2007 ChimpanZoo Conference

Photo by Yang Zhao

S C H E D U L E O F E V E N T S

Wednesday, October 10, 2007


7:00 AM -8:00 AM		Hospitality Room Open Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel 2098 Airport Road Wichita, Kansas 67209 Presentations Cargill Learning Center Sedgwick County Zoo 5555 Zoo Boulevard Wichita, Kansas 67212 The Hospitality Suite or “Control Tower Room” is located on the 5th floor (of the Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel). Please use the south tower elevators.

8:00 AM		Registration at Cargill Learning Center

9:00 AM		Welcome to Sedgwick County Zoo, Director Mark Reed Schaneé Anderson, Curator of Education

9:10 AM		The Opening of the 2007 ChimpanZoo Conference The Machiavellian Theory : From Gossip to Shakespeare Virginia Landau, the Jane Goodall Institute, ChimpanZoo, Tucson, Arizona

9:30 AM		Birds do it: bees do it; and even chimpanzees do it: Communication in context and its relation to human language Peter Fries, emeritus Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

10:20 AM		Break

10:30 AM		Creating an augmentative and alternative enrichment activity for chimpanzees: A collaborative project between a speech – language pathologist and a zoo keeper John E. Strickler and Devin Bailey, Sedgwick County Zoo and ChimpanZoo, Wichita, Kansas

11:00 AM		How to communicate chimpanzee communication to young adults Helene Ehriander, University of Växjö, Växjö, Sweden

11:20 AM		Break

11:35 AM		Kisses, Massages, Screams, and a Nonverbal Question: “Do I have something in My Eye?” Jeanne Hopkins and Melinda Dean, Sedgwick County Zoo and ChimpanZoo, Wichita Kansas

11:55 AM		Lunch

1:30 PM		Incomplete information: Interfacing ChimpanZoo and the Chimpanzee SSP Stephen R. Ross, Lincoln Park Zoo and the Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan (SSP), Chicago, Illinois

2:20 PM		Do cross-fostered chimpanzees and bonobos posses re-presentational symbology and recognizable imagery in human cultural terms? Itai Roffman, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

2:50 PM		Finding Your Theme Schaneé Anderson, Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, Kansas

3:10 PM		Break

3:20 PM		Panel Discussion of presentations with all speakers

4:20 PM		Presentations close for the day Transportation to hotel

5:00 PM -7:00 PM		Icebreaker “Welcome to ChimpanZoo 2007”

8:00 PM		Hospitality Room Open Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel 2098 Airport Road Wichita, Kansas 67209

Thursday, October 11, 2007


7:00 AM -8:00 AM		Hospitality Room Open Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel 2098 Airport Road Wichita, Kansas 67209 Presentations Cargill Learning Center Sedgwick County Zoo 5555 Zoo Boulevard Wichita, Kansas 67212

8:30 AM		Introduction to October 11th events

8:40 AM		Interspecies socio-communicative behavior in captive chimpanzees: Implications for theory of mind and social cognition William Hopkins, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia

9:40 AM		Starting Roots & Shoots in Your Community Diane Page, South Central Kansas/Sedgwick County Zoo Roots & Shoots, Wichita, Kansas

10:00 AM		Break

10:20 AM		What do bonobos and chimpanzees have to say about the evolution of human language? Jared P. Taglialatela, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia

11:10 AM		Greater understanding of kinship through communication Mark Bodamer, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington

11:30 AM		Lunch

1:00 PM		Silent Auction Begins

1:30 PM		When C.H.I.M.P. Became BETA: an Update on Chimpanzee Enrichment at the Sacramento Zoo Kristina Casper-Denman, Sacramento Zoo, ChimpanZoo, and American River College, Sacramento, California

2:00 PM		The Role of Enrichment; Behavioral enrichment = behavioral management Hilda Tresz, Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona

2:45 PM		Panel Discussion of presentations with all speakers/Enrichment Discussion

