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CALL FOR PAPERS
The American Federation of Aviculture Annual Convention
will be held August 2-5, 2006, in Dallas, Texas.
The theme this year is the Celebration of The
Beauty Of Birds.
The American Federation of Aviculture (AFA) is a
nonprofit national organization established in
1974, whose purpose is to represent all aspects
of aviculture and to educate the public about
keeping and breeding birds in captivity.
We invite you to submit an abstract to present a
paper during the Convention. Please
consider submitting multiple abstracts as you
may be asked to give more than one presentation.
Proposals should be submitted in the form of an
abstract, not to exceed 250 words accompanied by
a brief biographical sketch identifying the
author's experience with the topic to be
presented and other relevant information.
• Abstracts will be accepted from September 1,
2005 through December 31, 2005.
• The speaker committee will send out acceptance
and rejection notifications.
• If accepted, you will be required to sign a
speakers' contract and provide the AFA with a
short bio, a current high resolution photograph
and to submit a paper to be published in the
convention proceedings and in the Watchbird, the
official publication of the AFA. In return, the
AFA will provide you with a complimentary
convention registration and a banquet ticket.
All other arrangements, including transportation
and hotel accommodations are the responsibility
of the speakers.
• A contract will be sent by January 31,
2006.
• Final papers must arrive no later than
April 1, 2006, to be included in the printed
proceedings.
Abstracts:
Abstracts are short, 250 word summaries of the paper
you wish to present. They must include the name
of the author(s), mailing addresses, e-mail and
all phone contact information for the author(s).
If there is more than one author, please
indicate which one will present.
Presentations:
Presentations will typically be 40 minutes in length
plus a brief period for questions.
Equipment:
AV equipment will be provided and will be specified in
the contract.
Submission.
We prefer to have abstracts and final papers submitted
electronically to
birdbrain@mindspring.com. Please send
as e-mail or as an attachment in MS Word.
Abstracts may also be faxed to:
901-853-8452.
Please identify it as “AFA Convention Abstract”.
They may also be mailed to: ‘AFA Convention
Abstracts’, PO Box 159, Rossville, TN 38066,
USA.
Publication Rights:
The convention requires non-exclusive publication
rights to submitted papers including the
publication of proceedings. The author retains
copyright.
Contact Information:
For questions specifically regarding speaker topics and
issues, contact Speaker Committee Chairs
Margrethe Warden, 770-277-6782, birdbrain@mindspring.com
or Sandee Molenda 831-688-5560,
sandee@parrotletranch.com .
For general information or questions regarding the
convention, please contact Convention Central at
901-853-6079.
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