University of Nottingham, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham UK.

WOOF! is a very special event which comes alive in person when we are all together, for this reason, we postponed our 2021 conference to December 2022 in the hopes this is a successful environmental arrangement to allow us to be together in person once again!

WOOF! Philosophy and Vision for WOOF! 2022

To create an environment that promotes kind, inspiring and empowering behaviours towards each other. At WOOF! we are one community so we will strive to create an environment that minimises the "us and them" attitude but promotes “we are all one, and all equally as important as each other” philosophy.

WOOF! is a single-track conference, so we all share the experiences together. We provide table seating to promote a comfortable learning environment as well as arrange the surroundings for socialisation with all the fantastic people present. Many of the speakers & Team WOOF! will sit with attendees during presentations and are accessible throughout the whole event to talk with and answer questions. We do have one reserved table at the front where speakers with upcoming presentations can sit with some of our Team WOOF! Members who are working on managing and organising the stage. 

Our goal is to provide one-hour presentations at WOOF! 2022 that involve attendees active participation in addition to listening. So our Speaker Team will find different ways to help bring the learning alive, including some live demonstrations with dogs and people. Prefer to participate less actively? This is great; all our attendees get to choose if and how much they wish to engage. 

“If somebody asks me, what’s your favourite conference in your whole life?…

This is absolutely my favourite conference of my life!”

WOOF! 2019 Keynote Speaker: Dr Julie S. Vargas, B. F. Skinner Foundation.

What does your ticket include?

• A WOOF! welcome pack

• Learning from 28 amazing presenters* over 5 days

• Friday 2nd Dec: Registration during the afternoon and the conference starts this evening

• Saturday 3rd Dec - Tuesday 6th December: 4 full days of brilliant presentations

• Evening events/presentations on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday

• PDF presentation handouts (where provided by the presenter)

• Refreshments available all-day

• An excellent 2-course lunch daily

• An excellent 2-course dinner on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday

• Access to our conference app

• Daily yoga & well-being sessions

• A WOOF! 2022 t-shirt (for anyone who registers by the 1st September 2022)

• Access to trade stands & sponsor areas

• Incredible opportunities to develop strong social networks with other like-minded professionals

• A superb and comfortable conference venue

• An amazingly helpful WOOF! Team, whose mission it is to make your stay at the conference as enjoyable and comfortable as possible

• High-speed wifi connection

• Printed certificate of attendance

• An online webinar specially designed for the WOOF! community with Tromplo™ (a fantastic online behaviour and training platform)

• CEUs: Pending

  CCPDT: TBC

  IAABC: TBC

  KPA: TBC

  Price: 6 payments of £140.00** or one payment of £825.00

  *Subject to change if a certain speaker is unable to make it.

  **Payment plan options available until 1st January 2022 (midnight GMT) or earlier if they are sold out prior to this date.

  Due to the very high costs involved in arranging a conference like this, we are unable to offer further discounts at this time but hope the payment plan will provide a great option.

  WOOF! 2022 works out less than £195 per day for very high-quality learning opportunities in a comfortable environment. The cost includes refreshments throughout the day and an excellent 2 course lunch and dinner. Most of our days start around 8 am and end around 8:30 pm, which includes evening sessions. Across the 5 days you get to learn from around 28 amazing presenters, many of whom have travelled internationally and will make themselves accessible to you throughout the whole event. We promote a kind community environment to learn in, connect with lots of like-minded colleagues and to have a fantastic time. Get your year's worth of very high-quality CPD all in one place. 

What some of our previous attendees and speakers have to say…

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Here are some photos from WOOF! 2019…