The Program Committee invites individuals to submit their best scientific work, in any area of primatology, for inclusion in the 1999 program. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee for suitability and quality. Accepted abstracts will be organized into sessions based on topic area and type of presentation. Abstracts must be sent to the Chair of the Program Committee no later than FEBRUARY 1, 1999; abstracts postmarked after this date will not be accepted. The first (or presenting) author will receive notification (Program Notification Card) regarding acceptance and scheduling in April, 1999.
Abstracts must be submitted on 3.5" disks. Detailed instructions for submitting abstracts are included on this site. Questions about the program should be directed to the Chair of the Program Committee: Dr. Mollie Bloomsmith, Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Avenue, SE, Atlanta, GA, 30315-1440, USA; Phone: (404) 624-5990; Fax: (404) 627-7514; email: mbloomsmith@mindspring.com.
Student Paper and Poster Competitions: Graduate and undergraduate students may enter their work in the student competitions. Criteria and guidelines for the competition, developed by the Education Committee, are provided in this packet. Please note that students entering these competitions must submit an extra copy of their abstracts to the Program Committee.
Content and Quality of Abstracts: Abstracts will be published in the American Journal of Primatology and must be of high quality. An abstract will be rejected if it is unclear or incomplete. For additional details about abstracts, please refer to the Instructions for Writing Quality Abstracts, and the samples of abstracts that are cited.
Contributors are encouraged to consider seriously which format (oral presentation or poster) would be the best one for the work to be presented. While the Program Committee will attempt to schedule the presentation in the format preferred by the author(s), the committee is not bound by the author's first choice of format preference.
Oral Presentations: Oral presentations will be scheduled at 15-minute intervals. Each presentation should be no more than 12 minutes in length, allowing several minutes for questions and discussion. Case studies, preliminary data, results of pilot studies, and descriptions of apparatus, equipment, and/or habitats are usually not appropriate for the oral format and should be submitted as posters. Descriptions of commercial products are welcome as exhibits, but are not appropriate for the scientific program.
Poster Presentations: The Society and Program Committee encourage poster presentations. Those wishing to present their work in poster format will be assigned a space approximately 8' wide X 4' high (2.5 X 1.5 m) for the display. Authors are expected to be in attendance at their poster during the scheduled time. Abstracts for posters are prepared the same as oral presentations (see below) and will be published. The Program Committee will organize and schedule posters by topics.
The Program Committee encourages members to organize and submit high-quality symposia for the 1999 program. Symposia should address topics that are timely, of interest to the general membership of the Society, and include participants from several institutions (and not, for example, five presentations of research done in one laboratory at one institution).
Symposia: Symposium organizers should submit to the Chair of the Program Committee three copies of a 2-page (double-spaced) description of the proposed symposium, including the purpose, relevance, importance, and general content of the symposium. The organizer should also include the title of the proposed symposium and the name of each participant. Three copies of abstracts from each participant, in the appropriate format, must accompany the proposal. Symposia should consist of presentations of either 15- or 30-minutes to mesh with the schedule of contributed papers, and should not exceed a total time of 2.5 hours. Symposium proposals must be sent to the Chair of the Program Committee by December 15, 1998. Proposals will be reviewed by members of the Program Committee. For this initial review, only printed abstracts need to be submitted, but abstracts on disk are needed from each participant by the February 1 deadline. Only a limited number of symposia can be accepted. Overview abstracts submitted by symposium organizers will be published, as will the abstracts of each presentation within the symposium. Organizers will be notified of acceptance or rejection within approximately one month; in the case of rejection, this allows the individual abstracts to be submitted as contributed oral presentations or posters.
Workshops and Roundtable Discussions: Workshops and roundtable discussions are less formal than symposia, may be applied and/or broadly theoretical, involve audience participation and/or discussion, and address a defined goal. Those wishing to organize one of these sessions should prepare an abstract that indicates how these criteria will be met, following the same format given above for symposia. Workshop participants should be listed, if known, to facilitate scheduling of the workshop/discussion. Abstracts from individual participants are not necessary. Any pre-conference or post-conference sessions require Program Committee approval. The deadline for workshop/discussion proposals is December 15, 1998, and organizers will receive notification of acceptance/rejection in approximately one month.
The presenting author must include a completed registration form and registration fee (payable by check, money order, or credit card) with the submission of an abstract. Abstracts not accompanied by payment will be returned.
Submission of an abstract implies that one of the authors will attend the meeting and present the work described in the abstract. Individuals are limited to giving two presentations, whether two oral presentations, two posters, or one of each format, and may appear as an author or co-author on no more than four abstracts. Symposium participation is included in this limit of two presentations and four abstracts.
Submission of an abstract implies that the authors have complied with current legal and ethical guidelines regarding the use and well-being of nonhuman primates. The submitting author's signature in Part 3 of the Presentation Information Form acknowledges that each author of the submitted abstract has seen and approved the final version of the abstract, and has given consent to appear as an author.
Space and facilities for the exhibition and display of merchandise are available. A fee will be assessed for registration of exhibitors and for the rental of each exhibition space. Sale and exhibition of the merchandise will be allowed only within the designated area and only by individuals registered as exhibitors. Further information and exhibitor registration forms may be obtained from Janice Padwa, Sales, Fairmont Hotel, 123 Baronne Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; telephone: (504) 529-4896; email: jpadwa@fairmont.com