Speakers
On this page we present an overview of the speakers that have so far been confirmed to present at the conference in 2018. This list is preliminary and will continuously be updated - so check back every now and then. If you are interested in presenting a topic, please see the contribution infos.
- Abdul Ahad (Pakistan)
youngest animal rights activist and president VOAF, and also initiating mobile apps and games regarding animal rights first time in Pakistan - Luísa Bastos (Belgium)
Animals in Science program leader at Eurogroup for Animals, PhD in biomedical engineering - Alexandria Beck (United States)
global alliance manager for The Humane League (THL) an international farm animal protection group based in the USA - Catherine Besch (United States/Vietnam)
founder and director of Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue, Hoi An, Vietnam - Johnny Braz (United States)
farm animal artist, documentary filmmaker, an athlete, and a yogi, as well as visionary and Creative Director for Indraloka Animal Sanctuary - Stijn Bruers (Belgium)
PhD in physics and philosophy & moral science, activist of Bite Back, author of books about environmental ethics and animal rights - Paula Brügger (Brazil)
biologist, professor, author and animal columnist in Brazil - Mario Burbach (Germany)
visual storyteller, writer and designer - Stan Carnino (France)
working for L214 for several years, focusing on documentation (especially about vegan nutrition) - Geertrui Cazaux (Belgium)
PhD, blogging at Graswortels and BrugesVegan - Aysegul Ciyer (United States)
developmental psychologist, educator, and an animal rights activist - Lena Ella (Austria)
full-time touring animal liberation activist for The Save Movement as well as the regional Save liaison for Austria, Germany and Switzerland - Paweł Frańczuk (Poland)
local coordinator for Viva! in Łódź (Poland), a participant of Animal-Free Circus campaign - Viktor Gebhart (Germany)
full-time vegan animal rights activist, teacher, activism coach, (public) speaker, writer, project leader at and managing director of ANIMALS UNITED e.V., a German-based animal rights NGO - Olive Gramain (France)
coordinates the national network of volunteers at L214 - Susan Hartland (Netherlands)
director of the Netherlands-based Animal Rights organization, previously the executive director of Wildlife Waystation and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Melanie Joy (United States/Germany)
professor, psychologist, activist, and author of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" - Lisa Kemmerer (United States)
works on behalf of nonhuman animals, the environment, and disempowered human beings as a philosopher-activist, professor, and author of nine books - Christian Koeder (Germany)
involved with veganism and animal rights since 1997 and holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in nutritional sciences - Martyna Kozlowska (Poland)
anti-fur campaign coordinator, co-author of a documentary about the fur industry in Poland, Viva! activist - Rachel Krantz (United States)
senior writer at Mercy For Animals, where she writes about veganism and helps spearhead media strategy - Indra Lahiri (United States)
"a storyteller, dreamer, and friend of the animals" who founded Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in 2005 - Kaleem Malik (Pakistan)
animal rights activist and international speaker creating awareness for animal rights - Karol Marocho (Canada)
coordinator of The Save Movement Latin America, a full time activist and raising a 10 year old vegan since birth child - Paula Meninato (Argentina/United States)
Argentine born, US-raised political artist - Nina Messinger (Austria)
director and producer of the documentary "H.O.P.E. What You Eat Matters", founder of H.O.P.E. The Project - John Oberg (United States)
director of new media for The Humane League - Camille Ots (France)
coordinates the national network of volunteers at L214 - Huiyu Ouyang (China)
president of Student Vegetarian Association of Tsinghua University, co-founder of China University Vegetarian Association Network (CUVAN) - Jacy Reese (United States)
research director of Sentience Institute - currently writing a book, The End of Animal Farming, that illuminates humanity`s transition to an animal-free food system - Tobias Rein (Switzerland)
PhD student of sociology at the university of Basel with a special interest in veganism and animal rights - Massin Riggs (Spain)
16 year old full-time activist and traveler, currently doing a world tour about activism - Stijn Scholts (Belgium)
founder of the Belgium based startup Yatke - Consumer Insights for the PlantBased Food Industry - Victor Sjodin (United States)
vice president for the international group Vegan Outreach - Martin Smedjeback (Sweden)
full-time animal rights activist and speaker, project leader of "A year for the Animals" - Jesse Tandler (United States)
educational program director for Factory Farming Awareness Coalition - Gerardo Tristan (Mexico)
founder of Faunaccion, a Mexican antispeciesist group whose main mission is to empower marginalized activist across Mexico - Jane Velez-Mitchell (United States)
TV journalist, New York Times bestselling author and founder/managing editor of JaneUnChained.com, a digital news network for animal rights and veganism that produces hundreds of videos a year via Facebook.com/JaneVelezMitchell and then spreads them across multiple social media platforms - Erwin Vermeulen (Netherlands)
photographer, writer and campaign leader for the Dutch organization Animal Rights - Sebastiaan Wolswinkel (Netherlands)
pragmatic idealist, romantic utilitarian and reluctant politician, obviously intent on changing the world - Cezary Wyszyński (Poland)
activist with the Polish animal rights group Viva! - Faheem Jehan Zaib (Pakistan)
motivational speaker, journalist, writer, animal rights activist and founder of Voice of Animals Foundation and also initiated Animal Rescue first time in Pakistan - Jesse Zhang (China)
masters student in philosophy, specializing in animal ethics, co-founder of China University Vegetarian Association Network(CUVAN) - Tom Zimmermann (Germany)
archivist, social worker and student of history, co-founder of the project "das tierbefreiungsarchiv"
A list of all presentations/workshops/discussions can be found here.
note: all information on this web site is subject to change as the conference planning proceeds
