Prior Symposia

Sympo­sium 2009 —  TENDING THE WEB (Popu­la­tion Genetics)
February 14  Scotts­dale, AZ

  • “Lessons from Captive Animal Conser­va­tion Breeding” — Stuart Wells

Sympo­sium 2008 — LOOKING BACK…MOVING FORWARD (Strategic Initia­tive)
February 16  Scotts­dale, AZ

  • Report of Breeders Survey
  • Devel­op­ment of Strategic Initia­tive based on key issues:
    • Concep­tu­al­izing “Preser­va­tion” as a Discrete Activity
    • Char­ac­ter­izing the Objects of Preser­va­tion – Char­ac­ter­izing the Herd
    • Assessing the Impact of Social, Economic and Biotech­no­log­ical Factors on Preservation
    • Defining the Desired Results/​Outcomes of Preser­va­tion Efforts
    • Describing Effec­tive Preser­va­tion Strategies
    • Eval­u­ating Success
    • Creating Capacity
    • Main­taining Economic Value
  • Strategic Initia­tive

Sympo­sium 2007 — FINANCING THE DREAM
February 16–18  Phoenix, AZ

  • “Case studies in successful breeding” panel with Holly Reuter, Edie Booth, Sheila Harmon, Jennifer Parsons, Beverly Sziraky, Becky Rogers
  • “The Busi­ness Plan: Why it Works and Why it Doesn’t” — Anita Enander/​Kent Mayfield
  • “You and Taxes: Prac­tical Sugges­tions for the Breeder” — Paul Husband
  • “Using the Resources of AHA” — Evie Tubbs
  • “Adver­tising Do’s and Don’ts” — Nancy Ryan
  • “The Internet: Feel the Power” — Scott Bailey
  • “Photog­raphy: Worth a Thou­sand Words” — Darryl Larson
  • “The Race is to the Swift” — Hampton Johnson
  • “The Way Ahead” — Myron Krause/​Robert J. Fauls

Sympo­sium 2006 — ASSESSING BREEDING QUALITY IN THE DESERT ARABIAN HORSE (Confor­ma­tion Assessment)

  • “AHA In-​​Hand Breeding Class” — Cynthia Richardson
  • “Modi­fied Euro­pean In-​​Hand Breeding Class” — Liz Salmon
  • “AHA Sport Horse In-​​Hand Class” — Patti Felker-​​Breiner
  • “Shagya Arabian Breeding Certi­fi­ca­tion” — Adele Furby
  • “Esti­mated Breeding Value Model” — Dr. John Shelle

The live demon­stra­tions of various eval­u­a­tion systems were captured in video and made avail­able as a 4-​​disk set. A few sets are still avail­able from the Insti­tute office for $50.

Sympo­sium 2005 — SYMPOSIUM ON PRESERVATION (Plan­ning Session)
February 18–20   Phoenix, AZ

  • “The Soul of Preser­va­tion” — Joe Ferriss
  • “Rita Mae, Peggy Lee and the Hole in My Bucket” — Kent Mayfield
  • “Looking Outside the Preser­va­tion Tent: Exam­ining the health of the entire Arabian horse breed” — Bruce Johnson (read a related article)
  • “Genetics and the Horse in Front of You” — Anita Enander
  • “Preserving the Essence of the Arabian Horse” — Bazy Tankersley
  • “The Desert Tradi­tion” — Edouard Aldahdah (read a related article)