Here’s the schedule of events for the convention weekend
(Tentative - changes may still occur)
Friday May 1st, 2020
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM – Vendor and Show Set-Up
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM – Registration
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM – Hans-Georg Evers: “We Believe We Catch the Rainbow: Highlights of 10 Years Collecting in Papua”
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM – Hospitality Suite
Saturday May 2nd, 2020
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM – Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM – Tim McCaskie: “Wait! There are Rainbows in Madagascar?”
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM – Leo O'Reilly (First Presentation): "Werneri, Werneri, Wherefore Art Thou?: Finding the Threadfin Rainbowfish in North Queensland"
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM – Morning Break
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM – Wim Heemskerk (First Presentation): "Searching for New Genes in West Papua: The 2017 and 2019 West Papua Expeditions"
11:30 PM - 12:30 PM – Lunch Break
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM – Gary Lange: "Thirty Years of Chasing Rainbows"
1:30 AM - 2:30 AM – Leo O'Reilly (Second Presentation): "Radical Rhads: The Amazing Ornate Rainbowfish"
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM – Afternoon Break
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM – Wim Heemskerk (Second Presentation): “Passion for Blue-eyes”
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM – Pre-Dinner Reception
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM – Banquet Dinner
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM – John Seyjagat (Keynote Speaker): "Australia: Rainbows and More"8
Post-Banquet – Rainbowfish and Select Fish Specialty Auction
Sunday May 3rd, 2020
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM – Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM – CAOAC Annual General Meeting
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM – 2020 CAOAC Convention Auction
Details on the speakers can be found on the convention website at
www.dras.ca
