{"id":751,"date":"2014-08-28T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=751"},"modified":"2014-08-28T17:49:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T17:49:05","slug":"see-you-at-this-years-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/naia-conference\/see-you-at-this-years-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"See You at This Year&#8217;s Conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a reminder: the early bird rate for this year&#8217;s <a title=\"NAIA Calendar: 2014 Conference\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/calendar_main\/event\/946\/\" target=\"_blank\">NAIA Conference<\/a> won&#8217;t last much longer.\u00a0<a title=\"NAIA 2014 Conference Sign Up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/donations\/#AnnualConference\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>As always, this will be a fascinating and inspiring event for all animal lovers with unforgettable, world-class presentations from experts. There will also be a strong focus on workshops to help you make a difference in your community with the knowledge you have gained!<\/p>\n<p>List of featured speakers and topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Robert Guyer, Founder and President of The Lobby School:\u00a0<\/b><i> Effective Grassroots Lobbying;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>David Jentsch, PhD, Neuroscientist and UCLA Professor:\u00a0<\/b><i>Seeking cures in an age of extremism;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>John Simpson and Michelle Pardo, Attorneys at Law and Partners, Norton Rose Fulbright, Washington, DC:\u00a0<\/b><i>Insights gained along the way to the landmark $25 million settlement paid by HSUS and the ASPCA to Feld Entertainment.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Cynthia O\u2019Connor, DVM, Chris Walker, AKC VP of Communications, Patti Strand, NAIA President:<\/b> The anatomy of a TV hit piece: HBO\u2019s <i>Unnatural Selection<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Theresie Tungilik, Dept. of Economic Development, Gov. of Nunavut: <\/b><i>The impact of propaganda and international law on our traditional and modern economy;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Thomas Albert, VP Gov. Relations, Feld Entertainment: <\/b><i>From the courts to city hall, the extremist\u2019s campaign to ban the circus continues;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Baylen Linnekin, Executive Director, Keep Food Legal, Adjunct Faculty at American University:\u00a0<\/b><i>Food Freedom;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Steve Malone, Horse Carriage Owner-Operator:\u00a0<\/b><i>The campaign to end the horse carriage industry;<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Cindy Buckmaster, PhD Neurobiologist, Chair, Americans for Medical Progress, Director, Center of Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine:\u00a0<\/b><i>Speak now or forever rest in peace; and<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Janice Aria, Director of Animal Stewardship, Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation:\u00a0<\/b><i>Animal care at the Greatest Show on Earth, perception vs. reality.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/uploads\/Main_Upload_Directory\/NAIA2014ConferenceFinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-752 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA2014ConferenceCover-432x1024.jpg\" alt=\"NAIA2014ConferenceCover\" width=\"432\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA2014ConferenceCover-432x1024.jpg 432w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA2014ConferenceCover-126x300.jpg 126w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NAIA2014ConferenceCover.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSee you there!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-687\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a reminder: only three days left to sign up for this year&#8217;s NAIA National Conference at the early bird rate!<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}