Latin America Region
We have created an for the region to help establish the ISAE name in Latin America and to improve communication and easy identification with our members:
About your Regional Secretaries and Liaison
Member Profiles
Below, you can download information about some current members of the ISAE Latin America region. Each profile is in English, Español, and Português.
Past Regional Secretaries
Past regional secretaries:
- Maria José Hötzel (2019-2022)
- Ariel Tarazona (2019-2022)
- Giuliana Miguel (2017-2019)
- Tamara Tadich (2017-2019)
Past Regional Meetings
Below, you can find information about past meetings in the Latin America region of the ISAE.
2018 Regional Meeting
The 2018 ISAE Latin America Regional Meeting took place from 4 to 6 December in Valdivia, Chile.
The Meeting started on the 4th of December with a total of 18 speakers confirmed, from which 12 are from the LatAm region, and 8 were current ISAE members. We had 240 attendants registered for the conference. In addition, two satellite workshops were organised, one on “Equine Husbandry and Welfare” and the second one on “Bioethics in Animal Research”.
The Meeting received a total of 150 abstracts. From this, 119 abstracts were accepted to be presented as posters (N=95) or short talks (N=24). We have received abstracts from many countries from the region such as Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, and from other regions (Australia, Ireland, Canada).
Dra Tamara Tadich welcoming attendants and opening the Meeting
Book of abstracts and notebook given to attendants, drawings by Daniela Fuchslocher
We offered two social gatherings, one was free for all the attendants and the other was paid. On both there was chance for everybody to meet and network. The first social event included drinks and nibbles in a beautiful setting. The second was a meal at a very popular traditional beer house.
Attendees enjoy drinks and nibbles at a beautiful setting in Valdivia, time to chat and share
During the conference our own ISAE LatAm team along with other attendants were keeping the world informed about what was going on in Valdivia. Using the hashtags #BAISAE2018 and #ISAELatAm, Twitter and Instagram were inundated with information about the different talks, speakers and events that happened during these 4 days. If you want to know what we were up to just search for our hashtags.
At the end of the conference, we offered a prize for the best poster and best oral presentation. The selection of the best poster was made by a group of experience scientists, while the selection of the best oral presentation was made by the public using an interactive tool at the end of each session.
On the second day of the event, the ISAE LatAm team met with the ISAE members and potential members to talk about the future of our region. We discussed different topics such as promoting our organization using the material (e.g. slides), next regional meeting (Colombia) and what could work for future meetings, like working again in 2021 with OIE Collaborating Centers to bring the BAISAE Meeting to Uruguay.
We closed the Meeting with a great feeling from the region. This was a period to meet new and old friends, and to see the amazing research that many have started to do in the area of applied ethology. So, we hope that this will bring new members to our organization particularly from countries where we have very few or none.
Farm Animal Welfare Attendance Awards
Thanks to generous funding from the open Philanthropy Project (thanks to the actions done by Dr. Jeremy Marchant-Forde), the ISAE through its Latin America Regional Secretary offered the “Farm animal welfare attendance awards”. We received over 80 applications and we were able to offer 13 awards to attend the meeting. Awards were given based on country of origin, economic need and impact to farm animal welfare. We were able to offer awards to individuals from 10 countries (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina) and from different areas of work or studies.
The awardees (top - left to right): Marcela Valadez (Mexico), Graciela Estrada (Ecuador), Lorena Aguayo (Colombia), Roberto Evaristo (Peru), Franciely de Oliveira (Brazil), Scarlette Barrera (Chile), Laura Salazar (Chile), Carmen Arguello (Nicaragua); (bottom – left to right) Malvina Prieto (Uruguay), Valentina Herrera (Uruguay), Gisela Marcoppido (Argentina), Diego Bottegal (Argentina), Karen Mancera (Mexico).
The awardee from Costa Rica couldn’t attend and the award was given to the following two on the cut off list. One of the awardees from Brazil Miguel Machado could not make it for the picture.
2013
47th International ISAE Congress
The 47th International Congress of the ISAE was hosted from the 2nd to the 6th of June, 2013 on the magical island of Florianópolis, Brazil.
2012
IV LABEA Meeting: Animal Awareness and Cognition (IV Encontro LABEA: Consciência e Cognição Animal)
2012, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, October (Outubro) 22-23
In honour of Cesar Ades (Uma homenagem a Cesar Ades)
The goal of the IV LABEA Meeting: Animal Awareness and Cognition, in honour of Cesar Ades, was to promote advancements in the discussion regarding the awareness and cognitive capabilities of animals, and to honour Professor César Ades for his contribution in this field of knowledge. This was the fourth of a series of annual meetings proposed by the Animal Welfare Laboratory, Federal University of Paraná (LABEA/UFPR), and around 300 participants were expected. The Meeting was held from the 22nd and 23rd of October, 2012, at the Salão de Atos, Barigui Park, Curitiba, Paraná, South of Brazil. The main themes were animal emotion and cognition, and these were approached in scientific, ethical, and political dimensions. The great contribution of late Professor César Ades in this scientific area was remembered through the presence of the Brazilian Society of Ethology and the presentation of his main scientific works. The event focused on vertebrate animal species with which we maintain a variety of relationships, as pets, farm and laboratory animals.
O "IV Encontro LABEA: Consciência e Cognição Animal - Uma homenagem a César Ades" tem por objetivo promover avanços na discussão acerca das capacidades de consciência e da cognição de animais e homenagear o Professor Cesar Ades pela sua contribuição nesta área do conhecimento. Trata-se de mais um evento da série de Encontros promovidos pelo Laboratório de Bem-estar Animal da Universidade Federal do Paraná (LABEA/UFPR), que este ano estima um público total de cerca de 300 pessoas. O Encontro acontecerá nos dias 22 e 23 de outubro de 2012, no Salão de Atos do Parque Barigui, Curitiba, Paraná, e abordará temas como emoções e cognição animal do ponto de vista científico, ético e político. A grande contribuição do Professor César Ades para esta área do conhecimento será homangeada pela presença da Sociedade Brasileira de Etologia e pela apresentação de seus principais trabalhos científicos. O evento privilegiará a abordagem de espécies de animais vertebrados, com as quais mantemos vários tipos de relação, como animais de companhia, de produção e de laboratório.
2011
2011 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil, April 21-23
The meeting was hosted by Selene Nogueira’s group at the State University of Santa Cruz located in the south of Bahia state, Brazil. Invited speakers were Dr. Michael Mendl, (University of Bristol), César Ades (University of Sao Paulo), Ricardo Hector Ferrari (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Mateus Paranhos da Costa (Universidade Estadual Paulista -UNESP, Brasil) and Rodolfo Ungerfeld (UDELAR).
