Opening Remarks and Keynote Address

Opening Remarks

• Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC
• Lawrence L. Reger, President, Heritage Preservation, Washington, DC

• Doug Myers, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California

Panel I: New Directions in Collections Planning and Management

Moderator:

• Nancy Rogers, Senior Project Coordinator, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC

• Nigella Hillgarth, Executive Director, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla, California
• William Langbauer, Director, Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Christopher Dunn, Director, Harold Lyon Arboretum, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Mary Burke, Director of Planning and Collections, UC Davis Arboretum, Davis, California

Panel II: Beyond Plants and Animals: Caring for Photographic and Archival Collections

Moderator:

• Mary Estelle Kennelly, Associate Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC

• Catharine Hawks, Objects Conservator, Private Practice, Falls Church, Virginia
• Janet Ruggles, Director, Balboa Art Conservation Center, San Diego, California
• Debra Hess Norris, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education and Chairperson, Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Remarks and Panel III: Protecting Collections from Natural Disasters

Remarks

• Anne-Imelda Radice, Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC
• The Honorable Jerry Sanders, Mayor, San Diego, California

• Lawrence Reger, President, Heritage Preservation, Washington, DC

• John Lewis, Zoo Director, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California
• Gordon Henley, Zoo Director, Ellen Trout Zoo, Lufkin, Texas
• Bonnie Goldblum, Executive Director, Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Dave Dalton, Security Director, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California

Panel IV: Finding the Funding to Save our Collections

Moderator:

• Mamie Bittner, Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC

• Peter Ellsworth, President, Legler Benbough Foundation, San Diego, California
• Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museum Services and Strategic Partnerships, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC