Conferences Database: Farmed Animal Advocacy

For highly engaged members of the effective altruism (EA) community and covers many topics including animal welfare with a focus on using evidence and reason to implement the most high impact interventions to reduce animal suffering. There is a large emphasis on 1:1 networking and usually at least a couple of animal welfare talks and meetups. There are other such conferences (including smaller EAGx conferences) which may be worth going to if they are local to you.

The conference brings together researchers from social and behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world. We are interested in research on a range of topics relevant to animal advocacy including how we think about and relate to non-human animals, dietary choices and veganism, and effective approaches to animal advocacy.

This event will gather animal advocates, activists, and leaders from across Africa and the globe to drive forward systemic change for farmed animals across the continent. AVA Summit Africa will focus on addressing Africa’s unique animal advocacy challenges and opportunities, making it a pivotal moment for the movement. If you’re looking to connect with local and international leaders in animal advocacy, participate in panels, workshops, and discussions that address the future of farmed animal advocacy in Africa, gain actionable insights and tools to advance your work and create lasting change for animals this summit is the place to be.

The 2025 Compassionate Future Summit is a participant-driven working and community weekend for 40 ambitious international attendees and project representatives eager to reduce and prevent suffering long term. 

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Mostly European attendees only, many people from Anima International. The format is very friendly and focused on knowledge sharing, inspiration and collaboration. Based around attending talks, but you can request 1:1s in the app. Very beginner-friendly. Often quoted as the most fun conference to go to because of the friendly atmosphere and opportunities to hang out informally in Warsaw.

Join over 500 activists, advocates, and changemakers from across India and Southeast Asia for AVA Summit India—a powerful 3-day gathering designed to strengthen, inspire, and unite those working to create systemic change for farmed animals. With over 80% of attendees actively working in the vegan and animal advocacy movement (or seeking to enter it professionally), this Summit is a rare opportunity to connect with mission-aligned peers, share knowledge, and grow together.

The European Association for Critical Animal Studies (EACAS) invites session proposals and abstracts for the upcoming conference, “Actioning Change Through Education: Transforming Human-Animal Relations in Times of Crisis”, to be held in Berlin, Germany from May 2–4, 2025. The conference will explore meaningful improvements to human-animal relationships with a focus on practical solutions.

A newer grassroots led conference aimed at sharing both established and novel strategies to help animals. New advocates are welcomes and the event aims to grow and build the capacity of the UK animal rights scene.

The go-to food tech industry conference bringing together start-ups, investors, ingredient innovators, technology leaders and major food brands to explore new opportunities and partnerships.

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to move the meat question from the margins into the spotlight of the ongoing debates on One Health, sustainability, climate change, food security, and public health. The objective is to launch a multi-disciplinary and multi-perspective scholarly debate about meat in the Anthropocene that also contributes to the public debates in society. We seek to understand better the impacts of meat production and consumption on humans, animals, and the environment, to scrutinise traditional regulatory approaches, and to envision the future shape and instruments of a transformative meat governance.

Pakistan’s first International Animal and Environmental Rights Conference will be co-hosted by Charity Doings Foundation and Environmental and Animal Rights Consultants LLP Pakistan. The conference aims to create a national space for animal rights dialogue with speakers from within and outside of Pakistan. If you are interested in participating in this conference through leading a workshop, setting up a booth, showcasing any artistic skills or as a speaker, a volunteer, or sponsor please register here. For any queries reach out to Altamush Saeed at altamush@charitydoings.org.

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This conference is open to anyone who is interested in aquatic animal protection, regardless of sector.

The European Vegan Summit 2024 is online only will focus on the private sector, vegan entrepreneurs, and innovative companies. We plan to showcase change-makers from various corners of the world through thematic sessions spread over three days. We believe it is high time to start connecting the dots between the world of human rights, environmental rights and animal rights. Only an economy without animal exploitation can provide the answer to the challenges brought by climate catastrophe.

Academics and scientists from the social and behavioral sciences and related disciplines presented original research and discussed the real-life implications and recommendations for animal advocates.

This event is for academics/intellectuals and has a different focus each year. The topic of the 2024 conference is: Animal Thinkers: Celebrating the Pioneers of Ethical Sensitivity to Animals. want to recognise the thinkers and doers – both historical and contemporary – who have made strides for animals, including the well-known, the lesser or not known.

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This will be focused on the ethology of farmed animals

The New Food Conference Berlin by ProVeg invites international food professionals, scientists, and policy makers to gain an understanding of how far these developments have progressed, and where they will take us in the future. In addition to sharing valuable expertise, the event places a strong emphasis on encouraging networking and enabling personal interactions between food-industry stakeholders. Tickets for onsite attendance: €249 for students and NGOs. Tickets for online attendance: €49 for students and NGOs

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A platform where representatives of all different approaches to promoting animal rights can get together and exchange their ideas

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Taking Action for Animals (TAFA) brings together Humane Society of the United States volunteers, advocates and animal welfare organizations from across the country for one shared goal: to better the lives of animals and people alike.

The ISAE 2024 conference will focus on how the study of ethology can strengthen our relationships with various living systems in our environment.

An academic conference for evidence-based animal welfare information in topics of applied ethology, veterinary science, physiology and policy. Has talks, posters, and networking sessions.

MAI was established to improve the status of nonhuman animals and alleviate nonhuman animal exploitation by facilitating research and discourse among scholars, students, artists, activists, advocates (and members of the general population) in the transdisciplinary field of animal studies. MAI’s main objectives are to further the development of nonhuman animal studies internationally and to help establish legal and moral protections for nonhuman animals.

