Schedule & Program

Program in Brief for 2026

FRIDAY, MARCH 27th 

9:00 - 9:15 am – Opening Remarks 

9:15 - 10:30 am – S1: Social Behavior I  

10:30 - 11:45 am – S2: Environmental Impacts on Behavior  

11:45 - 1:15 pm – LUNCH  

1:15 - 2:30 pm – S3: Reproduction and Parenting  

2:30 - 3:30 pm – S4: Communication  

3:30 - 4:30 pm – PLENARY – Andrés Bendesky  

4:30-8:00 pm – RECEPTION 

5:30 - 7:30 pm – POSTER SESSION*  

*Undergraduate poster competition entrants will be required to return to their posters for an additional half hour (7:30 – 8:00) 

SATURDAY, MARCH 28th  

9:40 - 9:45 – Opening Remarks   

9:45 - 11:00 am – S5: Cognition and Learning  

11:00 - 12:00 pm – S6: Sensory Ecology  

12:00 - 1:30 pm – LUNCH  

1:30 - 2:45 pm – S7: Social Behavior II  

2:45 - 3:45 pm – KEYNOTE – Jeffrey Alberts  

3:45 - 4:00 pm – Awards Ceremony  

5:00 pm – Student Ice Cream Social (held at The Chocolate Moose) 

2026 Conference Program Downloads

Abstracts and program downloads will be available week of the conference.

PDF of the conference program

Poster presentation abstracts

Oral presentation abstracts

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Registration Fee

The registration fee is modest, and tiered: Faculty - $35, Graduate Students and Postdocs - $25, Undergraduates - $10. Thank you in advance for helping us maintain the quality of the conference! 

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