Plenary speakers for the 2007 International Ethological Conference
15 - 23 August 2007
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
 
IEC Plenary Speakers
 
Opening Public lecture:
 
Hal Whitehead, Dalhousie University, Canada.
  1. ‣"Adventures of a marine mammalogist in the study of societies and cultures of whales"
  2. ‣See also the workshop offered by Dr. Whitehead at the end of the list of plenary speakers or click here.
 
Plenary lectures:
 
Patrick Bateson, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, England
  1. ‣"Developmental Plasticity and Epigenetics".
 
Pat Monaghan, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
  1. ‣"Growth, lifespan and life history trade-offs"
 
Elisabetta Visalberghi, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Rome, Italy
  1. ‣"Behavioral, cognitive and ecological factors affecting tool use in wild capuchin  monkeys"
 
Atsushi Iriki, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan.
  1. ‣“Brain mechanism for development and evolution of monkey tool-use as a latent precursor of human intelligence”
 
Roger T. Hanlon, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA
  1. ‣"Masters of optical illusion: the neuroethology of rapid adaptive camouflage and communication in cephalopods"
 
Horst Bleckmann, Institut für Zoologie der Universität Bonn, Germany.
  1. ‣"Neuroethology of Sensory Systems"
 
Rui Oliveira, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa, Portugal
  1. ‣"From hormones to behavior and back: androgens, social context and competition".
 
Hanna Kokko, University of Helsinki, Finland
  1. ‣"Love and hatred in a world of feedback"
 
Sara J. Shettleworth, University of Toronto, Canada
  1. ‣“Cognitive ethology in the 21st century”
 
Marian Stamp Dawkins, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, England
  1. ‣"The scientific basis for assessing suffering in animals"
 
Robert L. Trivers, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, USA
  1. ‣“Selfish genetic elements and social evolution”
 
Maydianne Andrade, Department of Life Sciences, University of Toronto,  Canada.
  1. ‣"Sexual selection and the evolution of extreme reproductive strategies"
 
SOCPROG and the analysis of animal social structure using individual identifications: A half-day afternoon workshop to be held on the 15th of August 2006 at the International Ethological Conference in Halifax