{"id":787,"date":"2014-09-10T17:29:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=787"},"modified":"2014-09-10T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T17:43:11","slug":"sign-up-today-for-the-2014-naia-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/naia-conference\/sign-up-today-for-the-2014-naia-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign Up Today for the 2014 NAIA Conference!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spots are going quickly 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>\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0<a title=\"NAIA 2014 Conference Sign Up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/get-involved\/naia-annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">sign up today<\/a>\u00a0to reserve your space!<\/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><strong>Thomas Albert, VP Gov. Relations, Feld Entertainment, Janice Aria, Director of Animal Stewardship, Ringling Brothers Center for Elephant Conservation:<\/strong><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, Teamster Delegate:\u00a0<\/b><i>The campaign to end the horse carriage industry; and<\/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.<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"NAIA 2014 Conference Brochure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/uploads\/Main_Upload_Directory\/NAIA2014ConferenceFinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-788 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NAIA2014ConferenceCoverCapitol-432x1024.jpg\" alt=\"NAIA2014ConferenceCoverCapitol\" width=\"432\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NAIA2014ConferenceCoverCapitol-432x1024.jpg 432w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NAIA2014ConferenceCoverCapitol-126x300.jpg 126w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/NAIA2014ConferenceCoverCapitol.jpg 1012w\" 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>Spots are going quickly for this year&#8217;s NAIA Conference &#8212; sign up today to reserve your space!<!-- 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\/787"}],"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=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}