Science is making stunning discoveries about animal cognition, awareness and emotion. How can we apply and leverage this information for positive change in government, industry and other sectors? Join us on Monday and Tuesday, March 17-18, 2014 at the Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Center. This two-day conference brings together thought-leaders in the science and implications of animal sentience, and influential voices in the policy and corporate domains. As the bedrock of animal ethics, sentience deserves a more prominent place in the legislative, corporate, and institutional landscapes where decisions about animals and their care and status are made.
Conference: Animal Thinking and Emotion
The Science of Animal Thinking and Emotion; A Conference on Sentience as a Factor in Policy and Practice
Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., March 17-18, 2014
Topics :
• The Emotional Brain
• Ape and Dog Cognition
• Farm Animal Cognition
• Awareness and Experience
• The Fishes
• Animal Language
• Animal Pleasure
• Dog Emotions with fMRI
• Sentience of Reptiles
• Sentience, Psychology and Social Change
• Sentience and Bio-Politics
• Sentience, Development and Cultural Change
• Marketing Sentience through the Media
• The Influence of Sentience on Animal Research
• Sentience in the European Union
• Sentience of Cetaceans
The Science of Animal Thinking and Emotion: Sentience as a Factor in Policy and Practice
March 17-18, 2014 * Washington, DC
Monday, March 17, 2014 — The Science and Implications of Animal Cognition
Morning Session
8:30-8:45 Welcome (Andrew Rowan, PhD, The Humane Society of the United States)
8:45-9:15 The Emotional Brain (Jaak Panksepp, PhD, Washington State University)
9:45-10:15 Ape and Dog Cognition (Brian Hare, PhD, Duke University)
10:45-11:15 Farm Animal Cognition (Ian J.H. Duncan, PhD, Global Animal Partnership)
11:45-12:15 Awareness and Experience (Robert Mitchell, PhD, Professor, Eastern Kentucky University)
Afternoon Session
1:30-2:00 The Fishes (Victoria Braithwaite, PhD, Penn State University)
2:30-3:00 Animal Language (Con Slobodchikoff, PhD, Professor Emeritus, No. Arizona University)
3:30-4:00 Animal Pleasure (Jonathan Balcombe, PhD, The Humane Society of the United States)
4:30-5:00 Dog Emotions with fMRI (Greg Berns, MD, PhD, Emory University)
6:00-8:00 Conference Dinner (Gallaudet Hotel and Conference Center)
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 — The Science and Implications of Animal Cognition
Morning Session
9:00-9:30 Swamp Smarts: Discovering Cryptic Intelligence in Crocodilians (Vladimir Dinets, PhD, MSc, University of Tennessee)
10:00-10:30 Sentience, Psychology and Social Change (Hal Herzog, PhD, Western Carolina University)
11:00-11:30 Sentience and Bio-Politics (Bernard Unti, PhD, The Humane Society of the United States)
12:00-12:30 Sentience, Development and Cultural Change: Human-Animal Relations in Contemporary China (Peter Li, PhD, Humane Society International)
Afternoon Session
1:45-2:15 Marketing Sentience through the Media (Clare Molloy, PhD, Professor, Edge Hill Univ., UK)
2:45-3:00 The Influence of Sentience on Animal Research (Prof. Dr. Marita Candela, Professor in Law, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
3:30-4:00 Sentience and Animal Welfare in the EU (Ms. Marguerite Kuzma, Policy Officer, Animal Welfare Unit, the European Commission)
4:15-4:45 Sentience, Cetaceans and the Global Conservation Agenda (Mark Simmonds, OBE, Sr. Marine Scientist, Humane Society International)
5:00-5:15 Closing Remarks, End of ConferenceThe Science of Animal Thinking and Emotion: Sentience as a Factor in Policy and Practice
For more information/registration, visit: http://www.humanesociety.org/about/departments/hsisp/
