ANNOUNCEMENT & PRELIMINARY 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).
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.
The ASP program committee is actively soliciting and encouraging members to solicit ideas for special sessions at ASP 2009. The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 1 April 2009.
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...
- Cayo Santiago Turns 70 - Aging Research
- The Primate Fossil Record
- 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.
***But more is needed, so please volunteer both your time and your ideas now...***
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- Distinguished Primatologist Address
Dr. Leanne Nash
Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Arizona State University - Featured Speaker: Dr. Jaak Panksepp
Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science
Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology & Pharmacology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Washington State University - Past President’s Address
Dr. Steve Schapiro
Associate Professor, Veterinary Sciences
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
CONFERENCE FORMS
- On-line conference registration and abstract submission.
- Registration prices -- Early-bird registration prices end 15 March 2009.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS