,000-hectare peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, which provides habitat to over 2,500 wild orangutans. The Foundations’ work also extends to the management of a network of orangutan pre-release islands, a long-term orangutan sanctuary at Salat Island and two orangutan rescue and rehabilitation centers at Samboja Lestari (East Kalimantan) and Nyaru Menteng (Central Kalimantan). Dr. Sihite was awarded the Pongo Environmental Award in 2020; Virginia McKenna Award for Compassionate Conservation in 2019 and the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) – Ian Redmond Conservation Award in 2015 for his tireless efforts to protect Bornean orangutans and their habitat.
Dr. Jamartin Sihite is the CEO of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation and President Director of a company focused on the restoration of orangutan habitat in Indonesia – PT. RHOI. The BOS Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Critically Endangered Bornean orangutan and its habitat and the Foundation is currently caring of almost 450 displaced or orphaned orangutans with the support of 400 highly dedicated staff. As CEO of the BOS Foundation, Dr. Sihite manages three orangutan reintroduction forests in Borneo, where his team has reintroduced almost 500 rehabilitated orangutans, and a 309,000-hectare peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, which provides habitat to over 2,500 wild orangutans. The Foundations’ work also extends to the management of a network of orangutan pre-release islands, a long-term orangutan sanctuary at Salat Island and two orangutan rescue and rehabilitation centers at Samboja Lestari (East Kalimantan) and Nyaru Menteng (Central Kalimantan). Dr. Sihite was awarded the Pongo Environmental Award in 2020; Virginia McKenna Award for Compassionate Conservation in 2019 and the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) – Ian Redmond Conservation Award in 2015 for his tireless efforts to protect Bornean orangutans and their habitat.
People Keynotes:
Along with husbandry, training, and enrichment, the workshop will also focus on the care of those caring for the species through the keynote speakers from GRAZE – Growing Resiliency for Aquarium and Zoo Employees. The mission of GRAZE is to bring mental health support to those in the zoo and aquarium industry by raising awareness, sharing ideas, resources, and helpful tools.
Along with husbandry, training, and enrichment, the workshop will also focus on the care of those caring for the species through the keynote speakers from GRAZE – Growing Resiliency for Aquarium and Zoo Employees. The mission of GRAZE is to bring mental health support to those in the zoo and aquarium industry by raising awareness, sharing ideas, resources, and helpful tools.
Erin McNally, LVT (she/her)
Director of Crisis Response
Erin McNally is a Credentialed Veterinary Technician working through Wildlife Aquatic Zoo Relief as a Relief Veterinary Technician at Zoo and Aquarium facilities across the country. Erin has worked in the Zoo and Aquarium industry since 2009, starting as a Veterinary Technician at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. Erin has since worked as a Veterinary Technician at the Palm Beach Zoo in Florida and the Riverbanks Zoo in South Carolina before moving to Colorado. Since starting her career in 2009, Erin has been through multiple types of crises which has inspired a passion for mental health support in this field.
In 2019, Erin left her conventional zoo veterinary technician position to pursue a career choice that
would allow the flexibility to share her extensive knowledge and expertise in zoological medicine, zoo tactical firearms training, facility safety, zoo and aquarium disaster response, and industry mental health support. Erin is a Certified Critical Incident Debriefer and is the Director of the GRAZE Critical Response team. Erin has seen the benefit to having people with firsthand knowledge of this industry being the
ones to provide on-site support. Having responded to assist industry colleagues post incident has motivated Erin to continue to build on resources available within the industry.
Director of Crisis Response
Erin McNally is a Credentialed Veterinary Technician working through Wildlife Aquatic Zoo Relief as a Relief Veterinary Technician at Zoo and Aquarium facilities across the country. Erin has worked in the Zoo and Aquarium industry since 2009, starting as a Veterinary Technician at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. Erin has since worked as a Veterinary Technician at the Palm Beach Zoo in Florida and the Riverbanks Zoo in South Carolina before moving to Colorado. Since starting her career in 2009, Erin has been through multiple types of crises which has inspired a passion for mental health support in this field.
In 2019, Erin left her conventional zoo veterinary technician position to pursue a career choice that
would allow the flexibility to share her extensive knowledge and expertise in zoological medicine, zoo tactical firearms training, facility safety, zoo and aquarium disaster response, and industry mental health support. Erin is a Certified Critical Incident Debriefer and is the Director of the GRAZE Critical Response team. Erin has seen the benefit to having people with firsthand knowledge of this industry being the
ones to provide on-site support. Having responded to assist industry colleagues post incident has motivated Erin to continue to build on resources available within the industry.
