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On this page you can find an overview of the speakers of the Digital Conference and the Pre-Conference Presentations in 2020.

• Blane Abercrombie (United Kingdom)
  researcher who analyzes the masculinity of bodybuilding culture and its link to the consumption of animal protein by applying a feminist critique of gendered food habits
• Aline Baroni (France)
  Global Communications Director of Sinergia Animal, an animal rights NGO that operates in the Global South and co-founder of the Connections Alliance
• Michelle Berghäll (Sweden)
  full time activist from Sweden using the camera to expose the animal industries
• Stijn Bruers (Belgium)
  PhD in moral philosophy, is a researcher in economics and cofounder of Effective Altruism Belgium
• Katya Burns (Canada)
  animal rights activist, political scientist, public health expert and recipient of a grant from the Culture and Animals Foundation
• María Carreras (Spain)
  PhD researcher at Critical Communication Research Group (CRITICC) and the Centre for Animal Ethics (CAE), both at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) - member of www.elsaltodiario.com
• Francesco Cortonesi (Italy)
  communication manager of the Rete dei Santuari
• Sara D`Angelo (Italy)
  responsible and spokesperson for the Rete dei Santuari
• Erin Ersoy (United States)
  vegan and anti-oppression activist from New York
• Lesley Fleuren (Netherlands)
  Dutch activist who is reaching out to other activists, organizations, animal lovers and nature lovers to advocate for fish and their habitats
• Lilla Galfi (Netherlands)
  blogger at AGivingJourney.com
• Wlodzimierz Gogloza (Poland)
  independent researcher, formerly an assistant professor of law at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland and the Head of Policy at Otwarte Klatki/Anima International
• Jamie Harris (United Kingdom)
  researcher at Animal Advocacy Careers and at Sentience Institute, two nonprofits seeking to help the animal rights movement to maximize its positive impact
• Tom Harris (United Kingdom)
  animal liberation activist, who was imprisoned for being part of a campaign that the British government refused to let succeed
• Jen Hochmuth (Belgium)
  holds a PhD in environmental toxicology and coordinates the campaigns "Replace Animal Testing" and "Animal Free Science" for Animal Rights Belgium
• Melanie Joy (United States/Germany)
  psychologist, author, and longtime vegan and social justice advocate, and she is the founding president of Beyond Carnism
• Nick Jukes (United Kingdom)
  co-ordinator of InterNICHE, working internationally to replace animal experiments with alternatives in education
• Eilan Keister (United States)
  vegan and anti-oppression activist from Oregon
• Lisa Kemmerer (United States)
  works on behalf of nonhuman animals, the environment, and disempowered human beings as a philosopher-activist and author of nine books
• Friedrich Kirsch (Germany)
  activist committed to a just and ecological world for all and the liberation of animals
• Oğuzcan Kınıkoğlu (Turkey)
  M.D, PhD student gastroenterology, founder and board member of the Anti Vivisection Association Turkey
• Nicola May (United Kingdom)
  former animal liberation prisoner, activist, and designer, labelled as a terrorist by the U.K. authorities
• Friedrich Mülln (Germany)
  campaigner, investigator, and founder of SOKO Tierschutz
• Nicola O`Brien (United Kingdom)
  "Freedom for Animals" campaign director, works to educate the public on the danger of zoos, upholding white supremacy and capitalism, contributing to ecological devastation and the mental deterioration of captive animals
• John Oberg (United States)
  utilizing the power of social media to advocate for animal rights and works to empower the movement to exponentially increase the impact of our collective efforts using these platforms
• Angelika Oetker-Kast (Germany)
  long-time animal rights advocate, filmmaker and photographer
• Gerrah Selby (United Kingdom)
  animal advocate, social justice campaigner, abolitionist and former SHAC animal liberation prisoner
• Ankita Shanker (Netherlands/Switzerland)
  conducts doctoral research into animal rights ethics, policy, and law, and provides pro bono legal and policy services to a number of animal rights NGOs
• Karolina Skowron (Poland)
  founder of Animal Center and Executive Director of Akcja Demokracja, the biggest multi-social justice issue organization in Poland
• Martin Smedjeback (Sweden)
  full-time animal rights activist and speaker, project leader of "A year for the Animals"
• Sheena Swemmer (South Africa)
  South African human rights attorney who specializes in the intersection of violence and minority groups, specifically women and children, she is currently exploring this intersection of violence in the home in relation to women, children and companion animals
• Riley J. Taylor (United Kingdom)
  key worker and social justice activist, giving an insight into including anti-speciesism in her work supporting young autistic students
• Aga Trzak (Germany)
  social justice activist, inclusion educator and author
• Liz Tyson (United States)
  director of the largest primate sanctuary in the United States

A list of all presentations/workshops/discussions can be found here.