EAZA Annual Conference 2024
8-12 October #EAZA2024
Welcome to Leipzig
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are currently living with a double global crisis and are facing one of the greatest challenges of our time: understanding the phenomena of climate change and the loss of biodiversity as causally linked effects with far-reaching impacts. While climate change is omnipresent in the public eye, the perceived loss of biodiversity has taken a subordinate position. It is our obligation as a zoo community to join forces with a holistic approach and to achieve more effective synergy effects in the fields of climate change and species conservation in order to preserve global biodiversity in times of climate change.
We are very proud to be hosting the EAZA Annual Conference in October 2024. We cordially invite you to join us in our unique city to discuss issues of biodiversity, species conservation and animal husbandry with us and to come up with some novel solutions.
I look forward to an intensive and constructive exchange of ideas with you.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Jörg JunholdDirector of Zoo Leipzig
Information about registration, venue, accomodation and pre-conference workshops - Trailblazing Trainers and Quality of Life Assessment - can be found on the event website.
A non-EAZA member participant is required to present an institutional support letter/reference letter (or email) from a full EAZA Member. The letter should explain shortly why your conference attendance is required/appreciated.
Please send this letter or email to mirko.marseille@eaza.net. Without a support letter, your registration will not be validated.
Posters
If you would like to display a poster at the upcoming EAZA Annual Conference, please submit your abstract (Title, authors(s), affiliations and summary of max. 100 words) to mirko.marseille@eaza.net before 15 August.
- A maximum of three posters can be submitted per institution.
- Posters should be designed as A2 - portrait (420mm wide by 594mm high) or A1 - portrait (594mm wide by 840mm high).
Don't forget to bring the poster(s) to the conference venue or alternatively sent it with a delegate who is attending.
The following posters have been accepted to be displayed at the EAZA Annual Conference 2024:
| Title | Author(s) | Institution / Country |
| 1. Visual Tracking of Reptiles in a Zoological Context | Jessica Buchner | University of Koblenz, Zoo Neuwied / Germany |
| 2. Cause and implications of a human-habituated wolf – a case from Białowieża, Poland | Katharina Kasper | Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences / Poland |
| 3. Greasy clay... the solution to foot problems in flamingos! | Pieter Vercruysse | Bellewaerde / Belgium |
| 4. One-Health-One-Welfare: Using a Holistic and Interdisciplinary Approach for Snow Leopard Conservation | Ashleigh Lutz-Nelson | Snow Leopard Conservancy / USA |
| 5. This is my pond: Are White-winged ducks (Asarcornis scutulata) terrorizing the aviary ? | Petry, A., Deffes, O. & Davoigneau, L. | Parc Animalier de Branféré / France |
| 6. Zoo animal introductions: a first step towards harmonised data collection for animal welfare | Pauline Wagner, Constance Wagner, Amélie Romain & Benoit Quintard | Zoo Mulhouse / France |
| 7. Community Collaboration in Zoological Species Planning: Identifying Key Priorities | Hannah Jenkins, Rachel Welton, Charlotte James & Samantha Ward | Nottingham Trent University / United Kingdom |
| 8. Evaluation of enrichment and feeding routine of two zoo-housed grey wolves (Canis lupus): investigating personality traits and welfare implications | Francesca Bandoli, Rossana Cordon, Benedetta Lozzi, Lucrezia Zani, Alberto Elmi & Paolo Baragli | Giardino Zoologico di Pistoia / Italy |
| 9. Into a dragon's life: assessing the effect of enrichments and training on a pair of zoo-housed bearded dragons | Andrea Zacchi, Martina Fabbri, Patrícia Rachinas-Lopes, Sabrina Brando & Francesca Bandoli | Giardino Zoologico di Pistoia / Italy |
| 10. Keeper-penguin interactions: a research project to evaluate their effect on the welfare of zoo-housed African penguins | Francesca Bandoli, Joanna Newbolt, Richard Preziosi & Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino | Giardino Zoologico di Pistoia / Italy |
| 11. From Leaves to Microbes: How Diet and Season Shape the faecal Microbiota of captive Coquerel´s Sifakas | Jonas Schweikard, Andreas Pauly, Paul Dierkes & Franziska Zoelzer | Goethe University Frankfurt / Germany |
| 12. The contribution of the Italian Association of Zoos and Aquaria (UIZA) to scientific research: assessing 10 years of research activities carried out by Italian institutions | Francesca Bandoli, Giulia Agnolon & Gloria Svampa | Italian Association of Zoos and Aquaria (UIZA) / Italy |
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Whova app
Ready to attend the EAZA Annual Conference 2024? In Leipzig, we will use the Whova Conference app again.
You can use the Whova app to access the event:
- View the event agenda and plan your personal schedule
- Access to documents and slides shared by organizers or speakers
- Visit the virtual exhibition booths of our sponsors
- Find who else is attending this event and reach out to people ahead of time
- Plan some social activities such as a morning run, coffee hours, or meet-ups with your fellow attendees.
- Receive updates such as last minute session changes from the organizers
After downloading the Whova mobile app, sign in with the email address that you used for th eregistration to the Annual Conference 2024.
If you have questions about the app please contact mirko.marseille@eaza.net.
