Introduction
Welcome to the inaugural Vegan Party Conferencean eclectic collective comprised of regional and national campaign groups, grassroots activists, core vegan community and people interested in vegan, animal rights and plant-based activism and campaigning.
We’re thrilled to welcome such a diverse and inspirational collective of speakers, stallholders and visitors to the Conference and hope very much the Conference serves to inspire, inform, educate and activate and genuinely broaden our understanding of the modern-day movement with a view to getting more active and more effective whilst attracting new people to our collective.
At the Conference you will find a series of panels in the Main Hall, with a broad scope of topics, each with a clear focus and featuring a variety of expert and experienced panellists. On the Upper Floor you will find the Celebration Stage and a schedule of interviews, panels and presentations including a number of movement landmarks, and on the Lower Floor the 2 workshop rooms with a lineup of skill sharing and inspiring sessions. The Main Hall seats around 300 with a further 100 on the Balcony, the Celebration Stage 180, and the workshop rooms each around 40. Sessions start on the hour and finish at quarter to the hour allowing for 15 minutes turnaround between sessions.
You’ll also find a wide variety of most excellent food options at the Conference plus a real ale bar and a small vegan market present, plus around 40 campaign groups represented across all 3 floors.
The Conference is open from 10am - 7pm Saturday, and 10am - 6pm Sunday - arrive early and stay late, there’s a lot to take in at the Vegan Party Conference, and we hope you enjoy the experience immensely
Thanks for attending and being a part of this immense gathering.
Organised by VegfestUK Ltd
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Panels Saturday
A very broad scope of subjects covered in our schedule of 13 panels across the weekend featuring a range of experts across the movement spectrum, plus our keynote speech at 11am and the Cake Celebrations at 6pm on Saturday. Panels are 45 mins long, start on the hour and end at quarter to the hour, with 15-minute breaks before the next one starts. The Main Hall seats 300 with a further 100 on the Balcony.
Introduction & Welcome to the Vegan Party Conference
Tim Barford
From Radical Roots to Collective Power: Reclaiming the Future of the Animal Freedom Movement
Dr Laila Kassam
Vegan Education in Schools, Colleges & Universities
Laura Chepner, Michelle St John, Martin Skingley, Orin Cooley-Greene, Natasha Bailey
Supporting Vegan Businesess
David Pannell, Matthew Glover, Mitali Deypurkaystha, Keith Lesser, Daisy Botha
The
Legal
Protection of Vegans and Normalizing Vegan Inclusion
Dr Jeanette Rowley, Jess Swallow, Laura Chepner, Ruby Sandhu
Living Wild - But Far From Free
Iain Green, Rob Hill, Trevor Williams, Will Morton
Vegan Advocacy in Healthcare
Dr Shireen Kassam, Dr Simon Chappell, Rosie Martin, Dr Ishani Rao, Giovanna Dicandia
Moving Beyond the Welfare Paradigm
Dr Laila Kassam, Ayrton Cooper, Wendy McGovern, Dr Alice Brough, Vanessa Hudson, Tim Barford
Birthday Cake Celebrations
The Vegan Society, Viva!, Animal Justice Project, Veganuary
Panels
The schedule of panels continues on Sunday with over 30 panellists weighing in on topics ranging from ending the use of animals in the entertainment industry, tackling animal testing, how language can be both harmful and stimulating to lasting change, street activism, leadership and more.
11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00
Ending the Use of Animals for Entertainment
Laura Walton, Michelle, Molly Elsdon
Accelerating the Pace: Shifting to Plant Based Food Systems
Klaus Mitchell, Sadie Jade, Jack Slater, Alistair Stewart, Kerri Waters
Bringing an End to Animal Testing
Jessamy Korotoga, Carol Treasure, Lindsay Marshall, Tom Harris, Hilary Jones, Sole Iriart
Language Matters - Framing Veganism
Dilan Fernando, Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi, Wendy McGovern, Natalie Braine
Vegan Street Outreach
Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi, Mel & Steve, Elric Newby, James Pearce
Animals Rights & Human Rights
Kirly-Sue, Stuart Evans, Jen Deighan-Schenk, David Ramms, Tim Barford
Encouraging Leadership in the Movement
Mitali Deypurkaystha, Juliet Gellatley, Dan Kidby, Dr Shireen Kassam, Allan Jackson, Jasmijn de Boo
Want to know more about the sessions and panellists?
