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  • Webinar – 10/9/20 – Shaping Behavior in Animals – Follow-Up Conversation – Natural Encounters (fee applies)

    Webinar – 10/9/20 – Shaping Behavior in Animals – Follow-Up Conversation – Natural Encounters (fee applies)

    Welcome to TEC Talks, by the Natural Encounters, Inc. Training and Education Center (NEI TEC)!

    Join us at 2pm EDT on Monday, October 5th and Wednesday October 7th for Steve Martin’s two part presentation on shaping, and on Friday, October 9th for our NEI TEC in Conversation panel discussion with Steve Martin, Chris Jenkins, and Marty MacPhee as they wrap up the week by sharing their final thoughts and answering attendee questions.

    Shaping Part 1 and 2 – Steve Martin (Monday, October 5th 2:00pm EDT and Wednesday, October 7th, 2:00pm EDT)

    Shaping involves reinforcing successive approximations of behaviors toward a goal behavior and is the most common form of positive reinforcement training in the animal field today. This seminar takes a deep dive into the intricacies of various strategies of shaping behavior with a wide variety of animals. Topics covered in the seminars include:

    Monday

    • Shaping overview
    • Reinforcement theory
    • Creating motivation
    • Capturing/Scanning
    • Shaping
    • Extinction/Extinction Burst
    • Cues
    • Bridging stimuli

    Wednesday

    • Prompt shaping
    • Fading prompts
    • Adding the cue
    • Chaining
    • Generalization training
    • Reinforcement strategies
    • Shaping challenges

    NEI TEC in Conversation: Steve Martin, Chris Jenkins, and Marty MacPhee(Friday, October 9th, 2:00pm EDT)

    Join us for a panel discussion of NEI TEC faculty members as they gather to have a conversation about their thoughts on the presentations and questions from the previous sessions. The panelists look forward to sharing their final thoughts and answering attendee questions.

    CEUs may be available for IATCB (CPBT-KA and CPAT-KA), IAABC, CCPDT (CBCC and CPDT), and KPA – if you are interested in CEUs for another organization, please contact them for additional information. Contact ceus@naturalencounters.com if you have any questions.

    NOTE: If you miss a webinar, don’t worry! Access to the recordings of all three of these webinars will be sent in an email to registrants within 24-48 hours after the last webinar ends.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://naturalencounters.com/nei-tec-talk-shaping-week/

  • Online Event – 9/26/20 – The ASPCA’s Trap Neuter Return and Monitor (TNRM) Online Certification Workshop – ASPCAPro

    Online Event – 9/26/20 – The ASPCA’s Trap Neuter Return and Monitor (TNRM) Online Certification Workshop – ASPCAPro

    Want to help community cats? Register for the ASPCA’s Trap Neuter Return and Monitor (TNRM) online certification workshop on Saturday, September 26, 2020 from 11-1 ET, and learn how to start or elevate a program in your neighborhood.

    During this two-hour online course, ASPCA staff and field experts will guide you through the techniques, medical considerations, and neighborhood relations for beginning or elevating a TNRM program in your community.

    Using examples from years of experience, research data, and video demonstrations, presenters will review all aspects of trapping, transporting, returning, monitoring, providing pre/post-operative care, and sheltering community cats, and offer tips on how to communicate with neighbors and successfully collaborate with local officials.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • The history and behavior of community cats
    • Best practices for TNRM
    • How TNRM is the most humane and effective method for managing community cat colonies
    • How to become an advocate for unowned cats in your community
    • How to use box traps, dividers, special trapping techniques, and pre/post spay-neuter in-trap care
    • How to access free services for rescuers in New York City
    • How to network with fellow caretakers

    Attendees will also receive resources that will provide the support and information you need to begin your own TNRM project.

    Questions? Email TNRinfo@aspca.org for more information.

    Registrants who can’t attend the live session will be able to review the recording and complete a quiz to demonstrate their understanding of TNRM. They’ll also receive a virtual certificate to verify their participation in the course.

