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Animal Behavior Society 45th Annual Meeting
| What | ABS Annual Meeting/Conference |
|---|---|
| When |
2008-08-16 00:00
to 2008-08-20 00:00 |
| Where | Snowbird, Utah. USA |
| Contact Name | ABS Central Office |
| Contact Email | aboffice@indiana.edu |
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The 2008 Animal Behavior Society Annual Meetingwill 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.
Scientific Program Highlights
Featured Speakers:
Keynote speaker: John Mitani, University of Michigan, The behavior of wild chimpanzees
Distinguished Animal Behaviorist address: Jerram Brown, Emeritus of SUNY Albany, Studies on Behavior and Ecology of the Mexican Jay, 1969-2004
Fellows lecture: Mary Jane West-Eberhard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Alternative developmental pathways and why they are so important in behavior and evolution.
Fellows lecture: R. Haven Wiley, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, A Signal-Detection Equilibrium in the Evolution of Communication
Symposium: Pathways to Novelty and Diversity: The Causes and Consequences of Polyphenism. Organizers: David W. Pfennig, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Armin Moczek, Indiana University
Writing workshop: Title TBA
Organizer: Becky Talyn, California State University San Bernardino
Career workshop: Where do I go with a PhD in Animal Behaviour?
Organizer: Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge
Film Festival:
The XXIV Annual Animal Behavior Society Film Festival. Saturday, 16 August and Sunday, 17 August.
See the --> ABS Film Committee<-- site for more details and entry forms. The deadline for film entries is 05 May 2008
Special Events
• An opening reception will be held on Saturday evening, 16 August.
• Posters will be on display all day Monday and Tuesday, and a poster reception will be held on Tuesday evening.
• Acaoke (Academic Karaoke) is back! Watch your esteemed colleagues talk themselves into everlasting fame. Or everlasting shame. There is no middle ground!
• A closing banquet will be held Wednesday night, 20 August.
• First annual 5K fun run! Contact Molly Morris ( morrism@ohiou.edu) for details.
• A Silent Auction will be held once again. 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 a zoo, etc. Donated items will be placed on tables next to bidding forms, or described, if the item is not present.
Registration
Online registration and mail-in forms will be available Soon
To present a paper or a poster at ABS 2008, you must register and submit abstracts by 2 June 2008. Only ABS (and ASAB) members are allowed to present research at ABS Meetings, which means participants should apply for membership or renew by 26 May 2008 in order to submit an abstract.
Be advised that there is a limit on the number of Contributed Talks that can be accepted. ABS bylaws require us to accept talk abstracts in the order received rather than the merits of the abstract or the presenter. You may still submit your most excellent abstract as a contributed poster, but not as a contributed talk, once this limit has been reached. The current limit is set at 200. This year the limit will remain firm because of space constraints at Snowbird.
More details are now on the conference webpage please click on the link below