Call for Abstracts

Australian and international animal welfare researchers and practitioners are invited to submit an abstract for AAWS08 International Animal Welfare Conference. AAWS08 will be the first conference of its type in Australia and internationally, and will bring together world leaders in animal welfare science, practice and policy.

Abstracts addressing the themes of the conference are being invited for oral and poster presentation.

The conference themes are:

• Animal Welfare and Australia
• The New Social Ethics for Animals
• Understanding Animal Welfare
• Measuring Animal Welfare
• Making Sustainable Improvements in Animal Welfare
• The International Scene in Animal Welfare

Applications close on April 30 2008. Authors with abstracts accepted for the conference will be asked to present a full paper by July 31 2008.

Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference handbook, while the full papers will be published as part of the proceedings CD after the event.

Important dates
Call for abstracts January 31 2008
Abstract deadlines April 30 2008
All authors notified of outcomes June 6 2008
Deadline for receipt of final draft of papers July 31 2008

Check out the guidelines on preparing and submitting abstracts.

For more information, contact the conference coordinators.