Featured Speaker - Franz Vermeulen of Aruba and formerly the Netherlands will be the Saturday Featured Speaker.  Franz will be speaking about his collection trips across northern South America including his most recent trip to Colombia in February this year as well as previous trips to Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.

Luncheon Speaker - Mogens Juhl of Denmark.  Mogens is planning a presentation on the transportation, care and handling of fish from the wild and the adaptation of those fish to the home aquaria for breeding. There will be many ideas in this presentation which may help in shipping and care of fish between hobbyists.

Saturday Workshops & Seminars:

UNYKA Interactive Workshops: Live Foods, Decapsulating BS eggs, Annual Eggs and more.

Workshop:  Steve Butcher (New York) - How to Make Your Hobby Pay for Itself.

Workshop:  Black Jungle Terrariums (Massachusetts) - Maintenance of Poison Dart Frogs

Presentation:  David Borukowitz (New Jersey) - Contributions of the Killifish Culture to the Aquarium Hobby.

Presentation:  Dr. Barry Cooper (Oregon) - A video, sound and live presentation on humorous aspects of collecting fish in the wild.

Presentation: Joe Scanlon (Alabama) - Pond Raising Techniques for Native Killies.

Event Web Site:  http://www.aka.org/convention/

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