In his talk, "Proper Prior Planning Protects Your Pet Parrot", Harlan A. Freilicher will speak on planning ahead to make sure that your parrot is taken care of in the event of you becoming sick, injured, or disabled, or in the event that your parrot outlives you.  He will address matters ranging from making sure you've chosen the right person to take care of your bird, to making sure that your wishes are followed under a legal system that views pets as property rather than as family members, to ways of keeping close to your bird in the event that you need long-term care. Whatever your age or the age of your bird, and whether your bird has a life expectancy of a century or a couple of years, we all owe it to our birds to plan ahead for both the unexpected and the inevitable.