2020 Conference
In 2020, we held our 12th annual conference. You can visit this page for more information about the conference program. This article on our blog gives a report from the conference, and you can find a photo album of pictures from the conference on our Facebook page.
The conversation continued even after the conference was over! Several of our conference speakers recorded podcast episodes with each other about topics that were discussed at the conference.
– Drinking from the Toilet episode about nonlinear shaping with Hannah Branigan and Mary Hunter
– Equiosity episode #96: Celebration! about Alexandra Kurland receiving this year’s Anderson award.
– Barbara Heidenreich’s interview with Dr. Joe Layng on the Animal Training Fundamentals podcast about coercion, nonlinear analysis, and more.
– Alexandra Kurland’s two-part interview with Dr. Joe Layng about degrees of freedom on the Horses for Future podcast (Part 1 and Part 2)
Conference notes from the Equine Clicker Training Blog
Thank you to Katie Bartlett for sharing her conference notes on her blog!
– Dr. Paul Neuman’s keynote lecture about negative reinforcement
– Dr. Joe Layng’s lecture about coercion without aversive stimuli
– Alexandra Kurland’s talk about shaping on a point of contact
– Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz’s talk about C.A.T. rules
– Barbara Heidenreich’s talk about treating fear and aggression in exotic animals
– Ken Ramirez’s lecture about adduction
– Mary Hunter’s talk about nonlinear shaping
2019 Conference
In 2019, we held our 11th annual conference. Dr. Alliston Reid joined us as our keynote speaker. We honored Kay Laurence as the fourth recipient of our Edward L. Anderson Jr. Award. This blog post talks more about the award ceremony and why Kay was chosen for this year’s award.
You can visit this page for more information about the conference program.
This post on our blog gives a summary of the conference and includes some photos from the event. Some notes from the conference are available on Katie Bartlett’s blog.
2018 Conference
2018 marked the Art and Science of Animal Training Conference’s 10th anniversary. You can visit this page for more information about the conference program. Some notes from the conference are available on Katie Bartlett’s blog.
At our Saturday banquet dinner and award ceremony, we celebrated our 10th anniversary and honored Dr. B.F. Skinner as the third recipient of the Edward L. Anderson Jr. Award. Dr. Julie Vargas, our keynote speaker, accepted the award for Dr. Skinner.
2017 Conference
For our 2017 conference, we had 180 people join us from 28 states and eight foreign countries. Visit this page for more information about the 2017 conference program. You can also visit this page for a brief report of the conference and to see photos from the event.
At our Saturday banquet dinner and award ceremony, we honored Karen Pryor as the second recipient of the Edward L. Anderson Jr. Award.
Conference notes from the Equine Clicker Training Blog
Thank you to Katie Bartlett for sharing her conference notes on her blog!
– Dr. Peter Killeen’s keynote address about the Premack Principle
– Notes from a series of talks about building duration
– More notes about the Premack Principle
– Barbara Heidenreich’s talk about reinforcers and maintaining behavior
– Dr. Paul Andronis’ lecture about adjunctive behavior
– Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz’ talk about conditioned reinforcers
– Notes about choice, an underlying theme during the conference
2016 Conference
For our 2016 conference, we had 150 people join us from 24 states and two foreign countries (England and Germany). Visit this page for more information about the 2016 conference program.
At our 2016 conference, we were thrilled to honor Bob Bailey and Marian Breland Bailey as the first recipients of the Edward L. Anderson Jr. Award.
Video: Bob Bailey’s speech – Watch the 35-minute lecture that Bob Bailey delivered after receiving the Anderson Award. Bob discusses the history of animal training and particular people and events that influenced his career.
Denton Conferences: 2009-2015
From 2009-2015, the Art and Science of Animal Training Conference was held as a one-day event at the University of North Texas. Please visit the ORCA website for more information about our first seven conferences, including program information and conference notes.
2015 Conference
2015 Conference program and speakers
2014 Conference
2014 Conference program and speakers
2013 Conference
2013 Conference program and speakers
2013 Conference notes and review
2012 Conference
2012 Conference program and speakers
2012 Conference notes from StaleCheerios
2011 Conference
2011 Conference program and speakers
2010 Conference
2010 Conference program and speakers
2010 Conference notes from StaleCheerios
2009 Conference
2009 Conference program and speakers
Bob Bailey’s letter to the conference
2009 Conference notes from StaleCheerios
Our past conferences have been a great success, thanks to our wonderful speakers, the ORCA members and volunteers who have kept everything running smoothly, and, of course, everyone who has attended.
We hope you will join us at our future events!
