agenda

Saturday, May 17

ALL TIMES ARE IN PACIFIC TIME

8:00 AM Registration Check-in, Breakfast, Networking

9:00 AM Welcome & Housekeeping

OPENING PLENARY

9:10 AM Understanding dogs from an evolutionary perspective (Kathryn Lord)

MORNING SESSION

10:15 AM Should we be worried for service and therapy dogs? Welfare considerations for support dogs (Alexandra Protopopova)

11:15 AM The science of canine play: Understanding ethological & environmental causes (Lindsay Mehrkam)

12:15 PM Training scent detection (Nathan Hall)

LUNCH

1:00 PM City Eats: SFSU’s Dining Commons

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:00 PM Where do owners get dog training advice? (Alexandra Protopopova)

3:10 PM Ethical applications of play in canine enrichment and training programs (Lindsay Mehrkam)

4:30 PM Enhancing detection dog training (Nathan Hall)

EMERGING SCIENTISTS SESSION

5:40 PM Graduate students throughout the Seven Hills Conference Center will be presenting research posters and available for question-and-answer

Sunday, May 18

ALL TIMES ARE IN PACIFIC TIME

8:30 AM Registration Check-in, Breakfast, Networking

9:00 AM Welcome & Housekeeping

OPENING PLENARY

9:10 AM Wildlife Conservation Canines as research assistants in the field: The wisdom they teach us, and the stupid stuff we teach them (Simon Gadbois)

MORNING SESSION

10:15 AM Let’s talk about cats (Monique Udell)

11:15 AM Benefits of cohousing on shelter dog welfare and length of stay (Erica Feuerbacher)

12:15 PM Implications & future directions of foster care programs in animal shelters (Lisa Gunter)

LUNCH

1:00 PM City Eats: SFSU’s Dining Commons

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:00 PM Beyond behaviors: Redefining success in animal training (Monique Udell) 

3:10 PM Beyond shock value: Designing applied research studies about dog training methods (Lisa Gunter & Erica Feuerbacher)

ASK US ANYTHING

5:40 PM A roundtable with the scientists of the Canine Science Symposium answering questions from our moderator & our in-person & Zoom attendees. Submit your question here!