Speakers

Patrícia Izar

Wood-Gush Memorial Lecture

Patrícia holds a degree in Biological Sciences (1990), a master's degree (1994), and a Ph.D. (1999) in Experimental Psychology from the University of São Paulo (USP). She is currently a 1B productivity grantee from CNPq and Associate Professor 3 at USP. She has experience in the field of Psychology, with emphasis on Naturalistic Studies of Animal Behavior, mainly focusing on the following themes: socioecology of neotropical primates, development, social network analysis, evolutionary psychology, and primate cognition. She was Head of the Department of Experimental Psychology at USP from 2008 to 2012 and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Experimental Psychology at USP from 2012 to 2016. Currently, she is the Coordinator of the Degree Course in Psychology and the Committee for tackling sexual and gender violence at IPUSP. She was Vice-President of the Brazilian Primatology Society in the 2017-2019 term, Member of the Board of the Cultural Evolution Society from 2019 to 2022, and Secretary of the Board elected for the 2020-2022 term of ANPEPP. She is currently Vice-President for Education of the International Primatology Society, a position to which she was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.

Daniel M. Weary

Plenary: Emotions and Cognition

Dan spent his childhood in Quebec, the West Indies, Africa and the Middle East, and studied at McGill (B.Sc. & M.Sc.) and Oxford (D.Phil). After working for Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada for five years, Dan moved to UBC in 1997 to co-found the University’s Animal Welfare Program. Dan’s research interests have always focused on animal behaviour and how animals perceive their environment. Much of his work involves applying this knowledge to create practical improvements in how we care for animals. One special research focus is on the use of vocalizations and other behaviours as objective indicators of different aspects of animal well-being. He is a pioneer in working to unlock the wealth of information animals can communicate to us about their physical and emotional states and their environments. Prof. Weary works closely with graduate students and other researchers in the Animal Welfare Program, especially those with an interest in farm and laboratory animals.