Program

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Thursday, September 7th 2017

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	VegOresto or how can you eat vegan in restaurants Laurie , Kristina
16:00-16:50 Room A	P	Early Intervention Network: Striking at the roots of animal exploitation Jens Tuider
17:30-18:20 Room A	P	Overcoming moral inconsistency - how psychology can help us become more effective Simon Gerlach
17:30-18:20 Room B	W	Never give up: Tearing down the wall, expose vivisection Jimmy Lester
18:30-20:20 Cinema	M	Unlocking the Cage Steven Wise
18:30-19:20 Room A	P	How to finance full-time animal rights activism Martin Smedjeback
18:30-20:20 Room B	D	Campaign Discussion: Reaching young people Fatma Biltekin, Robin Drastig, Ruth Hawe, Sebastian Lenz, Burak Özgüner, Ondine Sherman
19:30-20:20 Room A	P	Connecting the catastrophes: Animal rights and climate change Kristina Giovanetti
20:30-21:30		Welcome Reception with free food

Friday, September 8th 2017

08:00-08:45		Morning Yoga
08:00-09:20		Breakfast
08:30-19:00		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:30-10:20 Room A		Friday Morning Plenary Fatma Biltekin, Lucy Wairimu Gathigo, Burak Özgüner
10:30-11:20 Room A	P	How the Nonhuman Rights Project fights for the rights of nonhuman animals Steven Wise
10:30-11:20 Room B	W	How to screen videos in the streets with a small budget Evgueni Kivman, Dietrich Rink
11:30-12:20 Cinema	M	Empty Cages Martin Smedjeback
11:30-12:50 Room A	P	Marketing and Meat-a-physics: Managing an appetite for meaning in modern consumer society David Pedersen
11:30-12:20 Room B	W	Supersize your appearance: Communication in street campaigning Nicolas Thun
12:30-13:30 Cinema	M	Ireland`s Fur Trade (2017) Laura Broxson
12:30-13:20 Room B	W	Animal rights on the frontpage - How to do media work effectively Toby Schionning
13:00-14:20		Lunch
14:30-16:20 Cinema	M	Unity Amy Jean Davis
14:30-15:20 Room B	D	Rewilding rescued animals Ruth Hawe
15:30-16:20 Room A	P	The evil empire of animal agriculture in Brazil Paula Brügger
15:30-16:20 Room B	P	The challenges, rewards, and importance of running animal rights societies at universities Ann Broadhurst, Aleesha Nagra, Connie Painting
16:30-18:20 Cinema	M	The End of Meat Marc Pierschel
16:30-17:20 Room A	P	Postmodern life: Produce, profit or perish Katerina Vidner Ferkov, Ksenija Vesenjak Kutlačić
16:30-18:20 Room B	D	Campaign Discussion: Street campaigning Simon Anhut, Evgueni Kivman, Dennis Michaelis, Dietrich Rink, Nicolas Thun
17:30-18:20 Room A	P	"Stop forcing veganism on children": veganism as a source of moral panic in Estonia Kadri Aavik
18:00-19:20		Dinner
19:30-21:20 Cinema	M	KANGAROO Mick McIntyre, Kate McIntyre Clere
19:30-20:20 Room A	P	Even words bleed: Powerful advocacy through storytelling Indra Lahiri
19:30-20:50 Room C	D	Open Discussion Slot 1
20:30-21:20 Room A	P	How we can use the law of attraction in the animal rights movement Beata Ciupinska
20:30-21:20 Room B	P	Karl Marx, animal rights and the revitalization of utopia Tobias Rein
21:30-22:30		networking with free snacks

Saturday, September 9th 2017

08:00-08:45		Morning Yoga
08:00-09:20		Breakfast
08:30-21:00		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:00		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:30-10:20 Room A		Saturday Morning Plenary Kaleem Malik, Faheem Jehan Zaib
10:30-11:20 Room A	P	How to create a vegan world? Tobias Leenaert
10:30-11:20 Room B	P	Respecting animal rights can ensure better human rights Faheem Jehan Zaib
11:30-13:10 Cinema	M	The End of Meat
11:30-12:50 Room A	P	How vegans can create healthy relationships and communicate effectively Melanie Joy
11:30-12:50 Room B	D	Thinking critically about wild animal suffering Stijn Bruers
13:00-14:20		Lunch
14:30-16:20 Cinema	M	The Vervet Forest Frank Adames
14:30-15:20 Room A	P	Get informed, get mad and get active for farmed animals Jenny Brown
14:30-15:20 Room B	P	From cage-free to egg-free. It`s time for vegan corporate outreach Pablo Moleman
15:30-16:20 Room A	P	Beyond animal agriculture: vegan organic food production as a cornerstone for transformation in agriculture Daniel Mettke
15:30-16:20 Room B	P	Resolving resentment towards carnists Marloes Boere
16:30-18:20 Cinema	M	The Last Pig Allison Argo
16:30-17:20 Room B	P	Together we are strong: International campaigns for animal rights Simon Anhut
16:30-17:50 Room C	D	Open Discussion Slot 2
18:00-18:50 Room B	P	The current state of hunting and the ban in the UK Cassie James
18:00-19:50 Room C	D	Campaign Discussion: Anti-Vivisection Paula Brügger, George Guimaraes, Jimmy Lester
19:00-19:50 Cinema	P	How we achieved the fur farm ban in Czechia Marek Voršilka
19:00-19:50 Room B	P	Overlapping oppressions: How we all contribute, how we all can help Lisa Kemmerer
19:30-21:00		Dinner
20:00-23:00		Concert

Sunday, September 10th 2017

08:00-08:45		Morning Yoga
08:00-09:20		Breakfast
08:30-15:30		Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-15:30		Exhibit/Stalls Rooms open
09:30-10:20 Room A		Sunday Morning Plenary
10:30-11:30 Cinema	M	The Last Pig
10:30-11:20 Room A	P	Sanctuary Yoga: Giving animals a good death & how we learn about ourselves Johnny Braz
10:30-11:20 Room B	P	From public indignation to animal liberation Mathias Elrød Madsen
11:30-12:50 Cinema	M	The Vervet Forest
11:30-12:20 Room A	P	Hate Seaworld? It`s time to extend our concern to ALL captive wild animals Liz Tyson
11:30-12:20 Room B	P	What to say about fishes and oceans: Confronting flesh-eaters and climate change Lisa Kemmerer
12:30-13:20 Room A	P	The Save Movement: Bearing witness Amy Jean Davis
12:30-13:20 Room B	P	Dogma Jessica Postelmans
13:30-14:20 Room A	P	Sustaining your activism (How to prevent burn out) Christine Garcia-Kelly
14:30-15:00		Closing Plenary
15:00-16:00		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