Find out more about these striking and informative discussions taking place over the weekend and the professionals in their field taking part by scanning this QR:
12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00
How pressure campaigns can change the world
Tom Harris
Energy for Activists
Juliette Bryant
Vegan Mental Health
Dr Ishani Rao
Standing as a Candidate for Animal Welfare Party
Vanessa Hudson
Turning passion into action and building resilience in a challenging world
Jo Dixon
How & Why We Need To Talk To Farmers
Kerri Waters
Sunday
How we can all contribute to ending animal testing
John Curtin, Sole Iriart
Creating a Narrative Strategy for Campaigns
Natalie Braine
Transform the Food System
Dan Graham
Norms and Societal Building Blocks: Institutional Change
Orin Cooley-Greene, Jack Slater
Dismantling Systems of Oppression
Stuart Evans
Contacting Elected Representatives to Advance Vegan Issues
Philip Murphy Saturday
Alistair Currie, Katy Malkin Philip Murphy
Insight Vegan: Meditation as Tool for Clear Seeing, and Sustainable Activism
12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00
Reframing Law & working out what motivates you
Edward Daniel
How to host a vegan bring & share
Tracey West, Simon West
Tackling Recidivism: How to keep vegans vegan, and why this matters so much
Kate Fowler
Working Together: Successful movement ecosystems
Dilan Fernando Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi
Navigating Activism Anxiety: Courage, vulnerability, and the power of play
Educating the next generation about Animal Rights
Natasha Bailey
Moussa Haddad 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 Saturday Sunday
Optimism from Within: Energy for the 21st century activist
Vanessa Sturman
Conflict resolution for Animal Liberation
Jen Deighan-Schenk
Amplifying your voice
David Ramms
How to close down your local Zoo
Laura Walton, Freedom for Animals
Plant Based Treaty: Cities Campaign
Lia Phillips
Campaigning as & for older vegans
Floor Plan
The conference takes place on 3 floors. The Main Hall area includes the entrance to the event, a range of stalls and the panels take place in the Conference area. Upstairs there are more stalls along with the Celebration stage, and downstairs Workshops 1 & 2 take place with yet more wonderful stalls to browse at your leisure.
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Lower Floor
Stallholders
GF1
Clarkshaws Brewing Company
Clarkshaws Brewing Company
Gillie Foods
Gillie Foods
Feed the Village
Feed the Village
VeganforVegan GreekVeganDeli
VeganforVegan GreekVeganDeli
Yaoh
OTC Beverages
Truviv
Vegan Sweet Tooth
Vegan Sweet Tooth
Mel Tropical Kitchen
Mel Tropical Kitchen
The Vegan Patty Lady
The Matcha Yaad
Juliette’s Kitchen &
All You Need Superfoods
Will’s Vegan Shoes
Yummy Chumz
More Plantae
Viva!
More Plantae
Ghana’s Fresh
Plant Based Treaty
Omni
National Animal Rights March
London Wildlife Trust
Supreme Master TV
Animal Justice Project
We The Free
We The Free
Hugletts Wood Farm
Animal Sanctuary
Animal Aid
Camp Beagle
Fauna & Flora
Freedom For Animals
The Vegan Society
Vegans Support the Farmers
Animal Rising
Plant-Based Councils
Plant Based Health Professionals UK
Animal Think Tank
Paul Watson Foundation UK
Aja Nova Organic
Greek Vegan Deli
Plantlife
This Is Not A Game
SHAC Justice Project
Animal Free Research UK (Saturday)
Fleecehaven (Sunday)
Ma Oma
V For Life
Animal Alliance Project
Vegan Organic Network
Garden Guardians
Animals Asia Foundation
Animal Welfare Party
Master Coffee Company
Dirty Vurgerz
Macarons by Madelaine
Art Of Compassion Project
Food & Shopping
No Vegan Conference would be complete without an abundance of plant-based options and the Vegan Party Conference does not disappoint. A number of food and drink outlets are available at the Conference and here is a quick guide for those essentials!
