Program

Here you can find an overview of the complete IARC2025 program. Some of the presentations will have online speakers, but the speakers will be live in Luxembourg in most cases. All presentations and contributions in Room A will be available for both live and online participants.

P

= presentation

D

= discussion

W

= workshop

M

= movie

= meals

= other

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Thursday, September 4th, 2025

09:30-12:00 Room B	W	How to talk to meat eaters - Strategies for animal liberation Martin Smedjeback
12:00-22:00		Registration & Infopoint open
12:00-21:00		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
12:00-13:30		Lunch
14:00-14:30 Room A		Opening Plenary
15:00-15:40 Room A	P	Abolitionism vs. new welfarism: An empirical comparison Antonia Gefahrt
15:50-16:30 Room A	P	Fighting for animals on social media John Oberg
15:50-17:20 Room B	W	You, first: How taking care of yourself strengthens your advocacy Amy Brink-Peterson
16:40-17:20 Room A	P	Have we failed the vegan diet? Luisa Hilbrand, Phil Roggenbuck
17:30-18:10 Room A	P	Animal pronouns matter Sharisse Kanet
18:20-19:00 Room A	P	Animal representation - the next step Melvin Geib Caballero
18:20-19:50 Room B	W	Speak up for animal liberation - a workshop on how to help the movement in your everyday speech Mich Dressel
19:10-19:50 Room A	P	The harsh topic - sexual abuse of non-human animals Anu Tensing
20:00-20:40 Room A	P	Decolonizing the funding model for animal rights and welfare Katya Burns
21:00-22:00		Welcome Reception with free food

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Friday, September 5th, 2025

08:15-09:20		Breakfast
08:15-08:55		Morning Stretching note: bring your own yoga mat
08:30-22:00		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:00		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:30-09:50 Room A		Friday Morning Plenary
10:00-10:40 Room A	P	Lessons in life and healing: What the animals at Daisyfields Animal Sanctuary taught me about trauma, compassion, and resilience Evelien Devriese
10:00-11:20 Cinema	M	Secret Screening with Humane Hancock Jack Hancock-Fairs
10:50-11:30 Room A	P	Are the animal rights movement and the veganism movement the same? Jordi Casamitjana
11:40-12:20 Room A	P	Animals in art as individuals and not symbols Katrīna Tračuma
11:40-12:20 Room B	P	Critical reflections on environmental law as a mechanism for animal liberation Jan-Harm De Villiers
12:30-13:10 Room A	P	Animal sanctuaries as models for social and ecological transformation Simone Scampoli
12:30-14:00 Room B	W	Decolonizing the funding model for animal rights and welfare Katya Burns
13:30-15:30		Lunch
14:30-15:10 Room A	P	More-than-Humanitarian Dorien Braam
14:30-15:10 Room B	P	Art for change Helen Barker, Philip McCulloch-Downs
15:20-16:00 Room A	P	Breaking the law in the service of animals Martin Smedjeback
16:10-16:50 Room A	P	From prejudice to progress: Understanding and addressing speciesism in the northern part of Cyprus Ziba Sertbay
16:10-17:40 Room B	D	Adapting our activism in light of the climate collapse Jesse and Taylor
17:00-17:40 Room A	P	Undercover - one person can change everything Friedrich Mülln
17:50-18:30 Room A	P	Slovenian animal law: from welfarism to abolitionism Priscila Gulič Pirnat
17:50-18:50 Room B	D	Open Discussion Slot 1
18:00-19:30		Dinner
20:00-21:30		Vegan Quiz Night

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Saturday, September 6th, 2025

08:15-09:30		Breakfast
08:15-08:55		Morning Stretching note: bring your own yoga mat
08:30-23:30		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:00		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:40-10:30 Room A		Saturday Morning Plenary
10:40-11:20 Room A	P	Building a bigger tent Tobias Leenaert
10:40-12:10 Room B	W	You're such a cow - portrait drawing workshop Katrīna Tračuma
11:30-12:10 Room A	P	Livestreaming the movement for animal rights and liberation Toni di Pianduni
12:20-13:00 Room A	P	Creating robust and effective fundraising plans with limited resources Liz Wheeler
12:20-13:00 Cinema	M	Daisyfields Animal Sanctuary Transforms Lives Evelien Devriese
13:10-13:50 Room A	P	Businesses - the blind spot of the animal welfare law Mika Jue Casper
13:10-14:10 Room B	D	Open Discussion Slot 2
14:00-15:30		Lunch
15:40-16:20 Room A	D	Wild animal suffering: How shall we address this in the animal rights movement? Jack Hancock-Fairs, Martin Balluch
15:40-17:10 Room B	W	How to inspire behaviour change - Vegan outreach workshop Jen Deighan-Schenk
16:30-17:10 Room A	P	Reclaiming the right to live informed José De Giorgio-Schoorl
17:20-18:00 Room A	P	The political left and the overlooked power of veganism Emilia Leese
17:20-17:50 Cinema	M	Animeyes Katrīna Tračuma
18:10-18:50 Room A	P	Behind the labels: Identifying and responding to greenwashing and humanewashing Adam Clasky, Kira Berkeley, Krystal-Anne Roussel
18:10-19:10 Room B	W	Putting the political turn into practice Thomas Hecquet
19:00-19:40 Room A	P	Technology and animals: friends or foes? Raimon Sabater
19:30-21:00		Dinner
19:50-20:30 Room A	P	How animal rescue can change the world Zoe Rosenberg
21:30-23:30		Karaoke

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Sunday, September 7th, 2025

08:15-09:40		Breakfast
08:15-08:55		Morning Stretching note: bring your own yoga mat
08:30-16:00		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-15:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:50-10:40 Room A		Sunday Morning Plenary
10:50-11:30 Room A	P	40 years of animal rights campaigning Martin Balluch
10:50-11:50 Cinema	M	The photographer who stayed: A long-term photo documentary at Camp Beagle Tímea Kovács
11:40-12:20 Room A	P	The pet food industry: Impact on animal welfare and canine health Claire Lucie Sonck
12:30-13:10 Room A	P	Speaking up for the voiceless: Tackling animal abuse and neglect in Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean Mandesa Crevelle
13:20-14:00 Room A	P	Ending animal testing Sole Iriart
14:10-14:50 Room A	P	Creative activism in animal rights Daniel Bothe, Hannes Russ
14:50-15:00		Closing Plenary
15:00-16:00		Closing Reception with free food