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Event Schedule

    Pre-Conference Events Wednesday October 4th
    Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast for Fundamentals Course 7:30 AM - 8:00AM
    Meeting Room 408
    Fundamentals of Planning and Design of Animal Research Facilities
    • Hunter Nezat, AIA, CDT, LEED AP | Perkins+Will
    • Stephen Lahti, PE, LEED AP BD+C | R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP
    8:00AM - 4:30PM
    Meeting Room 408
    Speaker Orientation Meeting & Dinner 5:45PM - 7:30PM
    Meeting Room 406
    Hosted Welcome Reception (Guests Welcome) 7:30PM - 8:30PM
    Salon C Foyer 4th FL
    Thursday, October 5th
    Registration Sign-in/Continental Breakfast 8:00AM - 8:30AM
    Salon C Foyer 4th FL
    Exhibit Booths Open 8:00AM - 5:45PM
    Salons DE 4th FL
    Plenary Sessions 8:30AM - 9:30AM
    Conference Overview and Welcome 8:30AM - 8:40AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Developing a CRO in an academic institution: Opportunities, successes, and lessons learned
    • Scott E. Perkins, VMD, MPH, Dipl. ACLAM | Tufts University
    • Corinna Beale, DVM, SRS, Dipl. ACLAM | Tufts University
    8:45AM - 9:10AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Digital innovations driving vivarium productivity, quality, and cost savings
    • Jeetendra Eswaraka, BVSc, PhD, DACLAM, ECFVG | Rutgers University Office for Research
    9:10AM - 9:35AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Refreshment Break 9:35AM - 9:55AM
    Plenary Sessions 9:55AM - 10:50AM
    ABSL3 Facilities: Five years of lessons learned on design and operations
    • Glen Itzkowitz, MA, MBA | Stony Brook Medicine
    • Jesse Kuhn, MS | Stony Brook Medicine
    9:55AM - 10:20AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Thermoneutrality considerations for animal studies, building design, and operations
    • John J Hasenau, DVM, DACLAM | Lab Animal Consultants
    10:25AM - 10:50AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Refreshment Break 10:55AM - 11:10AM
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 11:10AM - 12:05PM
    Forum A: Animal research facilities design, construction, and commissioning case studies
    • Kishore Warrier | Stantec Consulting Services
    • Marcus Myers | Stantec Consulting Services

    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum B: Creating BSL3/ABSL3 space in existing facilities: Requirements, strategies, and solutions
    • Mark Corey, AIA | Flad
    • Ross Ferries, AIA | Flad Architects
    • Matthew Hart | Flad Architects

    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Hosted Lunch 12:05PM - 1:05PM
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 1:10PM - 2:05PM
    Forum D: Upper-story animal research facilities in leased buildings: Challenges and benefits
    • Ellen Sisle, AIA, LEED AP BD+C | Jacobs
    • Tejoon Jung, AIA, LEED AP | Jacobs

    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum E: Future-facing vivarium design strategies and features for improved operational efficiency
    • Jeffrey Spackman, P.E. | The Pennsylvania State University, Office of the Physical Plant
    • Thomas Mistretta, AIA | HOK

    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Refreshment Break 2:05PM - 2:20PM
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 2:20PM - 3:15PM
    Forum C: Resolving "extrinsic" environmental factors contributing to the reproducibility crisis in animal research
    • Cindy Buckmaster, PhD | Turner Scientific Monitoring Division

    Presented at this time only.


    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum H: Advanced vivarium automation: Solutions for reproducibility, welfare, logistics, staffing
    • Fabio Mazzucchelli | Tecniplast USA
    • Massimo Ferrari | Tecniplast USA

    Presented at this time only.


    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Refreshment Break 3:15PM - 3:45PM
    Plenary Sessions 3:45PM - 4:40PM
    Repurposing high containment animal facilities: Large animal BSL-3Ag (FMDV) to avian BSL-2
    • Jason Tearle, PhD | The Pirbright Institute
    3:45PM - 4:10PM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Princeton’s master plan for the future of research, animal models, and vivarium investments
    • Laura Conour, DVM, DACLAM | Princeton University
    4:15PM - 4:45PM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Reception 4:45PM - 5:45PM
    Reception Hosted by Strobic Air (Guests Welcome) 4:45PM - 5:45PM
    Salons DE 4th FL
    Friday, October 6th
    Breakfast Hosted by Avidity Science 7:15AM - 8:00AM
    Salons DE 4th FL
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 8:05AM - 9:00AM
    Forum F: Understanding the math and mechanics of thermal treatment: A practical discussion
    • Gary W Schmidt | PRI Bio

    Presented at this time only.


    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum J: Veterinary diagnostics labs: Efficient operating models and design concepts from the latest facilities
    • Jim Chen, LEED AP BD+C | Perkins&Will

    Presented at this time only.


    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Refreshment Break 9:00AM - 9:15AM
    Plenary Sessions 9:15AM - 10:10AM
    From rodent facility to state-of-the art BSL2/3 NHP vivarium: “Total retrofit” solutions
    • Tereza C Malveira de Araujo, D.Sc. | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ
    • Paula Reis de Rezende | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ
    9:150M - 9:40AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    New criteria for cagewash equipment ratios nets efficiency gains and resource savings
    • Andrew Pesek Jr., CMAR, LATG | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    9:45AM - 10:10AM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Refreshment Break 10:10AM - 10:35AM
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 10:35AM - 11:30AM
    Forum I: Lower cost, healthier, more sustainable vivaria leveraging demand-control ventilation
    • Paul Fuson | Siemens Life Science

    Presented at this time only.


    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum K: Decision-making criteria for disposable IVCs: Space, science, sustainability, speed drivers
    • Marco Breuer, PhD | Innovive

    Presented at this time only.


    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Refreshment Break 11:30AM - 11:45AM
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 11:45AM - 12:40PM
    Forum A: Animal research facilities design, construction, and commissioning case studies
    • Kishore Warrier | Stantec Consulting Services
    • Marcus Myers | Stantec Consulting Services

    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum D: Upper-story animal research facilities in leased buildings: Challenges and benefits
    • Ellen Sisle, AIA, LEED AP BD+C | Jacobs
    • Tejoon Jung, AIA, LEED AP | Jacobs

    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Hosted Lunch 12:40PM - 1:40PM
    Concurrent Sessions (Pre-selection is not required.) 1:45PM - 2:40PM
    Forum B: Creating BSL3/ABSL3 space in existing facilities: Requirements, strategies, and solutions
    • Mark Corey, AIA | Flad
    • Ross Ferries, AIA | Flad Architects
    • Matthew Hart | Flad Architects

    Room 406 (left side foyer)
    Forum E: Future-facing vivarium design strategies and features for improved operational efficiency
    • Jeffrey Spackman, P.E. | The Pennsylvania State University, Office of the Physical Plant
    • Thomas Mistretta, AIA | HOK

    Room 408 (left side foyer)
    Refreshment Break 2:40PM - 2:55PM
    Concluding Session 2:55PM - 3:40PM
    Town Hall Knowledge Roundup
    • Derek Westfall | Tradeline, Inc.
    • Laura Conour, DVM, DACLAM | Princeton University
    • Mark Corey, AIA | Flad
    2:55PM - 3:40PM
    Salon C Ballroom
    Conference Adjourns 3:40PM