The information provided below has been gathered by your designated host...and it is to him that you should turn for additional information after visiting the Snowbird Resort website (http://www.snowbird.com), if that seems appropriate.
Bennett G. Galef, Jr. (a.k.a. Jeff) Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada Phone: (905) 525-9140, ext 23017 Fax: (905) 529-6225 Email: galef@mcmaster.ca
Early registration and abstracts will be accepted via the conference registration and abstract web pages (http://www.animalbehavior.org/Conference/Snowbird06/)
Early registration and abstract submission ends at midnight on Monday night, June 5, 2006.
The meeting will begin with a reception on Saturday evening, August 12 and continue through the closing banquet on Wednesday night, August 16.
The Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in the Wasatch mountains of eastern Utah, 45 minutes from Salt Lake City, will be the site of the meeting. The resort is perfectly situated to serve as the starting point for a family vacation, less than one day’s drive to Grand Canyon, Zion, Arches and Bryce National Parks. For details, please refer to the Snowbird Resort website (http://www.snowbird.com).
Scientific sessions will be held in the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird, the same building where all of the hotel rooms are located. The condos are in the Lodge and the Inn at Snowbird, a moderate 5-minute walk from the meeting rooms.
Further information concerning the scientific program (participants in symposia and brief descriptions of their contents, names of additional Fellow’s lecturers, etc.) will be provided on this site as information becomes available from the Program Officer.
Category
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Early |
Late/Walk-in |
|---|---|---|
Full-Member |
$190 | $270 |
Student-Member |
$86 | $165 |
Full-Nonmember |
$263 | $350 |
Student-Nonmember |
$165 | $245 |
Guest/Spouse |
$65 | $70 |
Developing Country |
$62 | $62 |
Those providing written notification of cancellation to the host (galef@mcmaster.ca) before July 3, 2006 will receive a 100% refund of their conference registration fee. Written cancellations received by the host between July 3 and 23 inclusive will receive an 80% refund. There will be no refund for cancellations received after July 23.
Vendor space will be provided in the foyer between the meeting rooms. A security guard will be present when venders’ tables are not manned. For further information, please contact the host (galef@mcmaster.ca). For submitting advertisements for the program guide, requesting exhibit space, or conribute donations of Awards for various ABS Competitions, please see the conference site at:
http://www.animalbehavior.org/Conference/Snowbird06/,
click on the tab for Meeting Exhibits/Vendors Information.
Equipment for state-of-the-art computer projection, staffed by meeting volunteers, will be available in all meeting rooms. A room for previewing presentations will be available from Saturday night until the end of the scientific sessions.
Please bring items to Snowbird to donate to the auction: (1) books on Animal Behavior, Biology, Ecology, Conservation, Applied Animal Behavior, etc. (2) autographed books from ABS authors, (3) items with animal themes (t-shirts, jewelry, calendars, greeting cards, posters, etc.), (4) software useful for members (statistics, data collection, etc.), (5) videotapes for teaching or entertainment with behavior themes, (6) memorabilia from past ABS meetings and members (vintage artifacts), (7) animal photography, (8) Animal artwork, (9) statistical consulting, (10) behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo, etc. Donated items will be placed on tables next to bidding forms, or described, if the item is not present.
Contact James Ha (jcha@u.washington.edu) or Renee R. Ha (robinet@u.washington.edu) for further information concerning the auction.
Restaurants ranging from fast and inexpensive take-out (sandwiches, salads and pizza) through 45-minute casual dining, to very formal, relaxed penthouse restaurants are available at Snowbird. (Click here for our very own restaurant reviews from 2005).
All rooms will have bar refrigerators and condos will have fully equipped kitchens. A small grocery store (General Gritts Grocery and Deli) is on-site and a supermarket is located down the road at Sandy, a brief car ride away (Click here for information on how to minimize food costs at Snowbird). We are also trying to arrange buffet, all-you-can-eat dinners for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights. Further information concerning food will be available in April, after final arrangements with Snowbird Resort have been completed.
The Snowbird staff has been alerted to the fact that many conference attendees are vegetarians, and have promised a special effort to be accommodating.
As they did last year, Snowbird's Aerie restaurant will make available the tremendously popular an all-you-can-eat buffet for $14.95 on Sunday and Monday night (Tuesday is not possible because of competing demands for the Aerie restaurant).