    Sincerely,
    The ASPCApro team

    P.S. Can’t attend live? Register anyway, and after the workshop we’ll send you a link to take the course online.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.aspcapro.org/training-online-courses/aspcas-trap-neuter-return-and-monitor-tnrm-online

  • Online Course – Registration Opens 9/29/20 – Clinical Use of Perioperative Drugs in the Small Animal Patient: Real-World Applications – VIN/VSPN (fee applies)

    Online Course – Registration Opens 9/29/20 – Clinical Use of Perioperative Drugs in the Small Animal Patient: Real-World Applications – VIN/VSPN (fee applies)

    ANES114-0920: Clinical Use of Perioperative Drugs in the Small Animal Patient: Real-World Applications

    The lectures for this course will be presented in an audio format using a webinar platform.

    Presenters:

    Nancy Brock, DVM, DACVAA (Course Coordinator)
    Lydia Love, DVM, DACVAA
    Kris Kruse-Elliott, DVM, PhD, DACVAA
    Course Open: September 29-November 6, 2020
    Real Time Sessions (RTS): Tuesdays, October 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2020; 8:00-10:00 pm ET (USA)
    Course RTS Times in Your Area: World Clock ConverterLevel and Prerequisites: This basic course will appeal to seasoned, newly minted and returning small animal clinicians alike – anyone interested in deepening their understanding of decision making that enhances clinical anesthesia safety:

    • Veterinarians new to and re-acquainting themselves with small animal practice will find a valuable overview of drugs and drug selection to optimize anesthesia management.
    • Experienced practitioners will find this course to be helpful optimizing existing anesthesia protocols and developing new protocols with an introduction to newly available anesthetic drugs.

    VIN CE Course: Open to veterinarians and licensed or experienced (5 years suggested) veterinary staff. Veterinary staff may only enroll if they are associated with an enrolled veterinarian. Veterinary staff need to provide the name of their veterinarian in the comment section during the enrollment process. This course is RACE approved for veterinarians and veterinary technicians/technologists. (RACE 22-42933)
    Please note: Veterinary staff may not be able to access the full complement of VIN Message Board – based resources in the course library.Course Information:

    This course provides an overview of anesthesia drugs, old and new, with a focus on drug selection to optimize anesthesia management in cats, dogs and rabbits. Case studies with varying levels of complexity and patient compromise will provide examples for participants to discuss pros and cons of drug selection.

    Week 1 (Real Time Session October 6, 2020): Pre-anesthesia Medication (Oral and Injectable)

    Presenters: Dr. Nancy Brock, Dr. Lydia Love, and Dr. Kris Kruse-Elliott
    Format: Audio
    Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to

    • modify their existing pre-anesthesia protocols to address nagging problems or persistent deficiencies.
    • choose whether newer anesthesia drugs or techniques should be incorporated into their current anesthesia protocols.
    • adjust their anesthesia drug dosing regimens and drug timing to fit patient safety needs.

    Week 2 (Real Time Session October 13, 2020): Induction and Maintenance of Anesthesia

    Presenters: Dr. Nancy Brock, Dr. Lydia Love, and Dr. Kris Kruse-Elliott
    Format: Audio
    Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to

    • modify their existing anesthesia induction and maintenance protocols to address nagging problems or persistent deficiencies.
    • choose whether newer anesthesia drugs or different use scenarios for existing drugs should be incorporated into their current anesthesia protocols.
    • adjust their anesthesia induction drug dosing and anesthesia maintenance regimens.

    Week 3 (Real Time Session October 20, 2020): Peri-operative Pain Management & Recovery from Anesthesia

    Presenters: Dr. Nancy Brock, Dr. Lydia Love, and Dr. Kris Kruse-Elliott
    Format: Audio
    Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to

    • modify their existing anesthesia protocols to address nagging problems or persistent deficiencies and improve quality and safety of anesthesia recovery and pain management for their patients.
    • choose whether newer anesthesia or analgesia drugs or techniques should be incorporated into their current anesthesia protocols.
    • adjust their anesthesia and analgesia drug dosing regimens based on patient needs and drug availability.

