When and Where               

Scientific Program Overview 

Program Officer's Detailed Program                      

Registration and Abstract Submission Info   

    CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND SUBMIT ABSTRACT

    ( http://www.animalbehavior.org/Conference/Snowbird05/ )

Food and Lodging

Special Events and Silent Auction

Transportation

Things to Do And Child Care

The Meeting Logo reflects the role of highly-trained avalanche rescue dogs in saving lives at ski areas around the world, a wonderful example of applied animal behavior in action. 

For many details, refer to the Snowbird Resort website.

For more information or questions, contact the Designated Hosts: James Ha (jcha@u.washington.edu)or Renee Ha (robinet@u.washington.edu).

When: The meeting will begin with a reception on Saturday evening, 6 Aug and continue through the closing banquet Wednesday night, 10 Aug.

Where: The 2005 Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting will be held at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in the mountains of eastern Utah, 45 minutes outside of Salt Lake City. This is a gorgeous Rocky Mountain location, located in a dry mountain canyon with both alpine tree line and the desert floor with easy driving distance. It is centrally located in the Rocky Mountain West, perfectly situated for a family vacation. Our venue will be classic conference center/resort meeting rooms, i.e. ballroom or flat seating. Most meeting rooms will be located in the Cliff Lodge, the same building which will hold most of the housing rooms. Sessions will be held in the Ballroom, which will seat 700 people.

Jim Ha took this photo of the venue from the tram (big file, 1140Kb).

Craig Packer will deliver the Keynote Lecture, discussing how his group has been using principles from behavioral ecology to study disease transmission in the Serengeti and to understand human-animal conflict throughout Tanzania.  Sunday, 7 Aug 2005, 8:30 am.
 

Fellows Lectures will be given by John Wingfield (Monday, 8 Aug 2005, 8:30 am:
Allostatic load and overload: behavioral strategies for coping in a changing environment)
and Joan Strassmann (Wednesday, 10 Aug 2005, 8:30 am: The importance of behavior in a genomic age).
 

A symposium in honor of Don Griffin will include talks on Cognition (James Gould, Ben & Lynnette Hart, Bernd Heinrich, Irene Pepperberg, Gordon Burghardt, Colin Allen, Roger Fouts, Marc Bekoff), Bats (Jim Simmons), and Bird Migration (Ron Larkin).

Steve Arnold will give an evening workshop on what it takes to make a significant contribution to the field of Sexual Selection. Please see the web site for developing information on the keynote speaker, additional symposia and workshops, and other events.

Registration and Abstract Submission: Early registration and abstracts will be accepted via the conference registration and abstract web pages beginning April 4, 2005.  Deadline for early registration and abstract submission is midnight on 3 June, 2005.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND SUBMIT ABSTRACT

Vendor space will be in the foyer directly outside the ballroom and between the ballroom and the other meeting rooms. For security, the host will hire a security guard for all hours for which the vender tables are not manned.

Full projection equipment for state-of-the-art computer projection capability will be available in all venue rooms. Projection equipment will be staffed by meeting volunteers inn the venue rooms with additional technical assistance available by radio. A room for slide preview, meeting office, and registration table has also been reserved in the foyer outside of the main ballroom.

Full-Member               $184                     $263

Student-Member         $84                       $163

Full-Nonmember         $263                     $341

Student-Nonmember   $163                     $242

Guest/Spouse               $61                       $61

Developing Country    $61                       $61

Cancellation of Registration: Written cancellations received by the Hosts (jcha@u.washington.edu) before July 1 are entitled to 100% refund. Written cancellations received between July 1 - 21 inclusive are entitled to 80% refund. No refund for cancellations received after July 21.

Special Events: Events will be held at a variety of venues around the grounds of the resort. The Opening Reception/BBQ will be held on the Skier’s Bridge and the Plaza, with possible options for discounted tram rides to the mountain top and access to the outdoor activity course (wall climbing, zip line, alpine slide). Scientific posters will be available for the duration of the conference in a large covered, open-air venue where the poster session evening social event will be held. This is located about 3 minute’s walk from the meeting rooms and on the way to the main dining areas and alternate lodging. For perhaps the first time, there will unquestionably be PLENTY of space for posters, and the temperature will be very comfortable. The closing banquet will be held at a similar but smaller covered-yet-open venue (not too hot!) with spectacular views.

Workshops: Jim Ha has arranged a workshop with the trainers of avalanche rescue dogs. Dean Cardinal, leader of the Snowbird Resort’s championship avalanche dog training team, will give an evening talk about avalanche safety and the role of rescue dogs. Then, on the  following day, for a small charge to support the training program, Dean has offered to run a two hour, small-group avalanche-dog-training workshops, on the mountain.  The registration for this limited-space opportunity will be at the on-site registration desk, starting on Saturday afternoon.

Silent Auction:  ABS started a Silent Auction in Oaxaca in 2004 and raised $1,820!  This exceeded our expectations for the first annual event.   All proceeds went to the ABS Student Research Grants program for this year.  This means that TWO ADDITIONAL AWARDS will be possible this year due to the ABS Auction 2004.  Thank you for your support!
 

