MEETING INFORMATION FOR THE
32nd MEETING OF THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTS
September 18 - 21, 2009
San Diego, CA
The 32nd Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists will be held in San Diego, California, from September 18 – 21, 2009. The conference will be held and the Bahia Resort Hotel, 998 West Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA (https://shop.evanshotels.com/am_0918b9.html).
Computers for oral presentations will all be on PC
Presenters are REQUIRED to use meeting equipment and NOT their own laptops
Mac users should save their presentations in the appropriate
conversion format to be playable on PCs
Maximum poster size is 45” x 45“ (114 cm. X 114 cm)
Business meetings and the opening reception will take place on the afternoon and evening of September 18, and the closing night banquet will be on the evening of September 21, so it might be best to arrange to arrive on the morning of 9/18 and depart on 9/22.
Special sessions being discussed or already in place are the following:
- Meeting-Wide Interdisciplinary Symposium on Emotion Research
- Primate Populations: The Ends of the Spectrum.
- A Tribute of Charles Southwick: Celebrating 50+ Years of Primate Field Research
- Statistics for Primatologists" Workshop will be on: Meta-analyses presented by Joanne Frattaroli, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine
Other symposia include:
- Symposium: Ethics in Field Primatology
- "Field experiments": taking experimental design out to the field.
- Preconference workshop on conservation education for primatologists...
- the History of Behavioral Research at the San Diego Zoo
- Chimpanzee Research: Current and Future Strategies and Ethical Considerations
Additionally we will continue the very successful student luncheon where junior members of the society get a chance to meet with more senior members of the society in and informal meal time setting.
In addition, our plenary speakers include:
Keynote Address:
SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF PRIMATE CONSERVATION: POPULATION, POVERTY AND GLOBALIZATION
Alejandro Estrada, Ph.D
Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas
Instituto de Biología
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México- Past President’s Address
APPLIED BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT AND OTHER PATHS IN PRIMATOLOGY: STILL WORKING
Dr. Steve Schapiro
Associate Professor, Veterinary Sciences
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Distinguished Primatologist Address
MOONLIT WALKS: A SERENDIPITOUS JOURNEY FROM BABOONS AND CHIMPANZEES TO NOCTURNAL PRIMATES
Dr. Leanne Nash
Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Arizona State University - Featured Speaker:
ANCESTRAL MEMORIES: THE AFFECTIVE SIDE OF BASIC BRAIN EMOTIONAL SYSTEMS WITH A FOCUS ON SEPARATION DISTRESS (SADNESS) AND PLAYFULNESS (SOCIAL JOY)
Dr. Jaak Panksepp
Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science
Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University
CONFERENCE FORMS
- On-line conference registration and abstract submission.
- Registration prices -- Early-bird registration prices end 15 March 2009.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS