The Elephant Managers Association

Past Conferences

Each year, EMA's conference is generously hosted by an elephant-holding facility, listed below. Proceedings from some of these conferences are available online to members in EMA's digital library through the Members Only portal.

	Year	Dates	Host	Location
1	1980	October	Tulsa Zoological Park	Tulsa, OK
2	1981	Sept 25−26	San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park	San Diego and Escondido, CA
3	1982	October	Dickerson Park Zoo	Springfield, MO
4	1983	Oct 14−16	Kansas City Zoo	Kansas City, MO
5	1984	Nov 29−Dec 1	Audubon Zoo	New Orleans, LA
6	1985	Oct 6−8	Fort Worth Zoo	Fort Worth, TX
7	1986	Sept 25−27	Calgary Zoo	Calgary, AB, Canada
8	1987	Nov 11−14	North Carolina Zoological Park	Greensboro, NC
9	1988	Dec 7−10	Jacksonville Zoological Park	Jacksonville, FL
10	1989	Nov 1−4	Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum	Tulsa, OK
11	1990	Sept 25−27	Milwaukee County Zoo	Milwaukee, WI
12	1991	Oct 16−19	Burnet Park Zoo	Syracuse, NY
13	1992	Nov 4−7	Zoo Atlanta	Atlanta, GA
14	1993	Oct 16−19	Marine World Africa USA	Vallejo, CA
15	1994	Sept 29−Oct 1	Toronto Zoo	Toronto, ON, Canada
16	1995	Oct 10−14	Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium	Tacoma, WA
17	1997	Jan 24−26	Jacksonville Zoological Gardens	Jacksonville, FL
18	1997	Nov 1-4	Fort Worth Zoo	Fort Worth, TX
19	1998	Sept 26−30	Indianapolis Zoo (in conjunction with AAZK and AZH)	Indianapolis, IN
20	1999	Jun 17−22	Zoo Atlanta (in conjunction with IEF)	Atlanta, GA
21	2000	Oct 6−9	Rosamond Gifford Zoo	Syracuse, NY
22	2001	Nov 8−11	Disney's Animal Kingdom	Lake Buena Vista, FL
23	2002	Sept 30−Oct 2	Cleveland Metroparks Zoo	Cleveland, OH
24	2003	Oct 2−6	Knoxville Zoological Gardens	Knoxville, TN
25	2004	Oct 14−17	Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum	Tulsa, OK
26	2005	Oct 5−9	Oregon Zoo	Portland, OR
27	2006	Oct 15−18	Rio Grande Zoo	Albuquerque, NM
28	2007	Oct 13−16	Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden	Cincinnati, OH
29	2008	Oct 3−6	Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation	Orlando, FL
30	2009	Oct 15−18	Houston Zoo	Houston, TX
31	2010	Sept 30−Oct 3	Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium	Pittsburgh, PA
32	2011	Oct 6−9	Monroe County's Seneca Park Zoo	Rochester, NY
33	2012	Nov 5−8	Santa Barbara Zoo	Santa Barbara, CA
34	2013	Oct 6−9	Dallas Zoo	Dallas, TX
35	2014	Oct 5−9	Toledo Zoo	Toledo, OH
36	2015	Oct 11−14	Nashville Zoo	Nashville, TN
37	2016	Oct 3−6	Oklahoma City Zoo	Oklahoma City, OK
38	2017	Oct 7−10	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	Columbus, OH
39	2018	Oct 9−12	Zoo Miami	Miami, FL
40	2019	Oct 6−10	Denver Zoo	Denver, CO
41	2020	Oct 12−16	Virtual	Virtual
42	2021	Oct 11−15	Virtual	Virtual
43	2022	Oct 10−14	Milwaukee County Zoo	Milwaukee, WI
44	2023	Oct 2−5	Fort Worth Zoo and Dallas Zoo	Fort Worth, TX, and Dallas, TX
45	2024	Oct 6−10	Columbus Zoo and Aquarium	Columbus, OH
46	2025	Oct 5−9	Fresno Chaffee Zoo	Fresno, CA

The Elephant Managers Association (EMA) is an international, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.

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