The
official itinerary will be posted to closer to the date of
the event. A special mini-edition of Arachnoculture magazine
including the weekend's itinerary will be provided to each
attendee during check-in in San Antonio.
PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES
ARRIVING EARLY? JOIN US FOR
SOME PRE-ARACHNOCON FUN!
Early Bird Wednesday morning
field trip and picnic at Choke Canyon Reservoir
sponsored by the Stevens family of southern Texas!
Click here
for Arachnoboards thread announcing this event for more details.
7:30 am - Meet
in hotel lobby
8:00 am - Depart
1:00 pm - Lunch
Related Links
EVENT SCHEDULE
DAY ONE — THURSDAY
7.19 — Registration & Icebreaker
THURSDAY evening "meet
& greet" icebreaker sponsored by Reptiles magazine!
5:00 pm - Registration begins
6:00-9:00 pm - Icebreaker sponsored by Reptiles magazine
7:00 pm - Welcome and Event Info
7:15 pm - Field Trip Info
9:00 pm - Field Trip
DAY TWO - FRIDAY 7.20 —
Lectures, Field Trip
FRIDAY Lecture Series sponsored
by ARACHNOCULTURE magazine!
PRE-LECTURE Q & A PANEL
9:15-9:45 am - Intro to Tarantula
& Scorpion Hobby Q&A with Michael Jacobi and Bill
Korinek
LECTURE SCHEDULE —
Morning Session
10:00-10:15 am - Introduction by
Michael Jacobi
10:15-10:45 am - Sexing Tarantulas by Dr. Fred Sherberger
10:45-11:30 am - Cyriopagopus sp. 'blue' in the Wild with
an Overview of the Exotic Animal Trade in Malaysia by Dan
Ventura
11:30-11:45 - BREAK
11:45-1:15 pm - An Introduction
to the Whipscorpions (Thelyphonida: Arachnida) and An Overview
of the Scorpion Systematics Lab at the American Museum of
Natural History by Jeremy Huff
1:15-2:30 pm - LUNCH
LECTURE SCHEDULE —
Afternoon Session
2:30-2:45 pm - Early-Bird Registration
Prize Drawing by Michael Jacobi
2:45-3:45 pm - Systematics, Natural History and Ecology of
North American Scorpions by Dr. W. David Sissom
3:45-4:15 pm - Non-theraphosid Mygalomorphs & True Spiders
in Arachnoculture by Frank Somma
4:15-4:30 pm - BREAK
4:30-5:15 pm - Arachnid Photography:
Techniques, Equipment, and Digital Image Processing by Randy
May
5:15-6:00 pm - Tarantula Care and Breeding Q & A Panel
featuring Michael Jacobi, Frank Somma, Bill Korinek &
Eric Reynolds
8:00 pm - Field Trip
DAY THREE — SATURDAY
7.21 — Field Trip, ArachnoExpo, Closing Ceremonies
SATURDAY events sponsored
by Arachnopets, Inc. / Arachnoboards.com!
6:30-9:00 am - Field Trip
8:00-10:00 am - ArachnoExpo set-up
[exhibitors & staff only]
10:00-11:00 am - ArachnoExpo 2007
preview for registered ArachnoCon attendees
11:00-4:00 pm - ArachnoExpo 2007
open to the public
6:00 pm - ArachnoCon Pizza Party,
Closing Ceremonies and Door Prizes
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as all information is subject to change |
