The first Canine Cognition and Aging Conference was held in 1995 with the goal of allowing researchers to discuss ideas related to the development of a canine model of cognition and aging. Our next meeting will take place from August 20^th to August 22^nd, 2017 and will be held at the Queen’s Landing Hotel at picturesque Niagara-on–the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

We are now accepting submissions for posters and short presentations (15 mins). Topics must be related to our theme of aging, behavior and cognition in dogs and cats. Both poster and oral presenters must be registered for the conference. Graduate students or residents submitting abstracts for oral presentations will be eligible for one of three bursaries of $50 to be awarded to the 3 highest scoring abstracts as judged by our review committee. Both original research and topic reviews will be accepted, however, preference will be given to new research in the field. Submission deadline is May 1, 2017.

To have your oral presentation or poster considered for acceptance, please submit an abstract of up to 250 words abstracts@canineconference.com in the following format:

• Use Times New Roman font, 12 point
• Do not use extra styling such as bolding or italics
• Indicate if poster or oral presentation
• Include:
  • Authors with degrees / credentials (underline the presentation author)
  • Institution / Address
  • Email for correspondence
  • Title of presentation
  • Body of abstract: For research please format as Objectives, Methods, Results and Discussion/Conclusion.