Join us for two full days of educational lectures,
thought-provoking question and answer sessions, and many opportunities to meet like-minded trainers and
talk all about animal behavior and training.
Program overview
Our unique format will allow you to explore these topics in a way much different from the “typical” conference experience. In addition to the presentations, we will have several panel discussions throughout the weekend. This will include opportunities for our speakers to discuss the presentations with each other and for you to ask questions about the presentations.
Daily Schedule
| Time | Friday, February 21 |
|---|---|
| 5:00-6:30 | Opening reception
Join us for conversations and refreshments as we kick off the conference weekend! You’ll get to meet our speakers, talk with other attendees, and see research posters from the ORCA graduate students. A cash bar and light refreshments will be available. |
| Time | Saturday, February 22 |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome and announcements |
| 9:10-10:20 | Dr. Philip Hineline (Keynote speaker) What the textbooks don’t tell you about negative reinforcement (abstract) |
| 10:20-10:40 | Morning break |
| 10:40-12:15 | Dr. Joe Layng Coercion without aversive stimuli (abstract)
Alexandra Kurland Panel discussion – With Dr. Philip Hineline, Dr. Joe Layng, and Alexandra Kurland |
| 12:15-1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:40 | Steve White Epic fails! How I learned to stop worrying and love to bomb (abstract) |
| 2:40-3:00 | Afternoon break |
| 3:00-5:00 | Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz C.A.T. rules
Barbara Heidenreich Panel discussion – With Steve White, Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz, and Barbara Heidenreich |
| 6:30-8:00 | Banquet dinner Presentation of the 2020 Anderson Award |
| After dinner | Evening Conversations – Hotel Lobby
Join us on the second floor of the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn for conversations and discussions. Catch up with old friends and make new friends while chatting about training and discussing the day’s talks. |
| Time | Sunday, February 23 |
|---|---|
| 9:00-10:15 | Ken Ramirez Adduction: Combining cues conceptually (abstract) |
| 10:15-10:35 | Morning break |
| 10:35-12:15 |
Mary Hunter Hannah Branigan Panel discussion – With Ken Ramirez, Mary Hunter, and Hannah Branigan |
| 12:15-1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45-2:55 | Al Kordowski and Dr. April Becker What cooperative hunting with Harris’s Hawks can reveal about principles of social interaction, patterns of coordination, and group behavior training (abstract) |
| 2:55-3:15 | Afternoon Break 1 |
| 3:15-4:15 | Emily Larlham Combining the Behavior of Two or More Dogs (abstract) |
| 4:15-4:30 | Afternoon Break 2 |
| 4:30-5:00 | Panel discussion – With all speakers |