TONMO.com Cephalopod Convention (TONMOCON)

TONMOCON I: Monterey Bay, CA - August 6 - 7, 2005

TONMOCON II: Mote, Sarasota, FL - June 23 - 24, 2007

TONMOCON III: Monterey Bay, CA - June 19 - 21, 2009

Information Last Updated: 6/14/2009

TONMOCON III Event Details:

Cost of Event: It's free!

Planning to go? Please let us know.

Can't make it? No worries -- we plan to broadcast live!

Location and Lodging (Group Rate): Monterey Bay, CA. Conference room and group rates for overnight stay at Monterey Bay Travelodge. Call and mention TONMO.com, get room for $99 per night -- specify single bed or double bed, and smoking preference. TONMOCON Event itself will be held in the banquet room (seats up to 105).

Agenda:

Friday, June 19:

5pm-10pm: Meet & greet in the Banquet room, and Squid Dissection (supplied by Jana Kuest, performed by Kat Bolstad)

Saturday, June 20:

11:00am: Tony Morelli (tonmo) - Introduction

11:20am: Greg Barord (gjbarord) - new research (past two years) on cephalopod husbandry

11:50am: Richard Ross (Thales) -- O. chierchiae husbandry

12:20pm: Kevin Bylund (architeuthoceras) - Cephalopod Fossils

12:40pm: BREAK FOR LUNCH

1:30pm: Jim Cosgrove -- "No Mother Could Give More"

2:15pm: Stephanie Bush -- Deep sea squid defensive behaviors

2:45pm: James B. Wood -- Squid ink as a visual cue and as a predator deterrent

3:15pm: Olaf Blaaw (OB) and his colossal squid experience

3:45pm: Kat Bolstad (Tintenfisch) -- "In the Shadows of Giants"

4:15pm: Lou Zeidberg -- Dosidicus gigas

Brief closing remarks (Tony Morelli)

...meet out for dinner / drinks

Sunday, June 21:

Aquarium visits - Monterey Bay and/or Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco.