Jean Pattison, known as "the African Queen", currently lives in Lakeland Florida, where she and her husband Tim operate their breeding facility. In 1984 she acquired a pair of Senegals, from there her fascination with African parrots grew to include the African Grey, and then naturally more Poicephalus. Her studied obeservations of the Senegals taught her about behaviour and social patterns that she was able to apply to other African parrots, including an impressive collection of the Un-cape parrot. Jean was one of the founding members of the Florida Federation of Aviculture, Inc. She has lectured at a number of international conferences. She is past President and editor of the African Parrot Society, as well as writing for many of the major publications, such as Bird Talk, Birds USA, Bird Breeder, Pet Product News, and the AFA Watchbird. She has helped field researchers, and conservation groups, with her knowledge of the habits and husbandry of the African Parrots. Authors have consulted with her in writing books on African Parrots and she has co-authored African Parrots, with Rick Jordan, that is an overview of African parrots. She is currently working on another publication.

Speaker's Topic #1: Babies: The Hows, The Whys and the Why Nots
Speaker's Topic #2: African Parrots: an overview about breeding, feeding, and pet temperament

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