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History Of IMATA – Annual Conference Sites

CONFERENCE # DATE CITY STATE or COUNTRY HOST FACILITY
1st Mtg Feb 1972 San Diego California   Naval Undersea Research Center (1 day)
2nd Mtg Nov 1972 Palos Verdes California   Marineland of the Pacific (2 days)
1 Nov 1973 Redwood City California   Marine World Africa USA
2 Dec 1974 Orlando Florida SeaWorld Florida
3 Dec 1975 Palos Verdes California   Marineland of the Pacific
4 Nov 1976 Honolulu Hawaii Sea Life Park & Naval Undersea Center
5 Nov 1977 Boston    Massachusetts   New England Aquarium
6 Dec 1978 Redwood City California Marine World Africa USA
7 Nov 1979 San Diego California Sea World California
8 Oct 1980 Miami Florida Miami Seaquarium
9 Oct 1981 Niagara Falls New York Aquarium of Niagara Falls
10 Oct 1982 Honolulu Hawaii Sea Life Park & Naval Ocean Systems Center
11 Oct 1983 Apple Valley Minnesota Minnesota Zoo
12 Nov 1984 Long Beach California Marineland of the Pacific
13 Oct 1985 Orlando Florida SeaWorld Florida
14 Oct 1986 Vancouver Canada Vancouver Aquarium
15 Oct 1987 New Orleans Louisiana No Host
16 Nov 1988 San Antonio Texas SeaWorld Texas
17 Nov 1989 Amsterdam Netherlands Dolfinarium Harderwijk
18 Nov 1990 Chicago Illinois Brookfield Zoo & Shedd Aquarium
19 Nov 1991 Vallejo California Marine World Africa USA
20 Nov 1992 Freeport Bahamas Dolphin Experience
21 Nov 1993 Kailua-Kona Hawaii Dolphin Quest Hawaii
22 Nov 1994 Tacoma Washington Point Definance Zoo
23 Nov 1995 Las Vegas Nevada The Mirage
24 Nov 1996 Australia Gold Coast Sea World Enterprises
25 Oct 1997 Baltimore Maryland National Aquarium in Baltimore
26 Nov 1998 Algarve Portugal Zoomarine
27 Dec 1999 Chicago Illinois Shedd Aquarium & BrookfieldZoo
28 Oct 2000 Playa del Carmen Mexico Via Delphi
29 Oct 2001 Albuquerque New Mexico No Host
30 Nov 2002 Orlando Florida SeaWorld Florida
31 Nov 2003 Long Beach Califormia Aquarium of the Pacific
32 Oct 2004 Kolmarden Sweden Kolmarden Zoo
33 Nov 2005 Duck Key Florida Dolphin Connection
34 Nov 2006 Oahu Hawaii Dolphin Quest Oahu
35 Nov 2007 Indianapolis Indiana Indianapolis Zoo
36 Nov 2008 Cancun Mexico Dolphin Discovery
37 Nov 2009 Atlanta Georgia Georgia Aquarium
38 Dec 2010 Boston Massachusetts New England Aquarium
39 Sep 2011 Miami Florida Miami Seaquarium
40 Dec 2012 Hong Kong China Ocean Park
41 Sep 2013 Las Vegas Nevada The Mirage
42 Sep 2014 Orlando Florida Disney The Seas & SeaWorld Florida (joint conference with Association of Zoos & Aquariums)
43 Sep 2015 Nassau Bahamas Atlantis Dolphin Cay
44 Nov 2016 San Diego California SeaWorld San Diego
45 Oct 2017 Riviera Maya Mexico Dolphin Discovery
46 Oct 2018 Albufeira Portugal Zoomarine
47 Sep 2019 New Orleans Louisana Co-located conference with Association of Zoos & Aquariums)
  Apr 2021     Joint IMATA-ABMA conference, planned as a combined 2020/2021 conference, was postponed due to COVID-19 Pandemic
48 Feb 2022 Chicago Illinois Shedd Aquarium and Brookfield Zoo
49 March 2023 Atlanta Georgia Georgia Aquarium and Zoo Atlantc; joint conference with Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA)

 


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