    Week 4 (Real Time Session October 27, 2020): Putting it All Together – Case Examples

    Presenters: Dr. Nancy Brock, Dr. Lydia Love, and Dr. Kris Kruse-Elliott
    Format: Audio
    Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to

    • use information learned in the course to improve quality and safety of anesthesia delivery and address nagging problems or persistent deficiencies.
    • choose whether newer anesthesia drugs or techniques should be incorporated into their current anesthesia protocols.
    • adjust their anesthesia and analgesia drug dosing regimens to specific case use in their practice.

    Successful completion (scoring 80% or better) on the end-of-course test is required to earn a certificate of completion for the course. To learn more about the requirements for earning a CE certificate, please refer to Receiving Your CE Credit and Course Completion Certificate.

    Course Materials: Course materials will be available in the course library prior to each Real Time Session.

    Required Textbook(s): There is no required textbook for this course.About the Presenters:

    Nancy Brock, who is originally from Montreal, obtained her DVM degree from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in 1982. She completed a residency in anesthesia and critical care at the University of California, Davis in 1988. In 1995, she became certified as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Based in Eastern Ontario, Canada Dr. Brock provides veterinarians and their nursing staff with anesthesia assistance and expertise. This assistance comes in the form of case management through telemedicine, telephone consultation and the training of veterinarians and technicians in advanced anesthesia techniques. She is also the author of a quick reference anesthesia publication entitled Veterinary Anesthesia Update for small animal practitioners.Lydia Love graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including non-profit spay-neuter practice; small animal relief & emergency work; private specialty referral practice; and academic practice, most recently, at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She has been board certified by the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia since 2010.

    Kris Kruse-Elliott received her DVM from Oregon State University in 1984. The following year was spent in mixed animal practice in Seattle, WA before moving on to advanced specialty training in anesthesiology. She completed her anesthesia residency at North Carolina State University from 1985-1988, becoming board certified and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia in 1989. Dr. Kruse received her PhD in pulmonary physiology from North Carolina State University in 1992 and joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison the same year where she taught for 15 years. She is currently based in Reno, NV and commutes to the Bay Area where she works in private specialty practice.

    Total CE Credit: 8

    Tuition: Member $184 ($166 early bird special if enrolled by September 15, 2020)

    Non-Member $292 ($263 early bird special if enrolled by September 15, 2020)
    Prices are listed in US dollars.*To ensure participants are ready and prepared for classes, enrollment will close on October 6, 2020 at 5 pm ET (USA) or when the maximum number of participants is reached.

    *For more information on how online CE works, see the Participant Resource Center.

    To Enroll:

    1. Enrollment qualifications: VIN CE courses are open to VIN member and non-member veterinarians. Veterinarians enrolling in a VSPN CE course must be a VIN member. Veterinary support staff must be a VSPN member to enroll in a VSPN CE or a VIN CE course open to VSPN member enrollment.
    2. Each enrollee must be able to receive emails from @vspn.org and @vin.com addresses. Email is our major form of communication with participants; personal emails are highly recommended rather than clinic/hospital email addresses.
    3. Each person is individually responsible for his/her own registration. To ensure that all information received is secure and correct, please do not enroll for a course on behalf of another individual.
    4. For further assistance call 800-846-0028 ext. 797 or email . Please include the course title, your full name, and contact information in your correspondence.

    “This program (22-42933) is approved by the AAVSB RACE to offer a total of 8 CE Credits, with a maximum of 8 CE Credits being available to any individual veterinarian or veterinary technician/technologist. This RACE approval is for the subject matter categories of: Medical, using the delivery method of Interactive-Distance: (Web-based, Teleconference or Audio-Conference). This approval is valid in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE; however, participants are responsible for ascertaining each board’s CE requirements.”

