Workshop session

The Asian Zoo Educators gather every two years in a conference to share and discuss the recent zoo education developments in Asian Region. The first conference was held at Singapore in 2007 and followed by Hong Kong and Taipei. The fourth AZEC conference was held at Marine World Umino nakamichi in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan from 9-13, December 2013 with the theme of “Educational Cooperation between Museums for Humanities and Sciences - A message of generating new life through new linkages”. The earlier AZEC conferences focused on zoo and aquarium communities. However the 4th conference was held in cooperation with museums dedicated to the humanities from all over Asia.

Poster presentations

At this conference, ZOO’s Education Officer Mr. Rengasamy Marimuthu participated as a sponsored delegate and gave a presentation on “Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO) promotes Conservation Education in South Asia” with a focus on International Vulture Awareness Day promoted in South Asia and carried ZOO education kits sample copies to give away to the participants. In total there were 2 keynote addresses, 25 oral presentations, 32 poster presentations and 4 workshops were held.

ZOO's presentation at the conference

Marine World visit