Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior
Thirteenth Annual Meeting - 2009

Guidelines for site host, program
committee & moderator

Abstracts

Group Photo

Dates

February 27 - March 1, 2009

Location

Tucson, Arizona

Thursday Night Social
 

Thursday evening there is a Happy Hour sponsored by Petsafe.  Finger food, beer, wine, soda and water will be provided.  The socializing will begin around 6:30pm and will continue until Chris Brudecki decides we need to leave his suite (at least until 8:30pm).  All are invited, feel free to drop by at your leisure.  Happy hour will be in the Petsafe suite, currently it is booked for Presidential suite 319 but is subject to change at the hotel's discretion.  Current information will be available for you upon check-in.  The suite is in Chris Brudecki's name and you can also ask to be put through to his room.  You are on your own for dinner.

Hotel Info

Windmill Suites at St. Philip's Plaza
4250 North Campbell Ave.

Tucson, AZ  85226

800.547.4747

520.577.0007

Fax 520.577.0045

tucgm@windmillinns.com

http://www.windmillinns.com/ie30nscp/tuc/tuc.htm
Suites King or Double:$119 plus tax

Group ID: 02/26 IF
 

The cut-off date for making hotel reservations at a reduced group rate is January 25, 2009.

Site Host

Crista L Coppola

azcoppola@gmail.com

Travel information

Windmill Suites at St. Philip's Plaza is easily accessed from Interstate 10, take Exit 254, proceed east on Prince Road then north on Campbell.  Windmill Suites at St. Philip's Plaza is on the right at River Road, only minutes from University of Arizona, Tucson Mall,  and Tucson International Airport.

Arizona Stagecoach provides transportation to the Windmill Inn 
$45 roundtrip (cost estimated for 2009) 
Give the following code:  IFAAB

Airport shuttle info - pdf file

http://www.azstagecoach.com/group.html

Area information

Average temperature in Feb/March 70 degrees/40 degrees

Registration

• The registration fee covers lunches and organizing expenses.

• Mail your registration form and a check payable to IFAAB for $85.00 (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 13, 2008.   Please do not send as an attachment.

• Registrations will not be accepted without an emailed abstract.
  wayneh42@aol.com
  Wayne Hunthausen
  4820 Rainbow Blvd
  Westwood, KS 66205    913.362.2512 

Registration Deadline

October 13, 2008
Please contact Wayne Hunthausen for late registration

Program committee

• Pam Reid            pamr@aspca.org

• Jennifer Barg     jennbarg@understandingdogs.net

• Dan Estep        dan@animalbehaviorassociates.com

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, 2009.  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 from 2008 participants for 2009:

• 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

Topics suggested from previous years:

• 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 2009 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 13 - Registration deadline 

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

• Oct 22 - Program committee begins to evaluate abstracts.

• Nov 11 - Applicants notified by email that their applications are complete.

• 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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