Speakers
On this page we present an overview of the speakers that have so far been confirmed to present at the conference in 2019. This list is preliminary and will continuously be updated - so check back every now and then.
- Doina Badea (Romania)
co-founder and director of "Nima Sanctuary", Romania`s first farm animals sanctuary - Helen Barker (United Kingdom)
animal rights artist, UK event co-ordinator for The Art Of Compassion Project, activist with The Save Movement - Markus Böhning (Germany)
animal rights activist in Germany, co-founder of the Tierrechtsaktivistenbündnis (Animal Rights Activists Alliance), organizing large animal rights events with a fresh new and strategic approach - 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 - Geertrui Cazaux (Belgium)
PhD, writing about veganism, animal rights and ableism on Graswortels, Brugesvegan and CripHumanimal - Remus Cernea (Romania)
Green Vegan entrepreneur, human rights and animal rights activist, humanist and former Green MP - Waldemar Chojnacki (Poland)
Polish animal rights activist - Jake Conroy (United States)
long-time activist, designer, and writer currently residing in Seattle - he helped build the foundation of SHAC USA and was sentenced to 48 months in prison as part of the SHAC 7 - Ellie Donohue-Miller (Canada)
leads the Open Wing Alliance`s global campaigns and trains activists around the world on running corporate pressure campaigns - Shivonne Engen (Norway)
full time animal rights activist - Stephen Marcus Finn (South Africa)
writer and academic who concentrates on the arts (film, literature, art, music) as ways to promoting animal rights - Krzysztof Foryś (Poland)
Polish animal rights activist - Fredi (Germany)
grassroots activist in the German climate justice and animal liberation movement - Alexa Gnauck (Germany)
international coordinator of the ProVeg School Program and working on building the Early Intervention Network - a global alliance of activists reaching out to the younger generation - Susan Hartland (Netherlands)
director of the Netherlands-based organization Animal Rights, previously the executive director of Wildlife Waystation and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Sarah Heiligtag (Switzerland)
teacher of ethics and farmer at the Hof Narr farm sanctuary in Switzerland - her main work focuses on teaching up to 400 people a week within the rescued animals and on helping farmers to change and thereby changing the system at its roots - Jen Hochmuth (Belgium)
toxicologist and "Replace Animal Testing" campaign coordinator for the organization Animal Rights in Belgium - James Hoot (United States)
full-time animal rights activist, filmmaker, and representative for The Save Movement - Peter Hübner (Germany)
animal rights activist, ANIMALS UNITED e.V., #IchBinDabei - Melanie Joy (United States/Germany)
professor, psychologist, activist, and author of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" - Nick Jukes (United Kingdom)
co-ordinator of InterNICHE, working internationally to replace animal experiments with alternatives in education - India Kandel (Germany)
vegan eco-feminist, animal liberation and LGBTQIA* activist advocating consistent anti-oppression at The Vegan Rainbow Project - 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 - Monique Kwakman (Netherlands)
freelance trainer/coach, specialized in applied positive psychology, happiness and personal development - Indra Lahiri (United States)
"a storyteller, dreamer, and friend of the animals" who founded Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in 2005 - Inga Laube (Germany)
animal rights activist in Germany, co-founder of the Tierrechtsaktivistenbündnis (Animal Rights Activists Alliance), organizing large animal rights events with a fresh new and strategic approach - Audrey Lawson-Sanchez (United States)
founder and executive director of Balanced, a public health and nutrition advocacy organization helping institutions and companies balance their menus with less meat and more plants - Tobias Leenaert (Belgium)
co-founder of the Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy (CEVA) and ProVeg International - Luna (Germany)
grassroots activist in the German climate justice and animal liberation movement - Philip McCulloch-Downs (United Kingdom)
UK-based vegan artist/author/activist - Paula Meninato (Argentina/United States)
Argentine born, US-raised political artist - Dawn Moncrief (United States)
founding director of A Well-Fed World, a vegan hunger relief and animal rights organization - Diana Musca (Romania)
animal rights activist, filmmaker, co-director of Natura Umană documentary - Eduard Nistru (Romania)
investigator and co-director of Natura Umană Film, the first Romanian documentary about animal exploitation and the impact it has on animals, humans and the planet - Cristina Nițu (Romania)
a person that wishes to be the best version of herself and bring a change to the better for the world - Giovana Poker (Brazil)
lawyer, with an academic background in philosophy of law and specialist in animal rights with an emphasis on the principle of dignity - Georg Prinz (Austria)
animal rights campaigner and grassroots organizer for VGT (Verein Gegen Tierfabriken) - Sailesh Rao (United States)
founder and executive director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated towards healing the Earth’s climate - Anteneh Roba (Ethiopia/United States)
president and co-founder of International Fund for Africa - Stijn Scholts (Belgium)
founder of the Belgium based startup Yatke - Consumer Insights for the PlantBased Food Industry - Andreas Setzer (Germany)
animal rights activist in Germany, co-founder of the Tierrechtsaktivistenbündnis (Animal Rights Activists Alliance), organizing large animal rights events with a fresh new and strategic approach - Vanessa Shakib (United States)
co-director and general counsel at Advancing Law for Animals, a non-profit law firm for animals, with an emphasis on farmed animals and animals in laboratories - Karolina Skowron (Poland)
director at Fundacja Alberta Schweitzera, whose mission is to end factory farming, and the initiator/organizer of the Animal Center at the Women`s Congress, the biggest social movement in Poland - Martin Smedjeback (Sweden)
full-time animal rights activist, speaker and project leader of "A year for the Animals" - Jessica Smit (Netherlands)
campaign leader against hunting for the organization Animal Rights - Travis Strong, DVM MS DACVO (Canada)
veterinary eye surgeon and longtime vegan based in Toronto, Canada - Oleksandr Todorchuk (Ukraine)
founder of the Ukrainian animal rights organization UAnimals - Els Van Campenhout (Belgium)
"Stop Slaughter" campaign coordinator for the organization Animal Rights and Belgium`s first vegan lifestyle coach - 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 - Caroline von Schwerin (Germany)
animal rights activist in Germany, co-founder of the Tierrechtsaktivistenbündnis (Animal Rights Activists Alliance), organizing large animal rights events with a fresh new and strategic approach - Shawna Weaver (United States)
training specialist for The Humane League, PhD in sustainability education - Daniela Zysk (Germany)
vegan lesbian activist who has worked with various major queer organizations and is now focusing her activism on animal liberation
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
