There are main sessions and parallel session. Main sessions last for 60 minutes with the last 15 minutes devoted to Q&A. During parallel sessions participants will have to choose between one of three talks. These slots last for thirty minutes with the last 10 minutes being Q&A. Between all slots will be at least a 30 minute break to allow all participants to get to know each other, discuss the content of the talks, and debate the most effective strategies for reducing the suffering of all sentient beings.
Saturday – May 21st
| 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM | Welcoming & Opening Address H3010 |
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| 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM |
Overcoming Ourselves and Winning Change for Animals – Nick Cooney – H3010 |
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| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM |
No Protection without Democratic Representation – Dan Lyons – H3010 |
Making Compassion Easier: a Strategy for Vegan Critical Mass – Tobias Leenaert – H1012 |
The Psychology of Speciesism – Lucius Caviola – H1058 |
| 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM |
Academic Activism: Sensitizing to Sentience and Suffering – Stevan Harnad – H3010 |
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| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch Break | ||
| 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM |
Evaluating Advocacy: Strategies and Lessons Learned – Jon Bockman – H3010 |
The Moral Significance of Future Technologies – Tobias Baumann – H1012 |
Sentience and Metta Training in Buddhist Ethics – Beril Sözmen – H1058 |
| 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM | Panel: How to End Farm Animal Suffering? – Brian Kateman, Jacy Reese, Sebastian Joy, Martin Balluch – H3010 |
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| 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM |
Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature – Oscar Horta – H3010 |
The Open Philanthropy Project and Farm Animal Welfare – Lewis Bollard – H1012 |
Sentience as a Political Argument – Bernd Ladwig – H1058 |
| 05:30 PM – 06:30 PM |
Sentience Politics: Our Strategic Approach – Adriano Mannino – H3010 |
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| 06:30 PM – 09:30 PM | Dinner and Get-Together | ||
Sunday – May 22nd
| 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM |
How Meta-strategies Can Multiply our Impact – Ruairí Donnelly – H3010 |
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| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Cellular Agriculture: a Practical Solution to Factory Farming – Gilonne d’Origny – H3010 |
Animal Welfare in UK Law: Redefining “Unnecessary Suffering” – Natalie Cargill – H1012 |
Strategies to Reduce Suffering of Farm Animals (incl. fish) – Mahi Klosterhalfen – H1058 |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Understanding the Psychology of Eating Animals for Effective Vegan Advocacy – Melanie Joy – H3010 |
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| 12:30 PM – 01:30 PM | Lunch Break | ||
| 01:30 PM – 02:00 PM |
How Many Non-human Animals Should There Be? – Simon Knutsson – H3010 |
Upgrade Your Activism – New Ways to Be More Effective for Animals – Ria Rehberg – H1012 |
Animal Rights: Looking beyond one’s Plate – Krishna Singh – H1058 |
| 02:30 PM – 03:30 PM | Panel: What Makes Legislative and Judicial Activism Effective? – Monica Miller, Colin Goldner, Jay Shooster – H3010 |
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| 04:00 PM – 04:30 PM |
Towards a Happy Biosphere – David Pearce – H3010 |
Building a Movement of Nonviolent Action: Why and How – Zach Groff – H1012 |
Welfare, Agriculture, and Probability – Simon Jenkins – H1058 |
| 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM | Panel: Research for the Animal Movement: What Priorities Does It Suggest? – Jon Bockman, Jacy Reese & Adriano Mannino – H3010 |
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