ClickerExpo Portland 2017 | Conference Program


Day 1: Friday
	SESSION	SESSION	SESSION	SESSION	LAB	LAB
8:00-8:45	Newcomer Orientation Aaron Clayton All
9:00-10:00	Opening Session: The X-perience Factor Aaron Clayton & Ken Ramirez All
10:00-10:30	Morning Break - 30 minutes
10:30-12:30	Dr. No: How Teaching an Animal to Say "No" Can be the Right Prescription Ken Ramirez Advanced	Let's Get Started! Introducing Your Horse to Clicker Training Alexandra Kurland All	The Anatomy of an Aggressive Dog-Training Plan Emma Parsons Intermediate	A Moment of Science: Clicker Training 101 Kathy Sdao Foundation	Tricky Motivators Michele Pouliot Intermediate and Above	Play it Forward: Using Cues to Make Play Fun Again Sarah Owings All
12:30-2:00	Lunch & Roundtable Discussions
2:00-3:30	Retrieve Reboot: Unfreeze Your Retrieve Hannah Branigan Advanced	Building Behavior: Shape the Future Laura VanArendonk Baugh Foundation	The Great Divide: Is it Operant or Classical Lindsay Wood Advanced	Baby's First Steps: Foal-Raising Jen Digate All	Practice Makes Perfect - with Locum! Theresa McKeon All	How to Get Started with Concept Training Ken Ramirez Advanced
3:30-4:00	Afternoon Break - 30 minutes
4:00-4:45	Ideas that Should Die: Outdated, Outmoded & Misunderstood Behavior Science Susan G. Friedman, PhD Intermediate	Lining up the "How", "What", and "Why" of Training Alexandra Kurland All	Collar Cues: Communicating through Touch Michele Pouliot Intermediate	Elimination Happens! Debbie Martin Foundation	If You Build It, They Will Come: Training a Reliable Recall Kathy Sdao All	Building Behavior: Shape the Future - In Action Laura VanArendonk Baugh Foundation
5:00-5:45	At Long Last! Creating Longer-Duration Behaviors Emma Parsons All	Lining up the "How", "What", and "Why" of Training (Continued) Alexandra Kurland All	Collar Cues: Communicating through Touch (Continued) Michele Pouliot Intermediate	Poisoned Cues: Diagnosis, Analysis & Repair Jesus Rosales-Ruiz All	If You Build It, They Will Come: Training a Reliable Recall (Continued) Kathy Sdao All	Building Behavior: Shape the Future - In Action (Continued) Laura VanArendonk Baugh Foundation
7:00	Networking Event*


Day 2: Saturday
	SESSION	SESSION	SESSION	SESSION	LAB	LAB
8:00-8:45	Teaching and Training at the Next Level: Karen Pryor Academy Lori Chamberland All	Safety in Numbers: Working with Multiple Horses Peggy Hogan All	Look Away from the Dog Theresa McKeon All	Bravo Presents: How Food Affects Behavior Bette Schubert All	TBD	TBD
9:00-10:30	The Fab Five: Concepts That Will Make Your Training Rock! Emelie Johnson Vegh & Eva Bertilsson All	Riding with Clicker Training Alexandra Kurland All	What a Cue Can Do: Developing Cueing Skills Kathy Sdao Foundation	Full House? Working & Living with Multiple Animals Ken Ramirez Advanced	At Long Last! Creating Longer-Duration Behaviors - In Action Emma Parsons All	On Guard! Resource-Guarding Lab Lindsay Wood Advanced
10:30-11:00	Morning Break - 30 minutes
11:00-12:30	Fail-Safe: Cracking the Code for Ultra-Dependability Hannah Branigan Advanced	What a Pithy: Making Classes Memorable Kathy Sdao All	The Rat Is Never Wrong: Training with an Errorless Learning Mindset Susan G. Friedman, PhD Intermediate	Let's Stay Together: Start Your Horses Under Saddle at Home Jen Digate All	Love It! Effective Non-Food Reinforcement Ken Ramirez All	What a Cue Can Do- In Action! Sarah Owings Foundation
12:30-2:00	Lunch & Roundtable Discussions
2:00-2:45	Crossing Chasms: Understanding Trainer & Veterinary Perspectives on Animal Care Debbie Martin & Ken Ramirez All	Loopy Training Alexandra Kurland All	Control is an Illusion: Stimulus Control without Frustration Sarah Owings Intermediate	From Fear to Near: Behaviors that Change Horse Husbandry - Part 1 Peggy Hogan All	Fail-Safe: Cracking the Code for Ultra-Dependability - In Action Hannah Branigan Advanced	Collar Cues - In Action Michele Pouliot Intermediate
3:00-3:45	Crossing Chasms: Understanding Trainer & Veterinary Perspectives on Animal Care (Continued) Debbie Martin & Ken Ramirez All	Loopy Training (Continued) Alexandra Kurland All	Effective Affection: How to Get it Right Jesus Rosales-Ruiz All	From Fear to Near: Behaviors that Change Horse Husbandry - Part 2 Peggy Hogan All	Fail-Safe: Cracking the Code for Ultra Depend-Ability - In Action (Continued) Hannah Branigan Advanced	Collar Cues - In Action (Continued) Michele Pouliot Intermediate
3:45-4:15	Afternoon Break - 30 minutes
4:15-5:45	We Just Have to Dish: Training, Science, and Nerdy Stuff with Kathy & Susan Kathy Sdao & Susan G. Friedman, PhD All	Help Your Teacher Help You Theresa McKeon All	Animals in Control: The Choice is Theirs Emelie Johnson Vegh & Eva Bertilsson & Peggy Hogan Intermediate	Clicker Training Case Study: Healing a Wild Stallion Jen Digate All Levels	Dr. Dolittle, I Presume Alexandra Kurland All	Game On! Train or Be Trained - Part 1 Jesus Rosales-Ruiz & Mary Hunter All
6:00-6:30	Book & Media Signing
7:15-9:30	Conference Dinner* Room with a View: A Training Conversation Panel Discussion


