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Dates |
February 29 - March 2, 2008
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Registration Deadline |
October 13, 2007
Please contact Wayne Hunthausen for late registration.
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Location
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New Orleans |
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Hotel Info
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Hotel Provincial
1024 Rue Chartres
New Orleans, LA. 70116
www.hotelprovincial.com
Phone: 504 581-4995, Fax 504 581-1018
Toll Free reservations 1 800 535-7922 |
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Be sure to ask for the IFAAB Meeting
block when making your reservation.
The cut-off date for making
hotel reservations at a reduced group rate is January 27, 2008. |
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Site Hosts |
Jim Ha |
jcha@u.washington.edu |
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Suzanne Hetts |
suzanne@animalbehaviorassociates.com |
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Travel information |
Plane, taxi, feet |
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Area information |
General Info
Restaurants |
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Registration
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The
registration fee covers lunches and organizing expenses.
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Mail your registration form and a check payable to IFAAB for
$85.00 (US
funds) to Wayne Hunthausen.
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One to three abstracts must be submitted in the
body of an email (see
below) to Wayne Hunthausen by October 13, 2007. Please
do not send as an attachment.
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Registrations will not be accepted without an emailed abstract.
wayneh42@aol.com
Wayne Hunthausen
4820 Rainbow Blvd
Westwood, KS 66205 913.362.2512
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Program committee |
Karen London (chair) |
London@uwalumni.com |
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Alice Moon-Fanelli |
alice.moon-fanelli@tufts.edu |
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John Wright |
WRIGHT_JC@mercer.edu |
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Cancellation
and refunds |
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Presentations |
Length of presentation may be from 20 to 50 minutes
Allow 60-20% of your time for group discussion. Present enough
information to trigger a stimulating discussion.
Please bring your
PowerPoint presentation and videos on a flash drive,
Suggested
presentations formats:
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Practical applications
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Interesting case histories for discussion (videos encouraged)
Case report guidelines
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Panel discussion: 2 to 3 panel participants give a short
introduction to topic and then open the discussion to the group
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Research
presentations
Be
sure to send a/v requirements and estimated time of presentation
with your registration. |
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Abstracts |
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Each attendee must either give a presentation on a topic,
lead a discussion, or participate on a panel.
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The
topics must be related to the field of applied animal behavior, and
relevant to behavior consultants.
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Abstracts
should be 75-300 words, have a title, be concise and in a form ready to be
posted on the IFAAB website.
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They need not be
detailed, but should contain enough information so that other attendees
will have a general idea of the information that will be presented.
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They
must be sent in the body of an email,
not as an attachment.
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Be sure to send a/v requirements and estimated
time of presentation with your abstract.
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The program committee will
evaluate all submissions and notify the participants by email once they
are accepted.
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A/V equipment available |
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LCD projector
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Flip chart and markers
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Please note that videos must be
digital (CD, DVD, Flash drive or on computer). VHS projectors
will not be available
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To save time between
presentations, we request that your PPoint presentation be on a flash
drive. Please read for more
information.
If you need anything else be sure to contact the site host
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Suggested
Presentation Topics for Meeting: |
Topics suggested from 2007 participants for 2008:
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General: More practical information to share, more panels, more
case studies
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New gadgets – lunch show and tell
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Business topics – insurance, marketing, strategies for
obtaining referrals, turning phone calls into appointments
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Networking with trainers
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Owner interpretation vs. consultant interpretation of
problems, goals
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Ethics
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Avian and other species. topics
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Resources for staying current in the field
Topics suggested from previous years:
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Observing owners, human-animal bond – how do we address,
increase healthy human-pet relationship
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Prevention, wellness
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Animal learning
or ethological theory as they relate to the diagnosis or treatment of
behavior problems
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How to deal with/assess people
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Behavioral pharmacology
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Cat topics
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Cat social hierarchies
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Cat training – clicker training for shy cats
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Psychogenic alopecia
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Making the transition from academia to small business
owners
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Horse behavior
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Medical causes of behavior problems
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Facilitating behaviorist/veterinary/breeder/shelter
relationships
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Preventive behavior care – such as socialization
programs, and more
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Community education
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1/2 day of case studies - primarily unusual, difficult,
new techniques, NOT run of the mill stuff
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Learning theory
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Social psychologist to discuss attraction theory
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New and interesting treatment procedures
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Unhealthy pet-person relationships
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Fearful behavior, phobias, fear
aggression
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Comparative communication systems
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Systematic approach to different
treatment techniques
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What we do on first contact by
phone – what do you say, what do you make sure you say (A good topic
for a panel - Whoever presents on this topic might contact folks ahead
of time and gather data about commonalties that could be part of the
presentation)
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Tentative Time-Frame For The 2007 MEETING
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April 1 -
Site determined
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April 15 -
Site info forwarded
from site host to John Wright for registration brochure and W
Hunthausen for website
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July 1 -
Registration information
postcards and email sent
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Oct 13 -
Registration deadline
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Oct 14- 22 -
Abstracts sent by email to the program committee.
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Oct 22 -
Program committee begins to evaluate
abstracts.
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Nov 11
- Applicants notified by email that their applications
are complete.
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Nov 12
- Committee begins to design a tentative program. The
committee communicates with applicants for which there are questions to
work out acceptable abstracts.
Nov 15 - Program committee finalizes program
Nov 20 -
Final approval of
program.
Nov 25 -
Applicants notified that
their abstracts (and which ones) have been accepted.
Dec 12 - Program committee sends final program
with a list of equipment requirements to W Hunthausen for posting on
website.
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