Both speak good enough English that I correspond with them regularly. They
both WRITE better English than Claus does, so I expect that their spoke
English is also quite understandable. Ole is a good photographer, and a
university professor, so I'm sure he can lecture. Troels has the back up of
all of Tropica, so I am also sure that, with Claus' help, even if he doesn't
have his own pictures, he can get together what he needs for a good
presentation.
Ole would probably speak more on plants in the wild, while Troels is doing
R&D at Tropica now, and I think could have a very different type of
presentation than some we've had.
Here is an excerpt from Troels' first letter to me, when Claus first
introduced us:
"During my study in Biology and following Ph.D I have been working with
experimentally studies on aquatic plants for several years - however, these
studies has been
on species in lakes and at field conditions. The studies
has been focussing on the plant response to changing environmental
conditions - e.g. CO2, nutrients and light - and how these parameters
interact on the uptake of nutrients and growth in the plants. Furthermore, I
have also studied the impact of the parameters on plant vegetated ecosystem
(for example the importance of decrecing light for the release of nutrient
from the sediment/plants to the water resulting in incresing growth of algae
in the water column). Unfortunately, aquariums are a new world for me, but a
very exiting challenge which I look forward to meet!
My first assignment will focus on development of a bottom material to
aquarium tanks - a material which can retain and supply with nutrients with
a rate that can support the growth of the plants without releasing more than
necessary to the water column. Hopefully, the material can also contribute
to the structure and biological processes in the bottom of the tank. The
following assignments will focus on nutrient pills and dissolved nutrient
stocks."
If we are seriously interested in one of them, I can ask Claus for a
recommendation. But I didn't want to bother Claus with it earlier, as it
looked like the crew kind of had their minds set on either Professor Tan
and/or Dave Wilson.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Lampert" <l_lampert@yahoo.com>
To: "Aquatic Gardeners Association Board" <aga-sc@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson
> Karen,
>
> Have you heard either or do you have any information
> on their presentation skills and possible
> presentations? Ole does seem to be the more well
> known.
>
>
> Larry
>
> --- Karen
Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
>
>> I still think either Ole Pedersen or Troels
>> Andersen. Troels might be a
>> little easier to get, Ole is better known.
>>
>> Karen
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
>> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com>; <jiml1029@aim.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:12 AM
>> Subject: [AGA-sc] No Dave Wilson
>>
>>
>> > So much for Tom and his sure thing.
>> >
>> > Backup plans, anyone?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Erik Olson
>> > erik at thekrib dot com
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:12:10 +0930
>> > From: Dave Wilson <aqua.green@bigpond.com>
>> > To:
Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>
>> > Subject: Re: AGA 2006 Convention Speaker
>> >
>> >
>> > Erik,
>> >
>> > Wow, what a way to make a person feel honoured and
>> proud. The people in
>> > the AGA and SFBAPS have been my guide in setting
>> up planted aquaria and
>> > have
>> > helped in ways they could never know.
>> >
>> > I left the public Aquarium a few years ago and
>> have been struggling
>> > setting
>> > up a small aquatic plant business in the real
>> world for a while now.
>> > Unfortunately it is at a stage where I can only
>> get away for short time,
>> > one
>> > or two days at most. Thanks for the very kind
>> offer however I must say
>> > no.
>>
>
>> > My wife Robyn and I plan to take a trip to the US
>> in a few years time and
>> > I
>> > hope to visit to the public aquaria over there at
>> Monterey Bay and
>> > Baltimore. I want to visit the Australian
>> exhibit at Baltimore as I
>> > helped
>> > John Seyjagat the Curator access Australian fish,
>> reptiles and plants for
>> > the exhibit.
>> >
>> > The future trip will coincide with the Aquatic
>> Gardeners Association
>> > Convention where ever it is at that time.
>> >
>> > Once again thanks for the invitation and generous
>> offer.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Dave
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 19/3/06 3:28 PM, "Erik
Olson"
>> <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello Dave,
>> >>
>> >> The AGA and San Francisco Bay Area Aquatic Plant
>> Society have been
>> >> working
>> >> for a while to organize the 2006 convention this
>> November, and as of
>> >> today
>> >> we've finally secured a hotel and date. Your
>> name was actually at the
>> >> top
>> >> of the list by the SFBAAPS folks, and I concur.
>> But I wanted to wait
>> >> until that point before formally inviting you to
>> speak there.
>> >>
>> >> I can give some details right now if that helps:
>> It will be held the
>> >> weekend of November 11th, talks will be on
>> Saturday, and there may be a
>> >> field trip on
Friday. If you have a second
>> presentation (especially if
>> >> it's a lighter or shorter one), we would love to
>> have you be our banquet
>> >> speaker as well. There are four other speakers,
>> but as the "guest
>> >> speaker", the convention will pay your airfare,
>> hotel and banquet.
>> >>
>> >> Would you be interested? Any questions I could
>> answer?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> - Erik
>> >> AGA President and unofficial speaker wrangler
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