ABS MEETINGS CODE OF CONDUCT:
ABS meetings, open to ABS members and those interested in the science of animal behavior, are among the most respected scientific meetings in the animal behavior community. ABS is committed to providing a safe, productive and welcoming environment for all meeting participants and ABS staff. All participants including, but not limited to, attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors, ABS staff, and service providers are expected to abide by this ABS Meetings Code of Conduct. This Code of Conduct applies to all ABS meeting-related events including those sponsored by organizations other than ABS but held in conjunction with ABS events, in public or private facilities.
Expected Behavior
• All participants, attendees, ABS staff, and vendors are treated with respect and consideration, valuing a diversity of views and opinions.
• Be considerate, respectful, and collaborative.
• Communicate openly with respect for others, critiquing ideas rather than individuals.
• Avoid personal attacks directed toward other attendees, participants, ABS staff and suppliers/vendors.
• Be mindful of your surroundings and of your fellow participants. Alert ABS staff if you notice a dangerous situation or someone in distress.
• Respect the rules and policies of the meeting venue, hotels, ABS contracted facility, or any other venue.
• In accordance with ABS policy, request permission from speakers to audio record presentations. Request permission of the Executive Committee and the speaker to video record presentations.
• Respect presenters’ requests to refrain from disseminating the contents of their presentation on social media or other public platforms. Presenters wishing to opt-out of media dissemination are encouraged to indicate their wishes by including a logo in their presentation, available here.
Unacceptable Behavior
• Harassment, intimidation or discrimination in any form will not be tolerated.
• Physical or verbal abuse of any attendee, speaker, volunteer, exhibitor, ABS staff member, service provider or other meeting guest will not be tolerated.
• Examples of unacceptable behavior include, but are not limited to, verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin; inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations; threatening or stalking any attendee, speaker, volunteer, exhibitor, ABS staff member, service provider or other meeting guest.
• Disruption of talks at oral or poster sessions, in the exhibit hall or at other events organized by ABS at the meeting venue, hotels, or other ABS contracted facilities will not be tolerated.
Consequences
• Anyone requested to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply immediately.
• ABS staff (or their designee) or security may take any action deemed necessary and appropriate, e.g., a verbal warning, immediate removal from the meeting without warning or refund, or reporting to the offender’s employer.
• ABS reserves the right to prohibit attendance at any future meeting.
• If you are the subject of unacceptable behavior or have witnessed any such behavior, please immediately notify an ABS staff member or ABS volunteer in a leadership position. The notifier is not required or expected to discuss the concern with the alleged offender. All complaints will be treated seriously and investigated promptly. Confidentiality will be honored to the extent permitted as long as the rights of others are not compromised.
Notification should be done by contacting an ABS staff person on-site or e-mail your concern to [email protected].
Anyone experiencing or witnessing behavior that constitutes an immediate or serious threat to public safety is advised to contact 911 and locate a house phone, if available, and ask for security.
ABS shall not be responsible for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of ABS meeting participants, and shall not be held liable for personal injury, property damage, theft, or damage of any kind suffered by the participants at or in connection with the ABS meeting.
The reporting form is also available in Spanish:
https://bit.ly/ABS-Seguro-2023
If you prefer not to fill out the reporting form, please use one of these methods to contact Paula:
e: [email protected]
p: +1 202.688.7297
Quiet Room - Located in room C121. This room can be used as a quiet space when needed.
Earplugs & Masks - Are available in the Diversity Commitee table near the registration desk.
The banquet will be held at the Oregon Zoo from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Transportant will NOT be provided. There is a MAX station at the Zoo (TriMet Washington Park MAX Station). A Google Maps route can be found here.
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Rd,
Portland, OR 97221
Dinner will be served and a cash bar will be available.
Tickets are required for this event. If you purchased a ticket, please make sure to bring your badge with you to the Zoo.
Parking
A limited amount of parking is available in the lot adjacent to the zoo and throughout the park. Visitors can pay for parking at pay stations with coin or card, or through the Parking Kitty app. Oversized vehicles and trailers can park in designated areas.
BRONZE SPONSOR:
SPONSORS:
NSF
Wild Animal Initiative
Wednesday presenters should remove their posters by Thursday at 12:00 PM. Friday presenters should remove theirs by 9:00 AM Saturday.
The Founders' Memorial Poster Paper Award is to be given for the best Poster Paper presented at the Founders' Memorial Poster session at the annual meeting. First awarded in 1986, each year the award is named in honor of any one or more of the 38 founders of the Animal Behavior Society that have died during the previous 24 months. In a period in which no founders have died the award shall be simply in honor of all founders of the Animal Behavior Society or in the name of a founder who died prior to establishment of the award; the President shall make the decision. No founder should be honored more than once.
Sadly, we no longer have any living founders, the last founder having passed away in 2017. We do however, have 14 founders who have not yet been honored via the Founder’s Award. Thus, moving forward, the Society will honor one of these founders each year via the Founder’s Award.
This year, we honor William C. Young. Young passed away in 1965, very shortly after the establishment of the Society. Known primarily as a neuroanatomist and physiologist, his work laid the groundwork for behavioral endocrinology. Born in 1899, Young completed his PhD at the University of Chicago in 1927. He had a long career at the University of Kansas. Significant work focused on the organizational effects of sex steroid hormones.
The Registration Desk will be open during the following hours:
Tuesday 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Wednesday 7:00 am - 7:30 pm
Thursday 7:30 am - 7:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am - 7:30 pm
Saturday 7:30 am - 3:00 pm
The desk is located outside of Oregon Ballroom in the foyer area.
The reporting form is also available in Spanish:
https://bit.ly/ABS-Seguro-2023
If you prefer not to fill out the reporting form, please use one of these methods to contact Paula:
e: [email protected]
p: +1 202.688.7297
To view currently open eateries at the Convention Center, please visit: https://www.oregoncc.org/en/eat-now
The ABS Running Group welcomes runners of all levels. The group plans to go around 3mi / 5km and will break into groups based on preferred pace (or distance). Meet at 6am at the MLK Statue on the northeast side of the Oregon Convention Center (https://goo.gl/maps/Hbti5yZEodcJ83p36) on Weds (12 July), Thurs (13 July), and Sat (15 July), and run on the pedestrian paths along the banks of the Willamette River. These will be relaxed, social runs and a nice way to start each day! Interested individuals can email or DM Justin Merry ([email protected];https://twitter.com/jmerry) for the link to our WhatsApp group.
The Speaker Ready Room is located in B118 and will be open from 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday-Friday and until 10:00 AM on Saturday.
Pre-ordered t-shirts can be picked up at the registration desk outside of the Oregon Ballroom.
A limited number of conference t-shirts are for sale at the registration desk. Shirts are $25 USD and credit cards are accepted.
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Portland, Oregon 97232
Phone: 503-235-7575
Email: [email protected]