| Thursday 17th March
2005 |
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Coffee & Registration 08:30 |
| Morning 09:30 - 13:00 |
| Welcome and Introduction |
Joyce D’Silva, CEO, Compassion
in World Farming Trust |
| Science and sentience – plenary
session |
| Through animal eyes – what
animal behaviour tells us |
Professor
Marian Dawkins (University of Oxford) |
| Keynote speech |
Dr
Jane Goodall DBE (Jane Goodall Institute) |
| Cognitive and communicative
abilities of Grey Parrots |
Professor
Irene Pepperberg (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology) |
| The changing concept of
animal sentience |
Professor
Ian Duncan (University of Guelph) |
| The evolution of morality |
Professor
Donald Broom (University of Cambridge) |
| Does science take sentience
seriously? |
Professor
Peter Sandøe (Royal Veterinary and
Agricultural University, Copenhagen) |
| Afternoon 14:00 - 18:00 |
| From animal sentience
to animal welfare – parallel sessions 1 and 2 |
| Session 1: farmed animals |
Session 2: wild and captive
animals |
Asking scientific questions about farm
animals’ feelings
Professor
Edmond Pajor (Purdue University) |
Into the brains of whales
Mark Simmonds (Director of Science, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society) |
The science of pain: identifying and
preventing pain in farm animals
Professor
Dan Weary (University of British Columbia) |
The life of a bear
Dr Victor Watkins (Wildlife Director, World Society for the Protection of Animals) |
Domestication and natural behaviour
Professor
Per Jensen (Linköping University) |
The welfare of animals bred for fur
Dr Ros Clubb (
Care for the Wild International) |
Making the opportunity for natural
behaviour in animal farming systems
Professor
Marek Spinka (Research Institute for
Animal Production, Prague) |
Conscious decision-making in elephants
Iain Douglas-Hamilton |
| From animal sentience to
animal welfare – parallel sessions 3 and 4 |
| Session 3: animal sentience
in training and education |
Session 4: ethical and legal
approaches to animal sentience |
The evolving animal rights debate in China: Implications for the education system
Dr Peter J. Li (University of Houston - downtown) |
Why animal suffering matters
Revd.
Professor Andrew Linzey (University of Oxford) |
Learning to assess an animal’s point of view
Dr Françoise Wemelsfelder (Scottish Agricultural College) |
Animals and Islam
Professor
Mahfouz Azzam (Minieh University, Egypt) |
Educating scientists about ethics
Revd. Professor Michael Reiss (Institute of Education, University of London) |
China’s approach to animal protection
law
Dr
Song Wei (University of Science and Technology
of China, Hefei) |
The Ethical Matrix: a tool for decision-making
Professor Ben Mepham (University of Nottingham) |
Autonomy and the case for legal rights
of animals
Steven
Wise (Animal protection lawyer and author) |
| Friday 18th March 2005 |
| Coffee & Registration 08:30 |
| Morning 09:30 - 13:00 |
| The challenge of animal sentience – plenary
session |
| Do sentient animals have an inherent
value? |
Professor
Tom Regan (North Carolina State University) |
| Animal emotions and why they matter |
Professor
Marc Bekoff (University of Colorado) |
| Onset of sentience: the potential for
suffering in fetal and newborn mammals |
Professor
David Mellor (Massey University) |
| The distribution of the capacity for
sentience in the animal kingdom |
Dr
James Kirkwood (Chief Executive and Scientific
Director, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare & Humane Slaughter Association) |
| Sentience and practice – parallel
sessions 5 and 6 |
| Session 5: learning from
animals |
Session 6: sustainability
and animal welfare |
How animals learn from each other
Professor
Christine Nicol (University of Bristol) |
Sustainability and animal welfare - the neglected dimension
Dr Kate Rawles |
The natural behaviour of fowl
Professor
Joy Mench (University of California, Davis) |
Animal welfare at work
Roland
Bonney (Director, Food Animal Initiative) |
The relationship between working animals
and their owners
Dr
Bill Swann (Head of International Development,
Brooke Hospital for Animals) |
The crucial links between husbandry,
health and animal welfare
Patrick
Holden (Director, Soil Association) |
Progress and challenges in animal handling
and slaughter in the US
Professor
Temple Grandin (Colorado State University) |
The implications of agricultural globalisation
Dr
Vandana Shiva (Founder and Director, Research Foundation
for Science, Technology and Ecology) |
| Afternoon 14:00 - 18:00 |
| International policy issues – plenary
session |
| Ideals and realities: what do we owe
to farm animals? |
Professor
John Webster (University of Bristol) |
| Animal sentience in US farming |
Dr
Mike Appleby (Humane Society of the United States) |
| Animal welfare in an international
food industry |
Keith Kenny (
Head of Food Strategy - McDonald's UK) |
| Why China is waking up to animal welfare |
Paul
Littlefair (Senior Programme Manager, East Asia,
RSPCA International) |
| Achieving access to ethical food |
Professor
Tim Lang (City University, London) |
| Outlawed in Europe – animal protection
progress in the European Union |
Dr
David Wilkins (Co-ordinator, International Coalition
for Farm Animal Welfare) |
| Animal welfare and economic development: A financial institute perspective |
Oliver Ryan International Finance Corporation |
| The international animal welfare role
of the OIE – the World Organisation for Animal Health |
Dr
David Bayvel Chair, OIE Permanent Working Group on Animal welfare |
| Conference dinner at
historic Central London venue |
| The language of the conference will
be English |
| Poster sessions will be held on both
days |
