Schedule

Talks in bold type have been confirmed by their respective speakers.

Friday June 6, 2008
Time HSUS Room - Auditorium Classroom 25 Classroom 35 Classroom 15 VegNews Atrium
05:00pm ‎Reception, Food, and Registration‎ (240 min)
09:00pm

Saturday June 7, 2008
Time HSUS Room - Auditorium Classroom 25 Classroom 35 Classroom 15 VegNews Atrium
08:00am ‎Breakfast and Registration‎ (45 min)
08:45am ‎Opening‎ (15 min)
09:00am Gene Baur - ‎Keynote: Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds about Animals and Food‎ (50 min)
09:50am
10:00am Christine Coughlin - ‎Taking Political Action for Animals: A Panel Presentation‎ (50 min) Matt Ball - ‎An Activist's Life = A Meaningful Life‎ (50 min) Karen Davis - ‎Advocating Effectively for "Broiler" Chickens and Turkeys: Bringing Their Hidden Suffering to Light‎ (50 min) ‎Discussion: Strategy and Tactics: Ethics and Efficacy‎ (50 min)
10:50am
11:00am Jennifer Gross (‎Jen‎) - ‎Environment and Diet‎ (50 min) Freeman Wicklund - ‎Effective Volunteer Coordination‎ (50 min) Nathan Runkle - ‎"Fowl Play" Documentary Screening‎ (50 min) ‎Discussion: How Vegan is Enough?‎ (50 min)
11:50am
12:00pm ‎Lunch‎ (90 min)
01:30pm Unny Nambudiripad - ‎What is Grassroots Organizing?‎ (20 min) Hillary Rettig - ‎How to Live a Happy and Productive Activist Life aka How Not to Burn Out‎ (80 min) Dave Rolsky - ‎VegGuide.Org: A Tool for Activism‎ (20 min)
01:50pm
02:00pm Erica Meier - ‎Changing Menus & Minds: Reaching out to Restaurants, Cafeterias & Businesses‎ (50 min) lisa kemmerer - ‎The Buddha, the Bible, and the Beasts‎ (50 min) ‎Discussion: Recruiting New Activists and Building Leadership‎ (50 min)
02:50pm
03:00pm Derek Coons - ‎Web and Email Primer‎ (20 min) Nathan Runkle - ‎Animal Cruelty in the Egg Industry‎ (50 min) Karen Dawn - ‎Working with the Media‎ (50 min) ‎Discussion: Dealing with Friends and Family‎ (50 min)
03:20pm
03:30pm Dave Rolsky - ‎Wikis for Activism‎ (20 min)
03:50pm
04:00pm Colleen Patrick-Goudreau - ‎Keynote: Being a Joyful Vegan in a Non-Vegan World: Survival Tips & Tactics‎ (50 min)
04:50pm ‎End of day Updates‎ (10 min)
05:00pm

Sunday June 8, 2008
Time HSUS Room - Auditorium Classroom 25 Classroom 35 Classroom 15 VegNews Atrium
08:00am ‎Breakfast‎ (50 min)
08:50am ‎Opening updates‎ (10 min)
09:00am Paul Shapiro - ‎Keynote: Advances for Farm Animals: How and Why We're Winning‎ (50 min)
09:50am
10:00am greta gaard - ‎Panel on Feminism and Animal Rights‎ (50 min) Freeman Wicklund - ‎Humane Education 101: Getting Into Classrooms & Making an Impact‎ (50 min) ‎Discussion: Dealing with Burnout and Staying Energized‎ (50 min) Lorri Bauston - ‎Farmed Animal SPCA: Establishing Humane Enforcement Agencies for Farmed Animals‎ (50 min)
10:50am
11:00am Erica Meier - ‎Veg Outreach: Effectively Marketing Our Message‎ (50 min) pattrice jones - ‎Inconvenient Connections: Collisions at the Intersection of Race, Class, Sex, and Species‎ (50 min) ‎Discussion: Working at a Job That Isn't Veg-Friendly‎ (50 min)
11:50am
12:00pm ‎Lunch‎ (90 min)
01:30pm karmen mcquitty - ‎Animal Rights & the Law‎ (20 min) greta gaard - ‎Vegetarian Ecofeminist Motherhood: Feeding the Kids‎ (20 min) ‎Discussion: Dealing with Stress and Grief‎ (80 min) Mark Berkson - ‎Teaching and Advocacy: The Classroom as a Path to Activism‎ (20 min)
01:50pm
02:00pm Nathan Runkle - ‎Event Organizing Basics‎ (50 min) Matt Ball - ‎Activism for the Greatest Good -- What and How‎ (50 min) Natalie Khazaal - ‎Speaking Confidently‎ (50 min)
02:50pm
03:00pm ‎Lightning Talks‎ (50 min)
03:50pm
04:00pm Freeman Wicklund - ‎Keynote: Their Lives, Our Voices‎ (50 min)
04:50pm ‎Closing‎ (20 min)
05:10pm

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