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Program 2012

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Thursday, September 13th 2012

12:00-21:30		Registration & Infopoint open
12:30-13:30		Lunch
13:30-21:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
14:00-14:40		Opening Plenary
15:00-15:50	P	The way out of the blind alley of animal research-orientated medicine Silke Bitz
15:00-15:50	P	The animal and rights theory Jan-Harm De Villiers
16:00-16:50	P	Let`s influence the children Stephen Marcus Finn
16:00-16:50	P	Global anti-vivisection campaigns Camille Hankins
17:00-17:50	P	How to deal with media, law enforcement and the public in civil disobedience. Chris DeRose
17:00-17:50	P	The sexual politics of meat Carol J. Adams
18:30-19:20	P	Abolitionism: Anatomy of an ideology Robert Garner
18:30-19:50	P	The animal activist documentaries and the documentary tradition Bianca Salles Dantas
20:00-21:30		Welcome Reception with free food

Friday, September 14th 2012

08:00-08:45		Breakfast
08:30-19:00		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-20:00		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:00-09:50	P	Vitamin B12 in toothpaste
09:00-09:50	P	Vegan belief in law Jeanette Rowley
09:00-09:50	W	Computer security & privacy Heiko Weber
10:00-11:20	P	The rise and fall of the human empire Steve Best
10:00-11:20	W	Group of studies on animal rights Carlos A. Bedin Cipro
10:00-10:50	P	ACTAsia`s NO Fur China campaign Pei F. Su
11:30-13:00		movie: "A.L.F." (French with English subtitles) (Not a public screening! Only for press and conference participants!)
11:30-12:20	P	Vegan dogs Colin Goldner
11:30-12:50	P	Understanding the psychology of eating animals for effective advocacy and personal empowerment Melanie Joy
11:30-12:20	W	Activism vs. social veganism Tino Verducci
12:30-14:00		Lunch
13:00-13:20	PP	One day as an animal in Portugal Rita Silva
13:00-13:50	D	"A.L.F." - discussion with the producer Gauthier Lamothe
14:00-14:50	P	From the ALF to vegan education Ronnie Lee
14:00-15:20	P	Africa and its animals Anteneh Roba
14:00-14:20	PP	The new group "Animal Equality Germany"
14:30-14:50	PP	Investigations of Igualdad Animal / Animal Equality
15:00-15:20	PP	Leur vie ne nous appartient pas
15:30-16:20	P	From charm to alarm - Appropriating art for animal rights Stephen Marcus Finn
15:30-16:20	P	Repression in the Spanish animal rights movement
15:30-15:50	PP	The Vegan initiative born in Slovenia
16:30-17:20	P	GV-nachhaltig - Vegan in volume Felix Hnat
16:30-17:20	P	A vegan diet for active lives...and a better world Christine Vardaros
16:30-17:50	D	Open discussion slot
17:30-18:20	P	Vegan generations Roger Yates
17:30-18:20	P	Media and animal rights Silvana Andrade, Lobo Pasolini
18:30-19:30		Dinner @ KuFa
19:00-20:30		Dinner @ Café ROCAS (Luxembourg city)
20:00-23:00		Concert @ Café ROCAS (Luxembourg city) live on stage: Tes + Sheena Bratt

Saturday, September 15th 2012

08:00-08:45		Breakfast
08:30-23:30		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-20:00		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:00-09:50	P	Animal rights activism in Brazil George Guimaraes
10:00-11:20	P	Integrating activism in your daily life Brendan McNally
10:00-11:20	P	Great Ape Project relaunched Colin Goldner
10:00-11:30		movie: "SKINTRADE" (English)
11:30-12:20	W	Speaking truth to power Melanie Joy
11:30-12:50	D	State repression of the animal rights movement Felix Hnat, Brendan McNally,
12:00-13:30		Lunch
13:30-14:50	P	Working effectively for animal rights
13:30-14:50	P	Predation versus transplantation Stijn Bruers
13:30-15:00		movie: "Der Prozess" (German with English subtitles) (Not a public screening! Only for press and conference participants!)
15:00-15:50	D	"Der Prozess" - discussion with a charged activist Felix Hnat
15:00-15:50	P	Rescuing the rhino Sarah Rutherford Smith
15:00-15:50	P	Speciesist violence Romina Kachanoski
16:00-16:50	P	Speciesist education Samuel Guerrero
17:00-18:20	P	The modern animal advocacy movement - Advantages of dividing the movement Emil Franzinelli, Friederike Schmitz
17:00-18:20	D	Open discussion slot
18:30-19:20	P	The vegan diet Katharina Petter
18:30-19:20	P	The Green Hill story - when activism saves live Tino Verducci
19:30-21:30		Dinner
20:00-23:30		Concert live on stage: Gina Simmons & The Nobodies Minutes From Memory

Sunday, September 16th 2012

08:00-08:45		Breakfast
08:30-15:30		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-15:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:00-10:20	P	Be mindful of your feelings Stijn Bruers
09:00-10:20	P	How to be most effective to make real change for animals Chris DeRose
10:30-11:50	P	The V-word Elizabeth DeCoux
10:30-11:50	P	Future trends - Meat, hunger, and global warming Dawn Moncrief
12:30-13:20	P	The war on animals, the politics of nature and militant resistance Steve Best
13:30-14:00		Closing Plenary
14:00-15:30		Closing Reception with free food

Some general information about the program

All presentations and workshops are scheduled to have a 10 minute break until the next session, so that there is enough time to take a short break and switch to another room.

note: all information on this web site is subject to change as the conference planning proceeds