The PIN Calendar lists meetings with a regional, national, or international
scope that focus on primatology or broader meetings that a substantive number of
primatologists might attend. To list a meeting, seminar, workshop, art exhibit
or other event on the calendar, send the appropriate information to Ray Hamel.
Please include the event title, dates, location, contact person with phone, fax
and email, and web addresses for more information (if available). Changes or
corrections to meeting announcements should be sent to
Ray Hamel as
well.
| December 2008 |
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SCAW WINTER CONFERENCE: ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, WELFARE AND SCIENCE: IACUC ROLES |
| December 8, 2008 - December 9, 2008 |
| Location: | Menger Hotel, San Antonio, TX |
| Sponsor: | Scientists Center for Animal Welfare |
| Registration Fee: | $400 Member/$495 Non-Member/$100 Full-time student |
| Registration Deadline: | November 26, 2008 |
| E-mail: | info@scaw.com |
| Web site: | http://www.scaw.com/Winter%202008%20Conference.pdf |
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THE 26TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM FOR NONHUMAN PRIMATE MODELS FOR AIDS |
| December 9, 2008 - December 12, 2008 |
| Location: | The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Sponsor: | Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and Caribbean Primate Research Center |
| Focus: | Scientific topics include SIV virology, immunology, vaccine design and development, nonhuman primate genomics and disease pathology. New to this meeting is a session on disease pathology, neuroAIDS and translational applications of nonhuman primate AIDS research. Also commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Cayo Santiago Field Station. |
| Registration Deadline: | November 1, 2008 |
| Abstract Deadline: | August 15, 2008 |
| Name: | Edi Chan |
| Department: | Wisconsin National Primate Research Center |
| Phone: | 608-263-3500 |
| E-mail: | chan@primate.wisc.edu |
| Web site: | http://nhp2008.primate.wisc.edu |
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| February 2009 |
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11TH MEETING OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGY |
| February 24, 2009 - February 26, 2009 |
| Location: | Hannover, Germany |
| Sponsor: | University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover |
| Abstract Deadline: | September 30, 2008 |
| E-mail: | Marina.Scheumann@tiho-hannover.de |
| Web site: | http://www.gfp2009.de |
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| April 2009 |
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XIX MEETING OF THE ITALIAN PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY (API) |
| April 1, 2009 - April 3, 2009 |
| Location: | Asti, Italy |
| Sponsor: | Italian Primatological Society |
| Name: | Daniele Formenti |
| E-mail: | formenti@unipv.it |
| Web site: | http://www-1.unipv.it/webbio/api/api.htm |
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PROSIMIAN WORKSHOP |
| April 30, 2009 - May 2, 2009 |
| Location: | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Sponsor: | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo |
| E-mail: | info@asp.org |
| Web site: | http://www.clemetzoo.com/prosimianworkshop/ |
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| June 2009 |
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THE PRIMATE MIND: BUILT TO CONNECT WITH OTHER MINDS |
| June 4, 2009 - June 7, 2009 |
| Location: | Erice (Sicily), Italy |
| Sponsor: | Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture; International School of Ethology, Ca' Foscari, |
| Focus: | A high-level workshop of experts of ethology, biology, neuroscience, and cognition that will address how the primate mind relates to other minds through empathy, imitation, and other social cognition. |
| Registration Fee: | €500 for Scientists/Postdoctoral Fellows with Ph.D.; €400 for Graduate students; €350 for Undergrads |
| Registration Deadline: | March 4, 2009 |
| Name: | Frans de Waal and Pier Francesco Ferrari |
| Department: | Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università di Venezia |
| Address: |
Campo della Celestia, 2737/B Castello Venice30122 Italy |
| E-mail: | pierfrancesco.ferrari@unipr.it |
| Web site: | http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/primate_mind/ |
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| August 2009 |
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3ND CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR PRIMATOLOGY (EFP) |
| August 12, 2009 - August 15, 2009 |
| Location: | University of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Sponsor: | Anthropological Institute & Museum of the University of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Registration Deadline: | April 15, 2009 |
| Abstract Deadline: | April 15, 2009 |
| E-mail: | register@aim.uzh.ch |
| Web site: | http://www.aim.uzh.ch/EFP.html |
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2009 ORANGUTAN SSP HUSBANDRY WORKSHOP |
| August 31, 2009 - September 2, 2009 |
| Location: | Zoo Atlanta |
| Sponsor: | Zoo Atlanta |
| Focus: | This workshop will focus on the care and management of the orangutan in zoological parks and sanctuaries. The workshop will bring together orangutan caregivers and managers, researchers, and field biologists to share and disseminate the most current information on husbandry, conservation, and emergent issues pertaining to captive and wild populations of orangutans.