    Course withdrawal and refund policy: A complete refund of the paid course price will be issued when your withdrawal request is received prior to the listed start date of the course. If you wish to withdraw after the start date please contact the VIN office 800-846-0028 ext. 797 to discuss eligibility for a pro-rated refund.

    *For more information on VIN’s upcoming CE courses, check the VIN Course Catalog.

    Katherine James, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)

    VIN Education DirectorVIN CE Services:

    800-846-0028 or 530-756-4881; ext. 797
    or direct line to VIN/VSPN from the United Kingdom: 01 45 222 6154
    or direct line to VIN/VSPN from Australia: 02 6145 2357

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vin.com/ce/ANES114-0920.htm

  • Webinar – 9/30/20 – Wellness:  Suicide Prevention in Veterinary Medicine – ACVS

    Webinar – 9/30/20 – Wellness: Suicide Prevention in Veterinary Medicine – ACVS

    Wellness: Suicide Prevention in Veterinary Medicine
    Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 6–8 pm (ET)
    Registration is required and closes September 30 at noon (ET). Registration fees are waived for all participants. This webinar is sponsored by the ACVS Foundation.
    The ACVS Foundation understands the importance of this topic. To remove any financial barriers to participation, the ACVS Foundation is generously subsidizing 100 percent of the cost of producing this timely webinar.
    About the webinar*
    Depression, anxiety, and suicide plague the veterinary medicine profession. Signs often go unrecognized or are ignored as we struggle to talk about mental health. For every seven of you who are reading this, one has considered suicide at some point. Most of us personally know or know of someone who has committed suicide.
    This webinar provides information on the most common reasons veterinarians contemplate suicide and proven tools that we can use to help minimize the risk or even prevent it among our colleagues.
    Presentations
    Eric Parente, DVM, DACVS, will facilitate the following presentations:
    David Andrews, DM, MBA: Developing Resilience: Confronting Mental Health and Suicide Challenges
    Earl Gaughan, DVM, DACVS: Merck Animal Health Veterinarian Wellbeing Study II

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://online.acvs.org/acvsssa/f?p=EVTSSA:4010:12106962548286::YES:4010:P0_EVENT_ID,G_WEBREG_SERNO:1109,:

  • Webinar – 10/2/20 – Stressed Out:  Dogs, Hormones and Stress – Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD – PPG (fee applies)

    Webinar – 10/2/20 – Stressed Out: Dogs, Hormones and Stress – Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD – PPG (fee applies)

    Anxiety is a major problem for many pet dogs. What happens in your dog’s brain and body when something scares her? How long can you expect her stress response to last?

    In this webinar, Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD, will talk about the stress response in dogs. She will explain the original evolutionary purpose of the stress response; what the hormones involved in it (like cortisol) do in the body; the difference between acute and chronic stress and the different effects they have on dogs’ health; and what we know about how long it takes the body to clear those hormones. You will definitely learn some cool stuff about how the brain works and what that means for your stressed-out dog!

    Learning Objectives:

    • Describe how the stress response functions and what its purpose is.
    • Describe health effects (both positive and negative!) for acute versus chronic stress.
    • Explain how the stress response affects the dog’s brain and their ability to think clearly and behave normally.
    • Describe how long it takes the stress response to clear from the body, and list possible alternative explanations for dogs who display signs of stress longer than it takes for stress hormones to be cleared.

    About The Presenter

    Dr. Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD

    Jessica is a veterinary researcher who is fascinated by dog behavior. After eleven years working as a computer programmer, she decided to go back to school to research the causes of behavior problems in dogs. She received her veterinary degree in 2012 from the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Massachusetts, where she also received a Master’s degree for her work on stress behaviors in hospitalized dogs. After graduation, she completed a year-long internship specializing in shelter medicine at the University of Florida Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program. She received her PhD in genetics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studying a group of foxes (often known as the “Siberian silver foxes”) which have been bred over many generations to be friendly to humans. She is currently working at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard as a postdoctoral associate, studying the genetics of behavior in pet dogs through the Darwin’s Ark project and the Working Dogs Project. Her ultimate goal is to find genetic causes of fearfulness in dogs, to work with behaviorally challenged shelter dogs, and to help people better understand the science behind dog behavior. She also frequently teaches online classes and webinars about canine genetics and behavior. Jessica lives in Raymond, NH with her husband and three dogs. You can follow her on Twitter @dogzombieblog or on Facebook at facebook.com/dogzombieblog.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://petprofessionalguild.com/event-3702930