Also new for this year, for those who like a little beer and snacks along with their conversation, the Tram Club bar will be open nightly until 1:00 am with extra staff to serve our members.
We are expecting more good news on the breakfast front. Watch this space!!
Housing will be primarily on site, in either the Cliff Lodge (hotel-style rooms) or the Lodge and The Inn at Snowbird (condo/kitchen suites). Reservations will be handled entirely by Snowbird staff.
| $94/night ($79/night for a limited number of students) for a hotel-style standard room (2 queen beds) or a studio condo (1 queen bed and kitchen) |
| $139 for deluxe bedrooms and rooms with spa access (1 king bed) |
| $239/night for a one-bedroom suite (2-3 queen/king beds) or a studio-style loft (3 beds and kitchen) |
| $289/night for a two-bedroom suite (2-3 queen/king beds) or a one-bedroom condo (3 queen beds and kitchen) |
| $319/night for one-bedroom condo with loft (5 queen beds and kitchen). In 2005, the President of the society and four students shared one of these units. |
Snowbird resort has joined with the National Forest Foundation to provide needed improvements to the Wasatch Cache National Forest, where the resort is located. The National Forest Foundation will make a significant matching contribution You can directly support the program through a VOLUNTARY $1.00/ROOM/NIGHT CONTRIBUTION that WILL BE ADDED AUTOMATICALLY to your individual account. WHEN CHECKING OUT YOU CAN DECLINE TO PARTICIATE, if you wish
First-night deposits will be fully refunded if cancelled 48 hours prior to scheduled arrival. If cancellation is received within 48 hours of arrival, the first-night deposit will be forfeit.
Tanners Flat campground is located at 7200 feet, and will become accessible earlier in the season than Albion Basin. There are 36 sites available that provide typical campground accommodations. Smaller RV's will fit, but leave big RV's down in the valley.
Albion Basin, at 9500 feet, is worth a visit . While summer is in full swing in the valley, below spring flowers are still blooming there . Twenty-four camp sites are available, although you have to arrive early to procure one. The campground is located beyond the Alta ski area, in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Salt Lake City (SLC) is a major international airport and serves as a hub for Delta Airlines, making flights to SLC relatively easy and inexpensive. SLC is also at the intersection of several interstate highways that provide easy access by car.
Ground transportation from the SLC airport is provided by Canyon Transportation, a private company whose primary business is shuttling passengers between the airport and Snowbird Resort. Canyon Transport can also provide transportation into SLC for shopping, dining or sight-seeing. The ride to Snowbird from either the airport or downtown SLC takes approximately 45 minutes (depending on traffic), and the cost for a roundtrip to the airport will be $46.
If you are staying at the Snowbird Resort, you will not need a car to attend any of the activities either social or scientific. Enterprise car rental service is available at Snowbird for excursions.
We're (Theresa Pitts-Singer, Cory Vorel, and Sylvia Halkin) organizing a day trip to northern Utah for the day after the ABS meeting.
We'll visit the Bear River migratory bird refuge, at the northern tip of the Great Salt Lake, where shorebird and waterfowl numbers peak in the hundreds of thousands in mid-August; the USDA-ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Lab, which specializes in pollination of field and orchard crops by bees other than honey bees; and the coyote Predator Ecology and Behavior Project at the National Wildlife Research Center field station. For more information, go to:
http://www.animalbehavior.org/Conference/Snowbird06/Excursions/
Snowbird’s terrain ranges from 8000-11,000 feet above sea level. The mountainsides are laced with alpine meadows, streams, and cascades. Mountain goats and moose are regular visitors. Birds and small mammals are both ubiquitous and abundant. The resort has a tram ride to the mountaintop. Hiking trails from the top lead to alpine lakes, and the more adventuresome can rent trail bikes for the ride down.
An excellent full-service spa is located in the Cliff Lodge. Numerous swimming pools and hot tubs are available throughout the resort. Hiking, bird-watching, mountain-biking, jogging, tennis, an exercise room, basketball, wall climbing, volleyball, and fly-fishing, are all available on site. Many additional commercial activities are available at Snowbird. For information, visit the Resort website at http://www.snowbird.com.Snowbird runs a children's day camp and with advance registration, the children of attendees of almost all ages can be accommodated at 'Camp Snowbird'.
