BEHAVIOUR 2013

Behaviour 2013

Behaviour 2013 is a joint meeting of the 33rd International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). The conference will be held at The Sage Gateshead, Newcastle Gateshead, England between 4th and 8th August 2013.

The conference will be the largest gathering of researchers working in the field of animal behaviour in 2013. We welcome all those taking a biological approach to animal (or human) behaviour. We encourage participants addressing any of Tinbergen’s four questions, including function (behavioural ecology), mechanism (cognition, neuroethology), development and phylogeny; and we have already accepted symposia in all of these areas. We welcome both pure and applied research, and expect strong representation from the applied ethology community (we have already accepted symposia in animal welfare and conservation biology). Our aim is to stimulate exchanges between researchers from different disciplines within behaviour, and as such we particularly want to support work at the intersection of disciplines such as ‘EvoDevo’ and ‘EvoMecho’ research. We anticipate more than 800 participants coming from around the world.

Draft Programme

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The call for contributed talks and posters opens on 16th January, and full details of how to submit your abstract and register for the conference are available on the Submissions page

The conference will open at 1.30pm on Sunday 4th August and close at 6.30pm on Thursday 8th August. Please note timings are approximate and may change slightly.

Conference Highlights

Academic highlights of the meeting include:

• Five plenary talks showcasing different areas of behavioural research
• Special talk from the winner of the ASAB Young Investigator Award 2011
• 33 symposia spanning all areas of behaviour and applied ethology
• Additional contributed talks (200+) organised into themed sessions
• Contributed posters (400+) with dedicated poster sessions
• Special event: "A celebration with Aubrey Manning"
• Academic publishers’ workshops
• Trade exhibitions of books, journals, equipment etc.

Social highlights of the conference include:

• Conference dinner at St. James’ Park (the home of Newcastle United Football Club)
• Tyne River Cruise
• Fantastic city-centre venue in a stunning, individual event centre
• Spectacular coasts and castles right on the doorstep
• Warm and welcoming social programme
• UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Durham Cathedral, Hadrian's Wall and Alnwick Castle (the site of the Harry Potter films!)
• Easy access by air at Newcastle International Airport

Accommodation

NewcastleGateshead Initiative, the destination management organisation for the city, has sourced a range of accommodation close to the conference venue. Please click on this link to look at the choice of hotels: www.NewcastleGateshead.com/BEHAVIOUR2013