  • Webinar – 10/1/20 – All in the Family:  Interdog Aggression Inside the Home – FDSA (fee applies)

    Webinar – 10/1/20 – All in the Family: Interdog Aggression Inside the Home – FDSA (fee applies)

    Ellen Lindell, VMD, DACVB – All in the family: Interdog aggression inside the home

    Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020
    Time: 6pm Pacific Time (Click here for time at FDSA (Pacific Time).
    Fee: $19.95 – Registration required PRIOR to scheduled presentation time.

    Let’s face it—many of us have more than one dog. We enjoy our dogs so much, yet they don’t always enjoy each other. Just witnessing a physical altercation between dogs can be traumatic. Why does this happen? Do the dogs simply dislike each other? Or is there more to it than that?

    Accurate assessment is not always easy but it is essential. This webinar will teach you tips that will help you evaluate the relationship between your own dogs. Once the reason for conflict is clear, a personalized treatment and management plan can be designed.

    Click here to register **

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/index.php/self-study/webinars

  • Online Course – Starts 9/28/20 – Compassion Fatigue Strategies – University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program (fee applies)

    Online Course – Starts 9/28/20 – Compassion Fatigue Strategies – University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program (fee applies)

    Compassion Fatigue Strategies

    Compassion Fatigue Strategies is a unique online class designed to support people who work with animals. In this four module, self-paced class, you will establish a foundation of knowledge to help you better understand and transform your experience with compassion fatigue.The course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, learn to manage your stress levels and increase your self-care practices, connect with the rewards of your work, build your resiliency, and commit to making successful changes in your life and in your organization.

    This class is a personal exploration to help you build the self-awareness necessary to manage the impact of compassion fatigue. Please be aware that the class work can be emotionally challenging.

    By the end of class you’ll have six strategies to help you manage and transform your experience with compassion fatigue, your personal mission statement and goals to help you make lasting changes, a better understanding of yourself and how to engage in self-care that works for you, and the tools you need to be well, while you continue to do good work!

    Course Instructor

    Jessica Dolce

    Jessica Dolce is a Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator via the Green Cross of Traumatology, receiving her training through The Figley Institute and Tend Academy. She helps animal care and welfare professionals to navigate compassion fatigue and cultivate resilience, so that they can make a positive impact for animals and create a life that they truly enjoy.Jessica brings more than fifteen years of experience working with and for companion animals to her classes, workshops and coaching. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida and her project, Dogs In Need Of Space, provides practical, emotional support to dog owners and animal care professionals around the world. Jessica earned her Master of Science in Adult and Higher Education from the University of Southern Maine and holds certificates in mindfulness facilitation and positive psychology coaching.You can find Jessica online at jessicadolce.com

    Course Schedule

    This asynchronous course begins on September 28th, 2020. The interactive portion of this course including discussions with the course instructor will end on November 22nd, 2020 however participants will still be able to access course materials and complete the modules in order to earn a certificate of completion through January 22nd, 2021.

    Registration

    Registration for this course is completed via the University of Florida’s Distance Learning department using the “Quick Registration” platform. The self-paced course materials are delivered entirely online through UF’s e-Learning platform (Canvas). Registration Fee: $200.

    Veterinary Continuing Education Credits

    This course is the equivalent of 15 contact hours for Veterinary Continuing Education in the state of Florida. Students taking this course from other states will need to contact their licensing board for guidance. This course has also been approved for Certified Animal Welfare Administrator Continuing Education Credits. Those students who are Certified Animal Welfare Administrators through The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (Formerly SAWA) are to keep a record of the time spent in this course to apply for the credit.

