The Road Map

Come on Thursday, October 16 to our welcome party and meet and greet speakers, sponsors and others from your region and across the country. People are coming from as far away as Australia, Hawaii, and Bolivia to this conference focusing on Everything You Need to Know about Ending the Pet Surplus.

Conference Registration Covers:

• The welcome party with guests Nicole Biffle, President of Greg Biffle Foundation and Comedian Jo Anne Worley (Thursday, October 16 from 6 to 8 pm)
• Breakfasts and excellent luncheons Friday and Saturday
• Free State Pizza parties on Friday evening
• Handout binders and CDs for attendees only
• Meetings with speakers and sponsors
• A tour of the famous PAWS Clinic in Chicago (the Lurie Family S/N Clinic)
• Free t-shirt from Nooters Club and tote bag from Austin Cotton
• And two full days packed with informative lectures and workshops to teach you HOW TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER. Hear from many of the leaders who brought you high quality, high volume clinics, feral cat programs, successful mobile clinics, legislation, programs for rural areas and who are working on nonsurgical alternatives to spay/neuter.
• Please note that there is also a special vet track sponsored by Maddie's Fund and organized by the team at Cornell University Veterinary School, which carries 8 Continuing Ed credits for veterinarians!
• Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs

Speakers From: The PETCO Foundation Maddie's Fund Humane Alliance HSUS PAWS Pets Alive Neighborhood Cats Cornell School of Vet Medicine PetSmart Charities Marion County Animal Services Oklahoma Spay Network

Workshops and Presentations Featuring: Delivery systems such as spay superclinics that "fix" 20,000 animals a year Mobile clinics that can cover large rural areas in the Midwest and south Statewide networks of spay programs Marketing spay/ neuter to those who are difficult to reach Addressing the problems of feral cats, pit bulls and bully breeds Public funding for spay/neutering of the cats/dogs of the indigent Targeting, Tracking and Tallying for community assessment The latest on Non-surgical Sterilization Collaboration with public agencies Fundraising, Management and Maximizing your resources! Maddie's Fund Vet Track (Continuing Ed credit for vets) including: Standards of Care in High-Quality, High-Volume Clinics; Efficient S/N Techniques; Complications; Dry Lab

We are honored to be sponsored by NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his wife, Nicole, founders of the Greg Biffle Foundation.

Some special subsidy assistance will be available for persons with a track record of working in the spay/neuter arena. Preference will be given to people from the Midwestern and Great Plains states as gaps in service delivery are especially prevalent in these regions. Send contact information along with a one-page summary of work in the field (volunteer and/or other) to brendaspay@snet.net as soon as possible if you are interested and need assistance to attend. This grant was graciously given by the Biffle Foundation to allow active animal advocates to attend in order to improve their abilities to network, build new programs and clinics, and increase spay services in underserved communities across the country.