3:30 PM		Presentations close for the day

5:00 PM		“Music, Wine and Good Friends” Cargill Learning Center Courtyard Refreshments to be served Silent Auction Concludes Live Auction

7:00 PM		Shuttle to HotelS

8:30 PM		Hospitality Room Open Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel 2098 Airport Road Wichita, Kansas 67209

Friday, October 12, 2007


7:00 AM -8:00 AM		Hospitality Room Open Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel 2098 Airport Road Wichita, Kansas 67209 Roots & Shoots Event for students: Conference Attendants Invited Sedgwick County Zoo 5555 Zoo Boulevard Wichita, Kansas 67212

9:00 AM		Students tour the zoo and participate in learning activities

10:30 AM		Dr. Jane Goodall leads Peace Dove Parade into Cargill Learning Center

11:00 AM		Dr. Jane Goodall speaks to students and CZOO participants

11:30 AM		Lunch

12:30 PM		The Primate Project Wallace “Wally” Swett, San Antonio, Texas

1:00 PM		They’re not Monkeys! Communicating Chimpanzees to Humans Shawn Sweeney, the Jane Goodall Institute, Roots & Shoots, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, Connecticut

1:20 PM		Sacramento, Sequoia Park, and Southwick’s zoo chimpanzees: What can we learn? Kristina Casper-Denman, Sacramento Zoo, ChimpanZoo, and American River College, Sacramento, California

1:40 PM		Break to get ready for Zoo tour

2:00 PM		Behind the Scenes tour of Sedgwick County Zoo

3:30 PM		Presentations close for the day

4:30 PM		Conference attendants are invited to A Taste of Africa with Dr. Jane Goodall Event takes place at Sedgwick County Zoo’s Nganda Island A Taste of Africa with Jane Goodall Jane Goodall Enterprises and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters are cooperating to provide farmers near Gombe National Park an opportunity to achieve economic stability and give us an opportunity to help conserve chimpanzee habitats in the forest while enjoying Gombe Reserve, a coffee with incredible flavor and aroma. You are welcome to taste this incredible coffee with a light pastry and fresh fruit.

6:00 PM		“A Taste of Africa” ends Shuttle Back to Hotel

6:00 PM		Shuttle from Hotel to Old Town Shuttle leaves every 30 minutes from the hotel to Old Town

Saturday, October 13th, 2007


7:00 AM -7:30 AM		Hospitality Room Open Hilton Wichita Airport Hotel 2098 Airport Road Wichita, Kansas 67209 Presentations Cargill Learning Center Sedgwick County Zoo 5555 Zoo Boulevard Wichita, Kansas 67212

8:00 AM		Late Registration at Cargill Learning Center

8:30 AM		Interspecies communication: A fascinating and powerful key to enhancing welfare and protection of the great apes Francine “Penny” Patterson, The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org, Woodside, California

9:30 AM		Sleep questionnaire in non human primates Carlo Alberto Tassinari, Gaetano Cantalupo, Chiara La Morgia. Emergence in humans of innate gestures and communicative behaviors common to apes Carlo Alberto Tassinari, Gaetano Cantalupo, Guido Rubboli, Federica Pinardi, Francesca Rondelli, Elena Gardella. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

10:30 AM		Break

10:45 AM		War of the Worlds: 2007 ChimpanZoo Conference Synopsis and Update Kirstin Eidenbach, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho and ChimpanZoo Legal Intern Tucson, Arizona

11:05 AM		The Jane Goodall Institute: Celebrating 30 years of making a difference Bill Johnston, Jane Goodall Institute, Arlington, Virginia

11:20 AM		Presentations close for the day

1:00 PM		Wichita State University Metropolitan Complex open

2:00 PM		Jane Goodall: My Life Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE in Public Lecture at Wichita State University Wichita State University Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex 5015 E. 29th Street North Wichita, Kansas 67220

5:00 PM		Dr. Goodall’s Book signing ends



*Unless otherwise specified all presentations last 15 minutes with 5 minutes to continue the presentation or Q&A

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