    Required Resources

    No texts are required for this course. All readings and resources are contained within the online course management system.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/education/continuing-education/compassion-fatigue-strategies/

  • Webinar – 10/8/20 – Vaccines, Clients & Curbside… Oh My! Navigating Your Practice’s Preventative Care Yellow Brick Road During a Pandemic – Fear Free and Elanco

    Webinar – 10/8/20 – Vaccines, Clients & Curbside… Oh My! Navigating Your Practice’s Preventative Care Yellow Brick Road During a Pandemic – Fear Free and Elanco

    Vaccines, Clients & Curbside… Oh My! Navigating Your Practice’s Preventative Care Yellow Brick Road During a Pandemic

    Join Dr. Julie Reck, owner and founder of Fear Free Certified Practice Veterinary Medical Center of Fort Mill, for a discussion on vaccines, how to administer vaccines in a Fear Free manner, and how to improve communication throughout your practice to navigate preventative care in a curbside environment.

    Brought to you by Elanco.

    Oct 8, 2020 08:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pbj3ooYeTEyJcYjL8TdwMg

  • Webinar – 10/12/20 – Life and Limb: A Discussion of Leg and Paralysis Issues in Kittens – National Kitten Coalition

    Webinar – 10/12/20 – Life and Limb: A Discussion of Leg and Paralysis Issues in Kittens – National Kitten Coalition

    In rescue, almost by definition, we see kittens that face health challenges, including limb abnormalities. In the past, others simply said we cannot or will not help, but YOU can with a little knowledge, help from your vet, and some elbow grease.

    Leg and paralysis issues are not uncommon in kittens; from the simple “twisted leg syndrome” to the more serious traumatic spinal issues. In this free webinar, Susan Spaulding, also known as ‘Kitten Mom’ will discuss how you can work with your veterinarian to do as much as possible to help these kittens. She will describe protocols you can start early to help achieve the best outcomes, and she will touch on some of the ways you can modify common items to fit your tiny kitten. She will also discuss tools like the Assisi Loop and laser therapy that can aid in the healing process.

    *The recording for this webinar will be available on NKC’s Archived Webinar page (https://kittencoalition.org/resources/archived-webinars/) within a few weeks after the webinar ends.

    **This kitten life-saving project was made possible in part through a generous Grant from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://kittencoalition.org/event/webinar-life-and-limb-a-discussion-of-leg-and-paralysis-issues-in-kittens/

  • Online Conference – 10/3/20, 10/4/20, 10/24/20 and 10/25/20 – Feline Head & Neck –  Diseases, Disorders and More – AAFP (fee applies)

    Online Conference – 10/3/20, 10/4/20, 10/24/20 and 10/25/20 – Feline Head & Neck – Diseases, Disorders and More – AAFP (fee applies)

    2020 Conference Educational Program

    The AAFP’s 2020 Virtual Conference will focus on diseases and disorders of the feline head and neck. A myriad of feline health conditions affecting systems of the head and neck, including neurology, dermatology, ophthalmology, dentistry, respiratory, oncology, imaging, emergency and critical care, pain management, feeding tubes and more will be explored. This conference will join together veterinary healthcare professionals who are dedicated to increasing their feline knowledge and who are passionate about elevating the standard of care for cats.


    RACE Credits

    The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) RACE committee has not yet approved this program as meeting the Standards adopted by the AAVSB but it is in the process of getting approved and will be approved before October 3, 2020. This program will be included on this website as well as the AAVSB’s Website once it is approved.

    Please note that the CE will be valid if you watch the session on the day and time it will be released on the agenda and on-demand any time through December 31, 2020.


    NY State CE

    The New York State Board of Veterinary Medicine has approved the AAFP as a sponsor of continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

    WEBSITE LINK: https://catvets.com/education/conference/2020