SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 25: (All panels & reception will be held in the Conference Room A)
8:00 - 12:00: Registration
9:00--9:50: Conference opening; Keynote/Plenary: Keith, Joshua, Teglas, Blalock
9:00--6:00: Exhibit open to the public
10:00 -12:30: Panel: Fur bearing animals:
(1) Trapping: Coppola and Nelson
(2) Fur farmed animals: Rossell & Young;
(3) Anti-Fur Activism: O’Connor/Birnkrant
(4) Political Activism for fur animals: Keith
(5) Hunting fur animals/penning: Muller/Birnkrant
12:30-1:10: Panel: Farmed animals for food, a unnecessary evil!
(1) Farm Animal Rescue, Reform & Sanctuary: Brown
(2) Addressing the lack of legal, religious/moral leadership: Brown/Meier
(3) Adopting a plant-based diet –Brown/Meier
1:20 - 3:20: Panel: "Empowering Grassroots Animal Rights Movement"
Keith, Rossell, Muller, Meier, Birnkrant, Blalock, Teglas, Young
3:30 - 4:00: Panel: "Fashion & Animals: Decoding and Harnessing the
Dialect of Fashion Culture to Help Animals: Katcher
4:10- 6:10: Skin Trade Premiere, followed by Q & A discussion: Keith, Blalock & Joshua
8:10–11:00 Reception: Vegan buffet, entertainment, silent auction, raffles.
Hosted by Keith, Teglas, Katcher & Blalock
Sunday, June 26:
8:10 – 9:30am - Roundtable discussion on fur bearing animals: Forming a coalition:
Blalock, Close, Coppola, Keith, Young, Nelson, Rossell, Birnkrant, Lehr, O’Connor; Katcher, HongMei (Special group by invitation only: Room TBA)
8:00 - 12:00: Registration
9:00 - 9:30: Plenary: Katcher, Teglas, Blalock & Rossell
9:00--4:00: Exhibit open to the public
9:30-11:30: Panel: Horse exploitation: The Great Betrayal
(1) Horse Slaughter: Holland
(2) The destruction of the mustangs: Allen
(3) Rodeo: Chaifetz;
(4) Ban Horse Carriage: Forel;
(5) Political Activism for Horses: Allen, Holland, Forel
(6) The Horses of San Barnabe: Mercado
(7) Illegal horse slaugher in Florida: Azar
NOTE: Protest horse slaugher June 27th, 11:00 - 12:30 pm at the Mexican Embassy
in Washington, DC. Join us! For more details: CLICK HERE
11:40-12:40: Panel: Pet’s Republic of China
(1) Helping stray animals in China: Zhao/HongMei/Gao;
(2) Zhao’s documentary: Pet’s Republic of China
1:00 - 1:50: Panel: Companion Animals in the U.S.
(1) Killer shelters in the US; Penzel;
(2) Feral cats in the US; Robinson
(3) Rabbits--Companion animal or food? Lehr
2:00 – 3:30 Panel: Arts & Media to Raise AR Awareness:
Keith, Brown, Katcher, Blalock, Zhao/TangLi, Andrade,Teglas
3:40 – 4:40 Panel: Lobbying and your legal rights:
(1) Activism into the legal and/or non-profit realm: Keith/Brown/Allen
(2) Lobbying for animals; Allen
(3) Know your rights: Wilkens
4:50 - 6:00 Final Raffle Closing: Keith/Blalock/Pyle/Teglas/Penzel
DOCUMENTARY
June 25th
Skin Trade the Movie Premiere: 3:40 Conference Room A
June 25-26th:
Wild America TV series by Stouffer whenever possible
Reception Area
MEALS AT THE HOTEL:
Breakfast at your own discretion. Continental breakfast suitable for vegans is available at the hotel, served between 7:00 - 10:00 a.m.
The Hotel chef has just come up with a couple of great vegan options for us for $12 pp:
OPTION 1: A breakfast platter of grilled Tofu with potatoes, including a bagle, coffee, soy milk.
Scroll down to see what this platter will look like. It will be served with a bagle instead of a toast.
OPTION 2: Hot/cold cereals, bagles and fruit and juice, coffee, soy milk along with other
vegan favorites like flaxseed, granola, peanut butter.
Lunch at your discretion. During breakfast time, you may order a vegan sandwich/platter directly with your server. Orders are taken at the Hotel restaurant only during breakfasttime since the hotel does not open for lunch on week-ends.
A very convenient and inexpensive breakfast & other light meals in your hotel suite:
(you will find a microwave, fridge & sink and coffee table in your suite)
Bring your bagels, peanut butter, fruit etc, make a piping hot pot of coffee & Voila!
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