Program

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Thursday, September 8th 2016

12:00-20:00		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 Room A	P	Lunching with a pregan: Philosophy and anymal advocacy Lisa Kemmerer
15:00-15:50 Room B	P	Back to the roots: we need non-violent direct action and confrontational campaigns! Martin Balluch
16:00-16:50 Room A	P	Launching a nationwide leafleting campaign: experiences from the first half year Lente de Rooy
16:00-16:50 Room B	P	Why are people so morally inconsistent when it comes to animals? Simon Gerlach
17:30-18:20 Room A	P	"Are you a climate vegan?" - the environment, a matter of intersectionality Jo Dirix
17:30-18:20 Room B	W	Reaching children with animal rights work Simon Anhut, Bettina Rehberg
18:30-19:20 Room A	P	Animal rescue in Brazil`s largest enviro disaster: efforts, challenges and responsibilities George Guimaraes
18:30-20:20 Room B	M	Screening of "Jutro bedzie futro" - Polish documentary movie about the fur industry with Q&A Martyna Kozlowska
19:30-20:20 Room A	P	Perceptions and narratives of Arab, Muslim and Palestinian people in animal rights discourse Liz Tyson
20:30-21:30		Welcome Reception with free food

Friday, September 9th 2016

08:00-09:00		Breakfast
08:30-19:00		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:00-09:50 Room A		Friday Morning Plenary
10:00-10:50 Room A	P	"Giving up animal products results in a poor diet" Kadri Aavik
10:00-10:50 Room B	W	Media Workshop - reaching the big audience in an effective way Toby Schionning
11:00-11:50 Room A	P	A case for campaigns: Reflections on vegan outreach and purity politics Jake Conroy
11:00-11:50 Room B	P	Putting outreach to young people on the animal advocacy agenda Jens Tuider
12:00-13:20 Room A	P	Meta-strategies: Why you can save many more animals with your wallet than with your plate
12:00-13:20 Room B	P	The moral blind spots in the animal rights community Stijn Bruers
13:00-14:20		Lunch
14:00-15:20 Room C	D	Open Discussion Slot 2
14:30-15:20 Room A	P	"Tails" from the trenches Indra Lahiri
14:30-15:20 Room B	P	Awakening Compassion - a positive vegan outreach Beata Ciupinska
15:30-16:20 Room A	P	Animal resistance, solidarity, and liberation Justin Kay, Amanda Schemkes
15:30-16:20 Room B	P	Meat, markets and misconceptions David Pedersen
16:30-17:20 Room A	P	Ecofeminism: bitches and bollox Lisa Kemmerer
16:30-17:20 Room B	P	Wild animal suffering: Why 99% of wild animals die as babies already, and what we can do about it Stefan Torges
17:30-18:20 Room A	P	Animal liberation and climate justice: Interconnections and alliances Friederike Schmitz
17:30-18:20 Room B	W	Starting a Save Group in your area - The importance of bearing witness Bradley Russel
18:00-19:20		Dinner
19:30-20:20 Room A	P	Self-determination and an autonomous life: the basic right for nonhuman animals Martin Balluch
19:30-20:50 Room B	W	How to talk effectively with meat eaters Martin Smedjeback
20:30-21:20 Room A	P	Tao of Poo: Working at a sanctuary for personal and spiritual growth Johnny Braz
21:30-22:30		networking with free snacks

Saturday, September 10th 2016

08:00-09:00		Breakfast
08:30-21:30		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:00-09:50 Room A		Saturday Morning Plenary Dave Du Toit
10:00-10:50 Room A	P	Why the future will be vegan Tobias Leenaert
10:00-10:50 Room B	P	Activism - dealing with limited time and resources - be active and be effective Jaqueline Herth-Sanders
11:00-11:50 Room A	P	Understanding carnism for effective vegan advocacy Melanie Joy
11:00-11:50 Room B	P	The importance of direct action Karl Häggroth, Richard Klinsmeister
12:00-13:20 Room A	D	EA pros and cons
12:00-12:50 Room B	P	Are we animals or cyborgs? Susan Roberts
13:00-14:20		Lunch
14:30-15:50 Room A	P	Hunt saboteurs, hunt violence and dealing with the authorities Alfie Moon
14:30-15:20 Room B	W	Marxism, socialism and animal liberation Anne Marleen Schade
14:30-15:50 Room C	D	Open Discussion Slot 2
15:30-15:50 Room B	PP	Vegan volunteering, the Vervet Monkey Foundation, South Africa Josie Du Toit
16:00-16:50 Room B	P	Single issue to reach animal liberation Malin Gustafsson
16:00-16:50 Room C	D	Big picture strategy for an animal-free food system Jacy Reese
17:00-17:50 Room B	P	Communicating on Facebook without losing your mind Tobias Leenaert
17:00-17:50 Room C	D	Beyond sanctuaries and rescue Ruth Hawe
18:00-18:50 Room B	P	Considering the voiceless, it`s time we talked fish. Wietse van der Werf
18:00-19:20 Room C	D	Open Discussion Slot 3
19:00-19:50 Room B	P	Should we support cultured meat? Chen Cohen
19:30-21:00		Dinner
20:30-23:00		Concert live on stage: Tes · phoeNic · Velvetine

Sunday, September 11th 2016

08:00-09:00		Breakfast
08:30-15:30		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-15:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:00-09:50 Room A		Sunday Morning Plenary
10:00-10:50 Room A	P	Factory farming: The greatest crime of our time? Toni Shephard
10:00-10:50 Room B	P	Sanctuary yoga: Giving animals a good death & how we learn about ourselves Johnny Braz
11:00-11:50 Room A	P	Civil disobedience for the animals Martin Smedjeback
11:00-11:50 Room B	P	iAnimal Jose Valle
12:00-12:50 Room A	P	The construction of attitudes towards animals on the example of the Estonian fur industry Kristina Mering
12:00-12:50 Room B	P	From the margins to vegan options in Domino`s Pizza: The story behind the vegan revolution in Israel Chen Cohen
13:00-13:50 Room A	P	From Activist to Terrorist Jake Conroy
14:00-14:30		Closing Plenary
14:30-15:30		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