Interdisciplinary Forum for Applied Animal Behavior
Eighteenth Annual Meeting - 2014

Guidelines for site host, program
committee & moderator

Abstracts

Dates

Friday Feb. 28 - Sunday March 2, 2014

Registration and abstract submission deadline

October 13, 2013
Please contact Wayne Hunthausen for late registration.

Location

Windmill Inn 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

www.windmillinns.com
Suites King or Double:$119 plus tax
Group ID: 140228IFAA

Hotel Registration

The cut-off date for making hotel reservations at a reduced group rate is 
January 10, 2014

Online Reservations:          www.windmillinns.com

1. Choose location: Tucson
2. Choose your dates
3. Enter Group Code: 140228IFAA

Travel information

        
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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.
Ground Transportation from the airport
Arizona Shuttle approx. $30 one way (www.azstagecoach.com); $4 each additional person
Taxi Service approximately $30 one way

Area information

Average temperature in Feb/March 70 degrees/40 degrees

Meal information

Friday, Saturday and Sunday breakfast is provided by the hotel in the lobby area
Coffee, tea, water and light morning snacks will be available during the morning sessions
Lunches are provided by IFAAB
Coffee, tea, water and light afternoon snacks will be available during the afternoon sessions
Vegetarian options will be available at every venue.

    Site Host

Crista Coppola           azcoppola@gmail.com 

Meeting Registration

• The registration fee covers catering, meeting room, AV 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 13, 2013.   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, 2013

• 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 

Program committee

• Victoria Voith     vvoith@westernu.edu

• Melissa Shyan    mshyan@earthlink.net 

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 1, 2014.  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. 

• Please consider the the topics listed below when sending in your abstracts – but , of course, in keeping with  the spirit of past meetings, anything goes. 

• Preferences will be given to 20 minute presentations. Panels can be longer.

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:

More panel presentations Panel Ideas

Shorter presentations, longer discussions.  
Discussion topics with a list of discussion questions

• Research data, interesting cases with new ideas or twists 

• Presentations addressing other than dogs - cats, horses, birds, pigs

• Behavior tools, products, gadgets, equipment, resources

• Discussion on plagiarism – what it is, what should you cite, not site, infringement of copyright, what’s fair use

• Communication, social media

• Roles and boundaries – how to play well with others,  delegating

• “Certifications” – What do they mean?

• Reaching the public about body language info

• More research

• “Whadda ya think of this?” - What’s important, what we struggle with,

• Avalanche rescue dogs  detection dogs –presentations with videos

• Pros and cons and exactly how one uses the various dog head halters or harnesses that are available

• Communication with the media and/or use of social media

Previous to 2013

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

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

• Owner interpretation vs. consultant interpretation of problems, goals

• Ethics

• Resources for staying current in the field

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

• 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 social hierarchies

• Cat training – clicker training for shy cats

• Psychogenic alopecia

• Making the transition from academia to small business owners

• Medical causes of behavior problems

• Facilitating behaviorist/veterinary/trainer/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

• 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

• May 1 - Registration information postcards and email sent

• Oct 13 - 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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