FYI - A call for papers for the annual conference from UFAW, the BERG seminar sponsors. From: Stephen Wickens [mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk] Sent: 08 September 2015 13:38 To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith Subject: 1st call for papers: UFAW Conference 2016, 23rd June, York UK - £35 registration Recent advances in animal welfare science V UFAW Animal Welfare Conference York Merchant Adventurers' Hall, York, UK - 23rd June 2016 The field of animal welfare is a cross-disciplinary area of study that seeks to offer guidance and find solutions to the challenges raised by our caring for and interactions with both kept and wild animals. As part of its on-going commitment to improving animal welfare through increased scientific understanding of animals' needs and how these can be met, UFAW is pleased to announce the fifth of a series of unthemed one day conferences on 'Recent advances in animal welfare science', which is to be held on 23rd June 2016 in York, UK. This regular meeting, which will be held at the city's medieval Merchant Adventurers' Hall, aims to provide a forum at which the broad and growing international community of scientists, veterinary surgeons and others concerned with animal welfare can come together to share knowledge and practice, discuss advances and exchange views. In keeping with this aim, registration for this meeting has been kept low - £35.00 (tea and coffee will be provided but lunch is not included). Call for papers: We would like to hear from anyone interested in making a contribution to the conference on the subject of recent advances in applied ethology, veterinary and physiological science and the other disciplines that inform our understanding of animals and their welfare. We are keen that this meeting will feature contributions both from established animal welfare scientists and others and from those at the beginning of their research careers. Submissions should feature the title of the proposed contribution, the nature of the contribution - talk or poster, the name and full contact details of all contributors and an abstract, which must be in English and should be no longer than 400 words. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 27th November 2015. Further details on the conference, including a registration form, submitting a paper and booking accommodation in York can be found on the UFAW website: www.ufaw.org.uk/York2016.php<http://www.ufaw.org.uk/York2016.php> Any questions about the conference should be directed to: Dr Stephen Wickens, York 2016, UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8AN, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1582 831818; Email: wickens@ufaw.org.uk<mailto:wickens@ufaw.org.uk> Background to UFAW: UFAW, the International Animal Welfare Science Society, is an independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity. The organization promotes high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals and those with which we interact in the wild. Facebook: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare - UFAW Twitter: @UFAW_1926 To stop receiving these emails, click here<mailto:?subject=Unsubscribe>