Program
| September 26, 2015 | |
| 0800-0830 | Registration |
| 0830-0845 | Welcome and Introductions - Dr. Bess Pierce |
| 0845-0900 | Purina sponsor speaker - Dr. Lauren Pagliughi |
| 0900-0950 | Keynote Speaker - Professor Phil Tedeschi |
| 0950-1010 | Break |
| 1010-1100 | Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Giving Clients a Leg Up – Ms. Dede Beasley, M. Ed., LPC |
| 1100-1150 | The "Dark Side" of the Human-Animal Bond: Animal Abuse as an Indicator and Predictor of Abuse of Vulnerable Populations - Professor Phil Arkow |
| 1200-1330 | Lunch and Booker Willoughby Recognition Ceremony – St. Francis Service Dogs with Executive Director Ms. Cabell Youell, J.D. |
| 1340-1430 | Canine Connection Therapy: how dogs help veterans heal – Warrior Canine Connection - Mr. Rick Yount and Ms. Meg Daley Olmert |
| 1430-1520 | Caring for Canine Heroes - Dr. Cindy Otto |
| 1520-1540 | Break |
| 1540-1640 | Panel presentation: Animal assisted therapy on campus - an Integrated Approach; Speakers: Trent Davis, Christine Dennis Smith, Zenithson Ng and Bess Pierce |
| 1640-1700 | Conclusion and VT Helping P.A.W.S. visit |