Workshop registration fee covers all morning/afternoon breaks, lunches, and dinners over the three days, as well as the workshop t-shirt. An icebreaker will be held on the first night, and a silent auction will be held on the final evening during the closing banquet with all proceeds to benefit the Orangutan Conservancy. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Orangutan SSP© Masterplan meetings which will take place on Sunday, August 30, 2009 prior to the workshops start on Monday, August 31, 2009.
Some of the exciting things that we are working on for this workshop that will be new in 2009 are a pre-workshop trip to the Georgia Aquarium (the world's largest aquarium) on Sunday, August 30, 2009 (please note an additional fee may apply), group training demonstrations, an enrichment device exchange, demonstrations of Zoo Atlanta's on-exhibit touch-screen cognitive testing system, and many other exciting activities and events! |
| Name: | Thomas Heitz |
| Phone: | 404-624-5939 |
| E-mail: | theitz@zooatlanta.org |
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| September 2009 |
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VTH INTERNATIONAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONGRESS OF ALES HRDLICKA 'QUO VADIS HOMO…SOCIETAS HUMANA? |
| September 2, 2009 - September 5, 2009 |
| Location: | Prague and Humpolec, Czech Republic |
| Sponsor: | Charles University in Prague, Czech Anthropological Society |
| Focus: | Main topics:
* Biological anthropology
* Socio-cultural anthropology
* Human genetics and proteomics
* Orthopedic anthropology (Prague-Sydney-Lublin Symposium)
* Evolutionary anthropology and primatology |
| Name: | Dr. Pavel Blaha |
| Department: | Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague |
| E-mail: | blaha@natur.cuni.cz |
| Web site: | http://www.anthropology-hrdlicka2009.cz |
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32ND MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PRIMATOLOGISTS |
| September 18, 2009 - September 21, 2009 |
| Location: | Bahia Resort Hotel, San Diego, CA |
| Sponsor: | American Society of Primatologists |
| Abstract Deadline: | March 1, 2009 |
| Name: | Steve Schapiro |
| E-mail: | sschapir@mdanderson.org |
| Web site: | http://www.asp.org/asp2009/index.htm |
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| October 2009 |
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NEOTROPICAL PRIMATE HUSBANDRY, RESEARCH, AND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE |
| October 13, 2009 - October 15, 2009 |
| Location: | Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Gold Road, Brookfield, IL |
| Sponsor: | Brookfield Zoo |
| Focus: | This conference will focus on a variety of topics pertaining to neotropical primates and will bring together staff from zoological parks, sanctuaries, and universities, as well as field researchers and range country biologists to share the most current information on husbandry, conservation, and emergent issues pertaining to captive and wild populations of neotropical primates. The conference will include three days of presentations, a poster session, as well an icebreaker, silent auction, and banquet. |
| Name: | Vince Sodaro |
| E-mail: | vince.sodaro@czs.org |
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| September 2010 |
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INTERNATIONAL PRIMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY XXIII CONGRESS |
| September 12, 2010 - September 18, 2010 |
| Location: | Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
| Sponsor: | International Primatological Society |
| Registration Fee: | 25,000 JP yen (about USD 200) |
| Abstract Deadline: | October 15, 2009 |
| Name: | Juichi Yamagiwa |
| Department: | Chair of the Organizing Committee |
| E-mail: | ips2010@or.knt.co.jp |
| Web site: | http://www.ips2010.jp/ |
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