Day 3: Sunday
	SESSION	SESSION	SESSION	SESSION	LAB	LAB
8:00-8:45	TBD	Words Matter: The Impact of Language Choice Lindsay Wood All	All Aboard! Trailer-Loading Made Easy Peggy Hogan All	TBD	TBD	TBD
9:00-10:30	Wanted Training Consultant (Those Good with Animals Need Not Apply!) Ken Ramirez All	Fear Factors: Understanding and Reducing Fear Across Species Jen Digate All	Train that Chain: Behavior Chains Laura VanArendonk Baugh Intermediate	High Precision, High Scores Hannah Branigan Advanced	Animals in Control: The Choice Is Theirs - In Action Emelie Johnson Vegh & Eva Bertilsson & Peggy Hogan Intermediate	Control is an Illusion - In Action Sarah Owings Intermediate
10:30-11:00	Morning Break - 30 minutes
11:00-12:30	Inside Out: How Understanding Emotions Makes for Complete Training Sarah Owings All	Mat Training: A Power Tool for Trainers Alexandra Kurland All	Thinking Fast & Flow Emelie Johnson-Vegh & Eva Bertilsson All	The Animal Behavior Healthcare Team: Real-World Trainer & Veterinary Collaboration Models Debbie Martin Intermediate	Train That Chain: Behavior Chains - In Action Laura VanArendonk Baugh Intermediate	Taking Platform Training to New Heights Michele Pouliot Advanced
12:30-2:00	Lunch & Roundtable Discussions
2:00-2:45	Turn Me On... (or Not): Inspiring Others to Choose Positive Reinforcement Training Michele Pouliot All	The Volunteering Horse: Training without Pressure Peggy Hogan All	When Good Training Goes Badly: Troubleshooting Your Training Sessions Lori Chamberland Foundation	Ready... or Not? Working with Reactive Dogs Emma Parsons Intermediate	Game On! Train or Be Trained - Part 2 Jesus Rosales-Ruiz & Mary Hunter Intermediate	High Precision, High Scores - In Action Hannah Branigan Advanced
3:00-3:45	Turn Me On... (or Not): Inspiring Others to Choose Positive Reinforcement Training (Continued) Michele Pouliot All	Consuming Research without Indigestion Susan G. Friedman, PhD Advanced	Into the Wild: Taming Mustangs Clicker-Style - Part 1 Jen Digate All	Ready... or Not? Working with Reactive Dogs (Continued) Emma Parsons Intermediate	Game On! Train or Be Trained - Part 2 (Continued) Jesus Rosales-Ruiz & Mary Hunter Intermediate	High Precision, High Scores - In Action (Continued) Hannah Branigan Advanced
3:45-4:15	Afternoon Break - 30 Minutes
4:15-5:15	Keep Your Candle Burning: Avoiding Professional Burnout Kathy Sdao Intermediate	Keep Your Candle Burning: Avoiding Professional Burnout Kathy Sdao Intermediate	Into the Wild: Taming Mustangs Clicker-Style - Part 2 Jen Digate All	Do it Again: The Use of Patterns in Training Alexandra Kurland All	Consuming Research without Indigestion - In Action Susan G. Friedman, PhD Advanced	When Good Training Goes Badly : Troubleshooting Your Training Sessions - In Action Lori Chamberland Foundation
5:30-6:00	Closing Session: Have You Seen That? Ken Ramirez All

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