List of Presentations/Workshops/Discussions/Movies

Presentations

All presentations will be part of the online program, so you can join as a participant online or in Luxembourg.

Animal advocacy in universities
PRESENTATION Sarah Wilson
Beyond the rescue: the importance of lifelong, individualized care for farmed animals
PRESENTATION Evelien Devriese Sunday, 06.09.2026  13:20-14:00  Room A
Building a better tent: Quality over quantity in the vegan movement
PRESENTATION Jordi Casamitjana Thursday, 03.09.2026  17:30-18:10  Room A
Building a national coalition for farm animals in Mexico: The CODAM model
PRESENTATION Samantha Mora Sunday, 06.09.2026  12:30-13:10  Room A
Building a strong, inclusive student movement
PRESENTATION Klaas Temmerman, Lucas Temmerman Sunday, 06.09.2026  10:50-11:30  Room A
Ethics in action: How moral frameworks shape success in animal advocacy
PRESENTATION Sharisse Kanet Thursday, 03.09.2026  15:00-15:40  Room A
Four key arguments against animal testing
PRESENTATION Sole Iriart, Savita Nutan
From care to conformity to change
PRESENTATION Victoria Simpson Saturday, 05.09.2026  10:40-11:20  Room A
From deathbeds to dinner plates - What dying people and animals ask of us
PRESENTATION Trudy Cuijpers
From law on paper to animal suffering in practice
PRESENTATION Sabina Bravo
From story to action: Turning public attention into real-world wins for animals
PRESENTATION Dan McKernan Sunday, 06.09.2026  11:40-12:20  Room A
From the ground up: Local activism as the path to animal liberation
PRESENTATION Penimah Thursday, 03.09.2026  18:20-19:00  Room A
From undercover footage to headlines: Using mainstream media to expose animal abuse
PRESENTATION Els Van Campenhout Thursday, 03.09.2026  16:40-17:20  Room A
From zoo captivity to the wild
PRESENTATION Itai Roffman
Humane washing: the big lie
PRESENTATION Poorva Joshipura
Learning with animals: Sanctuary education for social change
PRESENTATION Simone Scampoli Saturday, 05.09.2026  11:30-12:10  Room A
Letting nature lead: The radical act of rewilding land, life, and ethics
PRESENTATION Emilia Leese Thursday, 03.09.2026  19:10-19:50  Room A
Navigating veganism in your personal life
PRESENTATION Autumn Hopkins
Pedagogy for animal liberation
PRESENTATION Jonna Kallaste Håkansson
Picturing animals - Shifting cultural speciesism through art
PRESENTATION Helen Barker, Philip McCulloch-Downs
Representing animals in politics
PRESENTATION Thomas Hecquet Thursday, 03.09.2026  15:50-16:30  Room A
Rights of nature: a pathway forward to one welfare
PRESENTATION Patricia Welty
Standing up for animals in court
PRESENTATION Mika Jue Casper
The American mink in Italy after the 2022 ban
PRESENTATION Amanda Fincatti
The ethical fork in the road: A carnivore and a vegan write a book
PRESENTATION Martin Smedjeback Friday, 04.09.2026  11:40-12:20  Room A
The power of outreach: Why it should not be under-estimated
PRESENTATION Martin Whybrow
The radical cultural change of the French animal rights movement - a 269 story
PRESENTATION Jesper EK
The science they want us to believe
PRESENTATION Kat Herrmann Friday, 04.09.2026  14:30-15:10  Room A
The vegan trap: are we making animal advocacy harder than it needs to be?
PRESENTATION Tobias Leenaert Saturday, 05.09.2026  13:10-13:50  Room A

Workshops

Workshops will only be available for participants that join in person in Luxembourg.

Beyond the usual arguments
WORKSHOP Valerie Elsässer Thursday, 03.09.2026  15:50-17:20  Room B
From passion to power: Building stronger animal advocacy movements
WORKSHOP Katherine Hermans Friday, 04.09.2026  10:00-11:00  Room B
Full-time activism for animals
WORKSHOP Martin Smedjeback Thursday, 03.09.2026  19:10-20:10  Room B
ÃŽmpunge - horn crafting workshop
WORKSHOP Patrick Mahr
Learning, sharing, acting
WORKSHOP Luca Eirich, Hannah Engelmann-Gith
Multi-species survival: Rethinking climate action through animal rights
WORKSHOP Stacy Banwell
Open rescue and investigation workshop
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Zoe Rosenberg Thursday, 03.09.2026  09:00-13:00  Room B

Discussions

Discussion will only be available for participants that join in person in Luxembourg.

Building bridges, not silos: Connecting research, sanctuaries, and advocacy
DISCUSSION Simone Scampoli, Victoria Simpson Saturday, 05.09.2026  12:20-13:20  Room B

Movie Screenings

Movie Screenings will only be available for participants that join in person in Luxembourg.

Cuori Liberi
MOVIE + DISCUSSION
FUTURE SCIENCE - The End of Animal Testing?
MOVIE + DISCUSSION Marc Pierschel
I'm Trying
MOVIE + DISCUSSION Raymond Cruzzola
Into the '90s: The ALF "Manchester Conspiracy" and the legacy of Keith Mann
MOVIE + DISCUSSION Max Watson
Queer Animals: two short films with vegan drag cow and activist Soya the Cow
MOVIE + DISCUSSION Soya the Cow

Program

 

This is a preview of the general times – the full program with the presentations will be online about two months before the conference.


Thursday, September 3rd, 2026

12:00-22:00     Registration & Infopoint open
12:00-13:30Lunch
12:00-21:00Stalls Rooms open
14:00-14:30Opening Plenary
15:00-21:00Presentations/Workshops/Discussions
21:00-22:00Welcome Reception with free food

Friday, September 4th, 2026

08:15-08:55Morning Stretching
08:15-09:20Breakfast
08:30-22:00     Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-20:00Stalls Rooms open
09:30-09:50Morning Plenary
10:30-21:20Presentations/Workshops/Discussions
13:00-14:30Lunch
18:00-19:30Dinner
20:00-21:30Animal Rights Quiz Night

Saturday, September 5th, 2026

08:15-08:55Morning Stretching
08:15-09:30Breakfast
08:30-22:30     Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-21:00Stalls Rooms open
09:40-10:30Morning Plenary
10:40-20:30Presentations/Workshops/Discussions
14:00-15:30Lunch
19:30-21:00Dinner
21:30-23:30Karaoke

Sunday, September 6th, 2026

08:15-08:55Morning Stretching
08:15-09:40Breakfast
08:30-16:00     Registration & Infopoint open
09:00-15:00Stalls Rooms open
09:50-10:40Morning Plenary
10:50-14:50Presentations/Workshops/Discussions
14:50-15:00Closing Plenary
15:00-16:00Closing 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. In that time all the rooms will also be ventialted to reduce the risk of aerosole concentrations increasing in the rooms.