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

400 Mandalay Ave
Clearwater, FL 33767

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Room Block Dates:  April 15-21, 2023
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
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

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