Shannon McKinney (she/her)
Director of Proactive Programming
Shannon McKinney, Certified Professional Coach. Shannon has worked in the Zoo and Aquarium
industry since 2006, starting as an Animal Keeper and working her way up to Chief Animal Care Officer at Blank Park Zoo. Shannon left Blank Park Zoo in September 2021 to pursue coaching, consulting and training zoo and aquarium professionals full-time. Shannon has a Master Degree in Wildlife Ecology from Iowa State University. Shannon is a Certified Critical Incident Debriefer and is a part of GRAZE Critical Response team. Shannon served 12 years in the Iowa Army National Guard, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan. Shannon uses her diverse skills and experiences to help zoo and aquarium professionals develop and implement science proven strategies to manage cumulative stress and build resiliency through professional coaching, training programs, workshops, and speaking engagements.
Director of Proactive Programming
Shannon McKinney, Certified Professional Coach. Shannon has worked in the Zoo and Aquarium
industry since 2006, starting as an Animal Keeper and working her way up to Chief Animal Care Officer at Blank Park Zoo. Shannon left Blank Park Zoo in September 2021 to pursue coaching, consulting and training zoo and aquarium professionals full-time. Shannon has a Master Degree in Wildlife Ecology from Iowa State University. Shannon is a Certified Critical Incident Debriefer and is a part of GRAZE Critical Response team. Shannon served 12 years in the Iowa Army National Guard, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan. Shannon uses her diverse skills and experiences to help zoo and aquarium professionals develop and implement science proven strategies to manage cumulative stress and build resiliency through professional coaching, training programs, workshops, and speaking engagements.
Hannah Fullmer (she/her)
Director of Supportive Services and Mental Health First Aid Instructor
Hannah Fullmer, attended Delaware Valley University and studied Animal Biotechnology and Conservation; Zoo Science, graduating in 2008. Before which she was already involved with her community outreach programs based in animal behavior and behavioral therapy at local domestic animal rescues and horseback riding centers for handicapped children. During her term, she had a number of internships and volunteer positions ending up with part-time/seasonal positions at Philadelphia Zoo and then Lehigh Valley Zoo. Eventually she worked her way up to obtaining a full-time position and developed the training and enrichment programs and assisted in the management of their safety committee. She has worked in a number of institutions since and over multiple tiers of front line keeper, lead keeper, and husbandry management. She has also attended AZA courses based in behavioral husbandry and has the appropriate credits for a Certification in Behavioral Husbandry supported by the AZA. She truly enjoys continuing her education concerning animal husbandry as well as many safety-based courses for the most current safety practices and policies, including gun handling and safety, mental health support, trauma response, and first aid/CPR training. Hannah is also an instructor and assistant course facilitator for the Felid TAG Basic Husbandry Course and has been involved with the TAG over the last six years. Currently, Hannah is working toward her Masters in Clinical Mental Health
Counseling, is a Certified Debriefer for the GRAZE Critical Incident Response Team, and she is our Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor for Adults; supported by the National Counsel for Mental Well-being.
Director of Supportive Services and Mental Health First Aid Instructor
Hannah Fullmer, attended Delaware Valley University and studied Animal Biotechnology and Conservation; Zoo Science, graduating in 2008. Before which she was already involved with her community outreach programs based in animal behavior and behavioral therapy at local domestic animal rescues and horseback riding centers for handicapped children. During her term, she had a number of internships and volunteer positions ending up with part-time/seasonal positions at Philadelphia Zoo and then Lehigh Valley Zoo. Eventually she worked her way up to obtaining a full-time position and developed the training and enrichment programs and assisted in the management of their safety committee. She has worked in a number of institutions since and over multiple tiers of front line keeper, lead keeper, and husbandry management. She has also attended AZA courses based in behavioral husbandry and has the appropriate credits for a Certification in Behavioral Husbandry supported by the AZA. She truly enjoys continuing her education concerning animal husbandry as well as many safety-based courses for the most current safety practices and policies, including gun handling and safety, mental health support, trauma response, and first aid/CPR training. Hannah is also an instructor and assistant course facilitator for the Felid TAG Basic Husbandry Course and has been involved with the TAG over the last six years. Currently, Hannah is working toward her Masters in Clinical Mental Health
Counseling, is a Certified Debriefer for the GRAZE Critical Incident Response Team, and she is our Certified Mental Health First Aid Instructor for Adults; supported by the National Counsel for Mental Well-being.