On the Upper Floor by the Celebration Stage you will find the all-important Coffee Bar with Master Coffee Co, plus burgers and fries with Dirty Vurgerz, and the immaculate Macarons by Madeline
On the Ground Floor Foyer by the Main Hall, there’s several hot food caterers including Gillies Food, Feed the Village, Mel Tropical Kitchen and More Plantae, alongside the renowned Greek Vegan Deli and the legendary Vegan Sweet Tooth (cakes), ice cream from Yummy Chumz, patties from The Vegan Patty Lady plus drinks from The Maatcha Yaad, OCT Beverages and Clarkshaws Real Ale Bar. And there’s superfoods from All You Need
Some terrific stalls spread across the upper foyer and ground floor foyer, with a number of campaigns groups in between. Grab some merch from your fave campaign groups, browse some top quality vegan bodycare, footwear and accessories, sign some petitions, maybe join a new group, make a small donation or two and get involved in some of the many campaigns and initiatives represented at the Conference.
Celebration Stage
The Celebration Stage on the Upper Floor contains of mix of panels, interviews and presentations with a focus on campaigns and activism, whilst celebrating a number of significant landmarks within the movement. Also featuring the first Comedy Hour with headline acts. The Celebration Stage seats 180.
Rik Jansen, Tracey West, Simon West, Dan Graham, Rebecca Ahimsa-Rae 12:00 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 3:00 3:30 4:00 5:00 7:00
The Role of Creativity in Driving Social Change
Rebel Vegan Todd, Paul Holroyd, Stephanie Lane, Ian Haywood, Terry Thompson
Campaign Spotlight: Camp Beagle
Sole Iriart, John Curtin
Campaign Spotlight: Animal Think Tank
Dilan Fernando
Campaign Spotlight: Freedom for Animals
Laura Walton
Campaign Spotlight: We The Free
Jen Deighan-Schenk
Birthday Celebrations: Animal Justice Project
Ayrton Cooper, Rebel Vegan Todd
Birthday Celebrations: The Vegan Society Veganism past, present and future.
Sam Calvert, Paul Higgins, Rebel Vegan Todd
Birthday Celebrations: Veganuary
Jane Land, Matthew Glover, Rebel Vegan Todd
Comedy Hour
Andrew O’Neill, Sonja Doubleday (Cheekykita), Mike Kelson
Rewilding and Restoring
Natural Habitats
One Planet Pizza Launch Party *Private invite only*
Celebration Stage
The Celebration Stage on the Upper Floor continues on Sunday with some morning meditation, more helpful panels on a variety of important topics, an update from Viva!, more Birthday Celebrations and another excellent Comedy Hour.
10:30 11:00 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00
Insight Vegan: Meditation as Tool for Clear Seeing, and Sustainable Activism
Philip Murphy
Animal Companions
Wendy Turner-Webster, Prof. Andrew Knight, Victoria Featherstone Pearce, Billy Nicholles
How
to
Confront Fashion’s Use of Animals
Bel Jacobs, Molly Elsdon, Sarah Regensburger, Annick Ireland
Veganism in The Media
Kirly-Sue, Wendy Turner-Webster, Vanessa Sturman
Birthday Celebrations: 30 years of international campaigning for veganism with Viva!
Juliet Gellatley, Wendy Turner-Webster
Comedy Hour
Carl Donnelly, Dave Chawner, Mike Kelson
The People’s Assembly: How can we make sure the new government holds to its pledges on animal rights
Bel Jacobs
Want to know more about the sessions and panellists?
Find out more about these striking and informative discussions taking place over the weekend and the professionals in their field taking part by scanning this QR:
