Across the globe to New Zealand Kia ora! You see and hear this expression all over New Zealand - it literally means "Hello! Be well and healthy!" As we might say "spring is in the air!" Attending a spring conference…
On the road again As I am in the midst of my 2018 spring travel to for Species360 Board of Trustees meeting, and to attend conferences for both EAZA and ZAA (Australasia), I realize I still have a few Species360…
Species360 members we met on the way to ZACC 2018 In January my wife and I took a road trip from Saint Paul, Minnesota to Jacksonville Florida to join the biannual conference of Zoos and Aquariums Committing to Conservation. Julie…
The Species360 Board of Trustees is comprised of more than 20 zoo and aquarium volunteer representatives from our worldwide member institutions, including association trustees from WAZA, AZA, EAZA, ZAA (Australasia), CZA, JAZA, and PAAZA. Institutional trustees also represent SEAZA and…
Do you love your day job? I spent most of my early career in retail IT. It was a great learning experience and I met and learned from some great people. We did some cool stuff, built some awesome systems…
2016: what a year! Our organization launched our new brand (Species360: Global information serving conservation); made great progress in developing our new ZIMS for Studbooks module; released enhancements to our ZIMS for Husbandry and ZIMS for Medical modules; and intensified…
I recently returned from the International Aquarium Congress (IAC), hosted by the amazing team at the Vancouver Aquarium in British Colombia, Canada. The congress highlighted eye opening presentations, inspiring individuals, impressive new projects, and impactful research. That said, the congress…
A lot, as it turns out. In 1973, in the basement of the Minnesota Zoo, we quietly opened our doors as a non-profit, non-governmental organization called the International Species Information System. Over the subsequent 43 years, an inventory system became an…
In software development, “Hello World” is the traditional first line of code written when programing in a new language. It validates that the code is working and the programmer understands the basics. “Hello World” also seems like the perfect way…