Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior
Sixteenth Annual Meeting - 2012

Guidelines for site host, program
committee & moderator

Abstracts

Dates

Friday March 2 - Sunday March 4, 2012

Registration Deadline

October 13, 2011
Please contact Wayne Hunthausen for late registration.

Location

The Clarion Hotel Scottsdale
5101 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Toll Free: (866) 394-3911
Phone : (480) 945-4392

www.ClarionScottsdale.com   

Hotel Info

The room rates will be honored for 3 days meeting either side of the event. They are 'flagging' our rooms, but not actively taking them out of inventory. (i.e. We have a discounted rate, but do not have a block of rooms reserved)  Please make reservations as early as possible as this is high tourist season for the area  There is no penalty for canceling before 72 hours of arrival.
Lower rates will not be guaranteed after December 1.
 It's under IFAAB's name.
Rates are $129 outside for 2 doubles or queen/king and $139 for inside (pool facing).

Parking

    Site Hosts

•     Suzanne Hetts   suzanne@animalbehaviorassociates.com

•     Dan Estep         dan@animalbehaviorassociates.com

Meal information

Lunches included in registration

Travel information

Plane, taxi, feet

Area information

Registration

• The registration fee covers lunches and organizing expenses.

• Mail your registration form and a check payable to IFAAB for $90.00 (US funds) to Wayne Hunthausen.

• One to three abstracts must be submitted in the body of an email (see below) to Wayne Hunthausen by October 1, 2011.   Please do not send as an attachment.

• Registrations will not be accepted without an emailed abstract.

• Acceptance of abstracts will be competitive and dependent on content.  Acceptance/rejection notification will be by email prior to November 1, 2011

• Please consider carefully your commitment to attending when you submit your abstract.  Late cancellations have financial consequences if we cannot meet our room quota and may not give those on the waiting list sufficient time to make travel plans and take advantage of discounted room rates. Thanks!

  
  wayneh42@aol.com
  Wayne Hunthausen
  4820 Rainbow Blvd
  Westwood, KS 66205    913.362.2512 

Registration and abstract submission deadline

October 1, 2011
Please contact Wayne Hunthausen for late registration

Program committee

Cancellation and refunds

• If you know you will need to cancel, please do so as soon as possible. so someone on the waiting list can be contacted.

• Contact Wayne Hunthausen

• Full refund if cancellation is received by January 15, 2012.  None after that date

Presentations

Length of presentation may be from 20 to 50 minutes.  Allow 20-60% 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:

• Practical applications

• Interesting case histories for discussion (videos encouraged)   Case report guidelines

• Panel discussion:  2 to 3 panel participants give a short introduction to topic and then open the discussion to the group

• Research presentations 

Be sure to send a/v requirements  and estimated time of presentation with your registration.

Abstracts

• To attend, the submitted abstract/topic must be accepted by the program committee.  Acceptance of abstracts will be competitive and dependant on content.  The program committee will determine whether to accept, accept with minor revisions or reject an abstract that is submitted.

• The program committee will evaluate all submissions and notify the participants by email once they are accepted.

• Each attendee must either give a presentation on a topic, lead a discussion, or participate on a panel.

• The topics must be related to the field of applied animal behavior, and relevant to behavior consultants.  

• Abstracts should be 75-300 words, have a title, be concise and in a form ready to be posted on the IFAAB website. 

• 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. 

• They must be sent in the body of an email, not as an attachment. 

• Be sure to send a/v requirements and estimated time of presentation with your abstract. 

A/V equipment available

• LCD projector 

• Flip chart and  markers

• Please note that videos must be digital (CD, DVD, Flash drive or on computer).  VHS projectors will not be available

• 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

Suggested Presentation Topics for Meeting:

Topics suggested for discussion by previous participants:

• General:  More practical information to share, more panels, more case studies

• New gadgets – lunch show and tell

• Business topics – insurance, marketing, strategies for obtaining referrals, turning phone calls into appointments

• Networking with trainers

• Owner interpretation vs. consultant interpretation of problems, goals

• Ethics

• Avian and other species. topics

• Resources for staying current in the field

• Observing owners, human-animal bond – how do we address, increase healthy human-pet relationship

• Prevention, wellness

• Animal learning or ethological theory as they relate to the diagnosis or treatment of behavior problems

• How to deal with/assess people

• Behavioral pharmacology

• Cat topics

• Cat social hierarchies

• Cat training – clicker training for shy cats

• Psychogenic alopecia

• Making the transition from academia to small business owners

• Horse behavior

• Medical causes of behavior problems

• Facilitating behaviorist/veterinary/breeder/shelter relationships

• Preventive behavior care – such as socialization programs, and more

• Community education

• 1/2 day of case studies - primarily unusual, difficult, new techniques, NOT run of the mill stuff

• Learning theory

• Social psychologist  to discuss attraction theory

• New and interesting treatment procedures

• Unhealthy pet-person relationships

• Fearful behavior, phobias, fear aggression

• Comparative communication systems

• Systematic approach to different treatment techniques

• 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)

Tentative Time-Frame For The MEETING 

• April 1 - Site determined

• April 15 - Site info forwarded from site host  to John Wright for registration brochure and W Hunthausen for website

• July 1 - Registration information postcards and email sent

• Oct 1 - Registration and abstract submission deadline 

• Oct 14- 22 - Abstracts sent by email to the program committee.

• Oct 22 - Program committee begins to evaluate abstracts.

• Nov 1 - Applicants notified by email that their applications are complete.

• Nov 2 - 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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