22nd Annual Meeting of the ASP -- Program Overview

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Thursday

Thursday, August 12, 1999

9:00AM–4:30PM
Workshop: The care and management of captive chimpanzees: Retirement from laboratories to sanctuaries. L. Brent, F.L. Dolins, E. Toback, and M.A. Bloomsmith (organizers)
(University Room)
[contact L. Brent for pre-registration; lbrent@icarus.sfbr.org]

12:00NOON—5:00PM: Registration (Emerald Foyer)
12:00NOON—5:00PM: Exhibits and Silent Auction Set-up (Emerald Ballroom)

1:00PM—6:00PM: Standing Committee Meetings (times vary)

6:00PM–8:00PM: Opening Reception [food and beverages] (Emerald Ballroom)

Friday, August 13, 1999

FRIDAY MORNING

7:00AM – 8:00AM: Past Presidents’ Breakfast (Bailey’s Restaurant, Fairmont Hotel)

UNIVERSITY ROOM

8:00AM – 8:15AM

Welcome by Mollie Bloomsmith (Program Committee);
Margie Clarke (Local Host);
Teresa Soufas (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Tulane University);
Pete Gerone (Director, Tulane Primate Center, Tulane University);
Introductory Remarks by Nancy Caine (ASP President)

UNIVERSITY ROOM

8:15AM – 9:15AM

Keynote Address: Jeanne Altmann, "The role of social grooming in a primate society: From individuals through populations"

UNIVERSITY ROOM	GOLD ROOM	MAYOR’S CHAMBER

9:30AM—12:00NOON Session 1 Conservation	9:30AM—11:30AM Session 2 Learning and Cognition, Part A	9:30AM—12:00NOON Session 3 Infant Development & Maternal Behavior

12:00NOON—1:30PM Lunch: American Journal of PrimatologyEditorial Board Meeting (Orleans Room)

UNIVERSITY ROOM

1:30PM—2:30PM Distinguished Primatologist’s Lecture: W. Richard Dukelow,: "True Confessions of a Monkey Gynecologist"

FRIDAY AFTERNOON

UNIVERSITY ROOM	EXPLORER’S ROOM	MAYOR’S CHAMBER

2:45PM—4:45PM Session 4 Ecology	2:45PM—4:45PM Session 5 Learning and Cognition, Part B	2:45 PM—4:45PM Session 6 Breeding and Reproduction, Part A

FRIDAY EVENING

EMERALD BALLROOM

5:00PM—7:00PM
Session 7
Poster Session I: Breeding/Reproduction, Social Behavior, Colony Management/Enrichment,
Demography/Population Studies/Genetics, Physiology/Endocrinology/Anatomy

Saturday August 14, 1999

SATURDAY MORNING

UNIVERSITY ROOM	EXPLORER’S ROOM	MAYOR’S CHAMBER

8:00AM–-10:45AM Session 8 Social Behavior, Part A	8:00AM—9:45AM Session 9 Ecology and Nutrition	8:00AM—10:30AM Session 10 Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Biomedicine and Physiology

UNIVERSITY ROOM

11:00AM—12:00NOON Featured Speaker: Terry L. Maple: "Zoos as a niche for primatology (and primatologists)"

12:00NOON—1:30PM Lunch: ASP Executive Committee Meeting (Tulane Room)

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

UNIVERSITY ROOM

EXPLORER’S ROOM

MAYOR’S CHAMBER

1:30PM—3:30PM
Session 11
Colony Management
and Enrichment

2:00PM—5:00PM
Session 12
Workshop: The African
Bushmeat Crisis: New
Findings, Theory, and Solutions

1:30PM—3:30PM
Session 13
Human Evolution,
Anatomy,and Growth

3:30PM—5:00PM
Session 14
Roundtable Discussion:
Is there life after graduate school?
A roundtable discussion on career
options beyond academia

SATURDAY EVENING

EMERALD BALLROOM

5:00PM—7:00PM
Session 15
Poster Session II: Conservation/Ecology, Learning/Cognition, Maternal Behavior/ Infant Development, Neuroscience/Biomedicine, Research Methods

Sunday, August 15, 1999

SUNDAY MORNING

UNIVERSITY ROOM	EXPLORER’S ROOM	MAYOR’S CHAMBER

8:00AM—11:00 Session 16 Social Behavior, Part B	8:00AM—11:00AM Session 17 Workshop: Technology in the wild: A workshop on the technological Advances in field primatology	8:00AM—10:00AM Session 18 Roundtable Discussion: Encouraging minority participation in primatology: Launching an ASP initiative

UNIVERSITY ROOM

11:00AM—12:00NOON Featured Speaker: Stephen J. Suomi,: "How do jumpy monkeys survive?"
12:00NOON—1:30PM Lunch: ASP Board of Directors Meeting (Director’s Room)

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

UNIVERSITY ROOM	EXPLORER’S ROOM	MAYOR’S CHAMBER

1:30PM—3:15PM Session 19 Breeding & Reproduction, Part B	1:30PM—4:00PM Session 20 Roundtable Discussion: Environmental enrichment in the new millennium 4:00PM— 5:30PM ASP Business Meeting	1:30PM—3:30PM Session 21 Workshop: Bringing Science to the Public: A workshop in giving effective presentations

SUNDAY EVENING

6:30PM— 7:00PM Board boat for Dinner Cruise

7:00PM—10:00PM Dinner Cruise

10:00PM—11:00PM Boat docked for final hour of party

Monday, August 16, 1999

MONDAY MORNING

8:30PM—1:00PM Tour of Tulane Primate Center and Lunch