LAMA/ATA Annual Meeting
The LAMA/ATA annual meeting is perfect for furthering your career in Laboratory Animal Management.
Laboratory Animal Management Association
(in cooperation with the Allied Trade Association)
39th Annual Meeting
April 17-20th, 2023

Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa
Clearwater, FL 33767
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Room Block Cut-Off Date: March 15, 2023
Event Dates: April 17-20, 2023
Online LAMA room reservations: Click here for the reservation link
Any assistance that you need, please contact Kathi Schlieff at kschlieff@associationsolutionsinc.com at the LAMA headquarters. She will be happy to help.
Schedule
Monday: April 17, 2023
7:00 am – 6:00 pm | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
8:00 am – 5:00 pm | Leadership Bootcamp | Starfish |
8:00 am – 5:00 pm | M1 Prep Course | Tarpon |
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | LAMA Board Meeting | Salon A |
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | ATA Board Meeting | Salon C |
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | Joint Leadership Meeting | Salon A |
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | ATA Membership Meeting | Salon B |
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm | Kick-Off Reception | Sandpiper & Flamingo Deck |
Tuesday: April 18, 2023
7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:30 am – 8:30 am | Breakfast | Waters Edge Ballroom |
8:30 am – 8:55 am | Welcome Remarks, Morning Session Overview, Charity information, Silent/Live Auction | Salon D E |
8:55 am – 9:25 am | Positive Intelligence: A Change Management Resource Dr. Marc Hulin LAM&S Consulting |
Salon D E |
9:25 am – 9:30 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Getinge Brian Anderson |
Salon D E |
9:30 am – 10:00 am | Everyday Outreach Sarah Gilliam* Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Salon D E |
10:00 am – 10:05 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation LaBex of MA Maria Carigilla |
Grand Ballroom Foyer |
10:05 am – 10:25 am | Break – Bid on Silent Auction Items | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
10:25 am – 10:30 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Oley Health & Wellness Joe McKenna |
Salon D E |
10:30 am -11:00 am | The “Great Retention”: How to Keep the Best Employees Working in Your Facility Adrienne Duran* MD Anderson |
Salon D E |
11:00 am – 11:30 am | The Silo Mentality Theodore Plemons* NIH |
Salon D E |
11:30 am – 11:35 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation – Sanitation Strategies, LLC Kim Metzler |
Salon D E |
11:35 am – 12:35 pm | Role Playing: How to Use it in the Workplace Kendra Morris* & Anne Kuszpit* Janelia |
Salon D E |
12:35 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch – Bid on Silent Auction Items | Waters Edge Ballroom |
1:35 pm -1:40 pm | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Zeigler Bros., Inc. Priscilla Shirley |
Salon D E |
1:40 pm – 3:05 pm | Today’s Preparation is Tomorrow’s Success – Emergency Planning for the Staffing Perspective Amanda Coldwell*, Bruce Kennedy*, Frankie Howell*, Doug Brining*, Teri Kirsch*, Jaime White-Jones*, Nirah Shomar* |
Salon D E |
3:05 pm – 3:10 pm | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation BioInfoRx, Inc. Anne Gath |
Salon D E |
3:10 pm – 3:40 pm | Leadership in a Post Pandemic World Vanessa Blake* UNC – Chapel Hill |
Salon D E |
3:40 pm – 4:10 pm | Colony Management Using Assisted Reproductive Technologies Robert Taft The Jackson Laboratory |
Salon D E |
4:10 pm – 4:15 pm | ATA Corporte Partner Presentation Allentown, LLC Wayne DeSantis |
Salon D E |
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm | Evolve and Strengthen Your Personnel Traning Programs Jori Leszczynski* & Mitch Moore Colorado University / Allentown |
Salon D E |
4:45 pm – 4:50 pm | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Innovive, LLC Lou Ristic |
Salon D E |
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm | Announcements / Silent Auction | Salon D E |
Moderator : Johnny Wilson
* indicates those eligble for the Ron Orta Award that will be presented at the end of the meeting
Wednesday: April 19, 2023
7:00 am – 5:00 pm | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast | Waters Edge Ballroom |
8:00 am – 8:10 am | Opening Remarks | Salon D E |
8:10 am – 8:15 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Pharmacal Research Laboratories Ken Shapiro |
Salon D E |
8:15 am – 9:15 am | Diversity in the Workplace Morag Mackay La Jolla Institute for Immunology |
Salon D E |
9:15 am – 9:45 am | Retention in the Great Resigation Jennifer Hickerson* Scripps Institute |
Salon D E |
9:45 am – 9:50 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Purina LabDiet Jose Espinal |
Salon D E |
9:50 am – 10:50 am | Introverts & Extroverts – Working Together Gordon Yee Ancare |
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10:50 am – 11:05 am | Break – Bid on Silent Auction Items | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
11:05 am – 11:10 am | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Quip Laboratories, Inc. Stephanie Cormier |
Salon D E |
11:10 am – 12:10 am | Working with Difficult Personalities: How to Survive and Thrive Dr. Laura Conour* & Pamela Straeter* Princeton / Bristol Myers Squibb |
Salon D E |
12:10 am – 12:40 pm | The Process: A Decisive Decision-Making Tool Dr. Marc Hulin LAM&S Consulting |
Salon D E |
12:40 pm – 12:45 pm | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Rochester Midland Corporation Troy Livingston |
Salon D E |
12:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch – Dr. Chad Foster / NASA Veterinarian | Waters Edge Ballroom |
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm | Awards Ceremony | Waters Edge Ballroom |
2:15 pm – 2:20 pm | ATA Corporate Partner Presentation Transnetyx Jessie Janeczek |
Salon D E |
2:20 pm – 3:20 pm | Animal Shipping A to Z, Ghosts of Shipping Past, Present & Future Eric Syversen Validated Delivery Solutions |
Salon D E |
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Team Building/Fund Fair Steve Benigni & Ken Shapiro Allentown / Pharmacal |
North Beach |
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Live Auction | Waters Edge Ballroom |
Moderator: Emily Slocum
* indicates those eligble for the Ron Orta Award that will be presented at the end of the meeting
Thursday: April 20, 2023
7:00 am – 12:45 pm | Registration | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
7:00 am – 8:00 am | Breakfast | Waters Edge Ballroom |
8:15 am – 9:15 am | Opening Remarks | Salon D E |
9:15 am – 9:45 am | Perspectives on the Future of Animal Research Scott Kreitlein* & Danielle Henry* BHDP |
Salon D E |
9:45 am – 10:15 am | Exploring the AAALAC Fellowship Kelly Patterson* Fox Chase Cancer Center |
Salon D E |
10:15 am – 10:30 am | Costly Time Warp: Biopharmacuetical Drug Discovery & Development Dr. Marc Hulin LAM&S Consulting |
Salon D E |
10:30 am – 11:00 am | Break | Grand Ballroom Foyer |
11:00 am – 11:30 am | Retail Sales Experience Can Enhance LAS Interface Amy Ingraham & Kelly Patterson* Pharmacal /Fox Chase Cancer Center |
Salon D E |
11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Beyond the Cage: Troubleshooting Poor Breeding Performance in Transgenic Mouse Colonies Kimberly Gates* University of Michigan |
Salon D E |
12:00 am – 12:30 pm | Listening Skills Molly Romick Charles River Laboratories |
Salon D E |
12:30 pm – 12:45 pm | Current Management Topics Moderator: Program Committee |
Salon D E |
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm | Closing Remarks – Ron Orta Award Presentation |
Moderator: John Malpass
* Indicates those eligble for the Ron Orta Award that will be presented at the end of the meeting