The GAP – Giving Animals Purpose
23-26 October, 2016
The GAP – Giving Animals Purpose
23-26 October, 2016
DRAFT PROGRAM
Sunday 23rd October 2016 – Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Zoo
 4.30
Registration and tour of Rockhampton Zoo
 5.30 – 8.00
Ice-breaker function at The Gardens Tea Room
Monday 24th October – The Leichhardt Hotel
 8.00
Registration and tea/coffee
 8.30
Opening and Welcome
 9.00
Keynote Address – Dr Jenifer Zeligs
 10.00
Morning Tea
 10.30
Keynote Address – David Lichman
 11.30
Keynote Address – Steve Austin
 12.30
Lunch
 1.30
Paper Presentations (Approximately 15 minutes per paper)
Kate Hickey – Channelling otter energy through training
Adam Swadling – Crocodile Conditioning
Grey Fisher/Megan Plumb – Training and giving a purpose to an injured Lapwing chick
Clair Holland – Olfactory enrichment training for a Male Asian Elephant
Katie Saunders – Breeding for release: pre-release training of a Sumatran orangutan in a captive environment
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3.00
3.30
5.00
Afternoon Tea
Workshop Sessions
Finish
Tuesday 25th October – The Leichhardt Hotel
 8.00
Registration and tea/coffee
 8.45
Welcome and Housekeeping
 9.00
Keynote address – Zelie Bullen
 10.00
Morning Tea
 10.30
Paper Presentations (6 with 30 minutes for question – split into 2 sections)
Dr Thomas Suddendorf – Assessing the cognitive capacities of apes
Phoebe Allen – an holistic approach to caring for a bachelor group of Western Lowland Gorillas
Lisa Ridley – Training two Western Lowland Gorilla males for hand injection
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12.30
1.30
Deanne Jones – Unity in our community
Libby Eyre – Forgetting Dory
Lunch
Paper Presentations (5 with 15 minutes for questions)
Louise van der Sande – Giraffe hoof maintenance
Travis Soh – Pre-export conditioning of Bongo
Muhammad Hafizuddin – Operant conditioning of Sloth Bear, Brushing Bear
Kat Gregory – Cheetah Outreach’s livestock guarding program
Stock Dogs – Working kelpies
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3.00
3.30
5.00
6.30
7.00pm
9.00pm
Afternoon Tea
Workshop Sessions (simultaneous)
Finish
Bus to Official Workshop Dinner at The Great Western Hotel
Dinner and Demonstration
Silent Auction results
The GAP – Giving Animals Purpose
23-26 October, 2016
Wednesday 26th October – The Leichhardt Hotel
 8.00
Registration and tea/coffee
 8.45
Welcome and Housekeeping
 9.00
Paper Presentations (5 with 15 minutes for questions)
Dr Bridget Brown – The complete approach to animal rehabilitation & behaviour modification
TBA
QLD Police Dog Squad
Tenille Williams – Giving Animals purpose, even if we never met
Dr Bridget Brown – The independent dog
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10.30
11.00
Morning Tea
Paper Presentations (5 with 15 minutes for questions)
Fiona Rose – Starting from scratch
Blaire Bunter – Purpose for ‘Quollity’ training and rearing
Cecilia Tang – Wallaby conditioning
Tina Barlow/Tenielle Matheson – Novaehollandiae; unveiling the mask
Yvette Fenning – How not to train Dingoes for scent detection
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12.30
1.30
Lunch
Paper Presentations (6 with 30 minutes for questions)
Emma Pearce – How to catch a tiger by the tail
Kelly Hobbs – Training techniques implemented at early development of lion cubs
Lau Braudon/Koh Ying En – Operant conditioning of Indian Wolves
Angela Riddington – From a colourful past to a bright future
TBA
TBA
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3.30
4.00
5.00
5.30
Afternoon Tea
Workshop Sessions
Closing Comments
Finish