Again this year, Snowbird Resort has donated a Suite for the 2006 ABS meeting at Snowbird.

Bring Items to SNOWBIRD to Donate!!

Bring Items from Home, Pick up Items in your Travels or from your Field Sites, or Obtain Donations from Supportive Colleagues and Organizations.  The more items we have, the more likely the auction will be as successful as it was last year!

What kind of items or services seem to be desirable?

• Books on Animal Behavior, Biology, Ecology, Conservation, Applied Animal Behavior, etc.

• Autographed books from ABS authors

• Items with animal themes (t-shirts, jewelry, calendars, dcor, greeting cards, posters, etc.)

• Software useful for members (statistics, data collection, etc.)

• Videotapes for teaching or entertainment with behavior themes.

• Donations from zoo gift shops

• Memorabilia from past ABS meetings and members (vintage artifacts)

• Animal Photography

• Animal Artwork

• Statistical consulting, behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo, etc.

• Items from the Oaxaca region or meeting

• Anything legal that appeals to ABS Members!!

Items that you donate for the auction will be placed at the meeting on
tables next to bidding forms, or described if the item is not present.
During the meeting, members will visit the tables and bid on items by
entering their bid on the bidding form. The auction will continue for
several days while members bid against one another. The member with the
highest bid at the deadline wins the item and takes it home with them.
 

Contact Us About Your Donations
James Ha ( jcha@u.washington.edu )
Renee R. Ha ( robinet@u.washington.edu )

There is a wide range of restaurants on the Snowbird grounds, ranging from from very fast and inexpensive take-out sandwiches and pizza to 45 minute in-and-out casual or bar sit-down dining to very formal, relaxed penthouse restaurants. Many rooms, including some $79/night student specials will have kitchens. A small grocery is on-site and major groceries are down the road into SLC. We also considering a daily lunch buffet as well. The Snowbird staff has been alerted to the fact that a very large percentage of attendees are vegetarian and they have promised a special effort for them.

Housing will be primarily on site, in either the Cliff Lodge (hotel-style rooms) or the Lodge at Snowbird (condo/kitchen suites). Reservations will be handled entirely by Snowbird staff.

Cancellation of lodging reservations: First-night deposits will be fully refunded if cancelled prior to 48 hours of arrival.  If cancellation is received within 48 hours of arrival, the first-night deposit is forfeited.

• $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)

Camping will also be convenient and inexpensive at National Forest Service campgrounds a few miles up and down the canyon from Snowbird.  There will be no transportation between the campgrounds and the meeting venue provided by the Hosts.

Tanners Flat is located at 7200 feet, this campground will become accessible earlier in the season than Albion Basin. This campground is located below the road, so the noises from the constant stream of traffic is somewhat muted. There are 36 sites available here which provide your typical campground accommodations.  Smaller RVs will fit here but leave the big ones down in the valley.

Albion Basin is a wonderful campground to visit in the spring/summer, the seasons change on a slower basis at 9500 feet. While summer is in full swing down in the valley one can see the flowers of spring at Albion Basin. The camper has his choice of 24 different sites, although you have to get there pretty early to procure your site. This campground is located on the Alta ski area, continue up the road from Alta and you will run into Albion Basin.

And officially, it is the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
 

Transportation: Salt Lake City is a major international airport and acts as a hub for Delta Airlines, and therefore, transportation into and out of SLC by air is relatively easy and inexpensive. SLC also has several interstate highways so auto access is also relatively easy. Ground transportation from the SLC airport will be provided by Canyon Transport shuttle vans, a private company whose primary business is shuttling between the airport and Snowbird. Canyon Transport will also be able to provide either pre-organized or impromptu transportation into SLC for shopping, dining or sight-seeing at per-van-load rates. The ride to and from Snowbird from the airport or downtown SLC is about 45 minutes, and the cost for the airport run is currently $50 roundtrip.

All meeting events and social activities, as well as the many forms of entertainment offered by Snowbird are within easy walking distance, so it is unlikely you will need a car for the duration of the meeting.  There is an Enterprise car rental service available at Snowbird for excursions beyond the canyon.

Things to do: 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 ubiquitous and abundant. The resort has a tram ride to the mountaintop. The adventuresome can rent trail bikes and scooters for the ride back down. Hiking trails lead all directions to alpine lakes. A gorgeous U.S. Forest Service campground is located 5 miles up the road at Alta (advance reservations required). Of course, we have also checked out the leisure activities, including the full-service spa located right in the Cliff Lodge venue building, numerous swimming pools and hot tubs throughout the resort, and a number of restaurants and bars. There is also hiking, bird-watching, mountain-biking, jogging, tennis, basketball and volleyball, fly-fishing, helicopter rides, etc. all on site, and golf, and all of SLC, nearby.

Child care: Snowbird runs a children’s day camp all summer long, and with advance registration, the children of attendees of almost all ages can be accommodated at ‘Camp Snowbird’.