MACNA XXIII Sept 9th - 11th, 2011
MACNA 2011
Sept 9th - 11th 2011
Hy-Vee Hall
730 3rd Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
Please join us for this years Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) at the HyVee hall in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. MACNA is the largest & oldest marine aquarium conference in North America. MACNA is an exciting, annual event you can listen to lectures from any and every field related to reef keeping. Subjects from conservation to reef chemistry, to equipment and husbandry, there is something for everyone.
MACNA is different than other conferences. In addition to listening to speakers and viewing vendors' products, it is a social event! Speakers, vendors and attendees come together with a common interest! Vendors, speakers and attendees come to see each other as much as they do to hear lectures or view vendors products. You can mingle & chat with your favorite authors, vendors, or reef enthusiast from around the country at the Friday night reception and Saturday night during the awards banquet.
There will also be over 100 vendors there selling the hottest corals, displaying new cutting edge equipment, and asking you for your ideas so they may serve you and the hobby better.
So join us for MACNA XXIII in Des Moines, Iowa!!
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2009 MASNA Award Winner
Matt Pedersen is an full-time interactive software developer and part-time fly fishing guide. Matt also has experience as a professional orchid breeder and certified fly rod builder. Matt is originally from Chicago, IL and current living in Duluth, MN, USA with his very understanding wife, Renee, and their young son Ethan.
Matt has been a marine aquarist for 24 years, and an aquarist for 29+. After spending time on every side of the aquarium industry (retail, commercial and private maintenance & installation, wholesale, hatchery), he currently considers himself a "professional hobbyist". Most recently, Matt has currently spawned 23 species of marine fish, successfully raising 9 of them to date including one worldwide first (the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris), as well as attempted another 6 invertebrate species to date (excluing those that tend to propagate with no special intervention). Most all of this was accomplished with less than 100 gallons of total working capacity, and all in closed culture. In 2010, Matt Pedersen was selected as the breeder of choice to work with the now famous "PNG Lightning Maroon Clownfish" from the SEASMART program, and chronicles the efforts to propagate this one-of-a-kind fish online at The Lightning Project.
Matt Pedersen is credited with starting MOFIB (Marine Ornamental Fish & Invertebrate Breeder's Association) and has written for multiple aquarium-related publications including Coral, Koralle, Practical Fish Keeping, Marine Habitat, Reef Hobbyist Magazine and Reef Builders. Matt has spoken at numerous aquarium clubs and events from coast to coast. He currently sits on the MBI (Marine Breeding Initiative) Council, a project dedicated to bringing the concept of a unified Marine Breeder's Award Program to hobbyist organizations across the country and around the globe. Matt believes that captive propagation is the one failsafe that ensures the long term viability of our hobby and industry if, or when, all other measures fail. In 2009, Matt was awarded "Aquarist of the Year" honors by both IMAC West and MASNA in recognition of his accomplishments and contributions to the marine aquarium hobby. Matt is a strong proponent of being a lifelong learner and open sharer of knowledge, knowing that every hobbyist and industry member has the potential to make a discovery or contribute in some great way to our entiry community.
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