An interdisciplinary conference on the economics of animal welfare. This conference aims to build on successful workshops on this topic at Duke University, Stanford University, and the Paris School of Economics.

This two-day event will explore the practical applications of wildlife fertility control in Europe. Day one will be dedicated to talks about the role of wildlife fertility control for different species and contexts: examples include fertility control for native and non-native species in urban and rural areas, rewilding, and fertility control and diseases. Day two will focus on group discussions on the implementation, challenges and opportunities of wildlife fertility control. Attendees will include representatives from public and private sectors, academia, practitioners and non-government organizations.

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The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is hosting a two-day event to connect scholars on this topic across a variety of fields and career stages. The first day of the summit will feature lightning talks and discussion sessions. The second day will feature breakout sessions for workshopping collaborative project ideas. Both days will also include vegan meals and plenty of networking opportunities.

https://uchv.princeton.edu/events/artificial-intelligence-conscious-machines-and-animals-broadening-ai-ethics

The conference will explore how we can develop AI technologies in a way that protects and benefits nonhuman animals and potentially sentient AI.

https://uchv.princeton.edu/events/artificial-intelligence-conscious-machines-and-animals-broadening-ai-ethics

This will be a follow up retreat to the conference where attendees will be able to gather for more relaxed networking and discussion groups.

Polish edition of the New Food Conference

New Food Forum is a business event discussing plant solutions and trends on the food market.  Experts and successful brands will act as speakers to share their knowledge and inspire further development of the plant alternatives segment in Poland.  New Food Forum is the Polish edition of the international New Food Conference (NFC) . NFC is the first and largest conference in Europe devoted to alternative protein sources.

Described as the biggest and boldest animal welfare conference in Canada and hosted by Humane Canada, the National Federation of Humane Societies and SPCAs. The audience is inclusive of all types of animal advocates, but seem to focus on shelter and rescue staff, veterinary professionals, advocates and volunteers, students, policymakers. There are topics about farmed and wild animals included

The only women-focused vegan business conference. Meet top CEOs, celebrities, investors, and innovative brands. It is focused on building equitable and diverse representation of women leaders from around the world and partnering with major tech brands.

The Wild Animal Welfare Committee (WAWC) is delighted to announce its latest event – Translating wildlife welfare into practice: wildlife management in the 21st century – on Thursday 16 May 2024.  In this full-day online conference, delegates will hear distinguished speakers from around the world discuss how and why wild animal welfare can be integrated into wider contexts, such as land management and conservation projects.

This workshop aims to promote the discovery of moral issues between AI and Animals, particularly in the French-speaking world. We are interested in any paper that combines elements of animal ethics and AI ethics.

SAquaRes2023 aims to play an important role in advancing and  understanding of aquatic sustainability. The most important aim of SAquares is “to put the research on aquatic sustainability at the focus of science. Some potential paper submission topics include environmental impacts of aquaculture, fish health and welfare, wastewater treatment.

Food 4 Thought is a student-led nonprofit looking to assemble future food leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs into one place to envision that future together. Through impactful programming, the organization aims to give students and other attendees the tools and knowledge to help shape the future of food to be more sustainable, equitable, healthy, and cruelty-free.

EAGxAustin will bring together students, professionals and others from a variety of backgrounds who want to address the world’s most pressing problems. One of the primary goals for this event is to strengthen communities and networks for aspiring altruists in the Southern and Central US. They are prioritizing applicants from these regions, such as those living in or moving to places like Chicago, Phoenix, Albuquerque, LA, Denver, and of course, anywhere in Texas

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The LEAP conference, sponsored by the Wellcome Trust Our Planet Our Health initiative, will bring together researchers working on multiple aspects of meat and dairy production and consumption to consider its effects on population health, the economy, society and the environment, and aims to build a community of researchers in this field to share evidence and tools to inform action. Oral and poster presentations will be in person in Oxford and will not be available online. The plenary sessions will be recorded and available online following the event. Abstracts will be available online.

Czech edition of the New Food Conference

The New Food Forum aims to support the development of innovative B2B solutions in the field of plant-based foods and to inspire key players on the Czech market to increase the quantity, availability and quality of plant-based products. An all-day conference packed with inspiring presentations by Czech and foreign speakers, as well as space for networking and enjoying delicious plant-based refreshments.

Organized through the World Council of Fisheries Societies, every four years delegates from around the world meet to exchange ideas and perspectives about new research, emerging issues, scientific breakthroughs, and governance related to fisheries science, industry, conservation, and management.

An education conference to build on scientific and practical knowledge in more humane solutions for mass depopulation, stunning and killing for aquatic animals and ‘pest’ species.

A one day event by Plant Futures Initiative designed for students, budding professionals, and plant-based food enthusiasts. There will be plant-based companies, tastings, networking, and career development opportunities.

The Animal Rights Forum exists to promote networking between Australian animal advocates, to provide opportunities for education and training of activists, and share learned experience among activists across the geographically separated movement in Australia.

Virtual conference with presentations from experts and activists on the topic of humanewashing and greenwashing as it concerns animal product marketing with misleading labeling on meat, dairy, and eggs.

Learn and network with top Chinese and international vegan entrepreneurs, activists, chefs, authors, educators, content creators, film directors, doctors, nutritionists, and youth leaders.

The North American Animal Law Conference, in collaboration with the Canadian Animal Law Conference Scholars Track, showcases animal law and policy scholarship that is conducive to deeper thought and consideration of a particular topic. Opportunity for scholarly moderated Q&A with the speakers.

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The conference is aimed to promote research that explores and develops the key themes in animal rights law, and to make that research accessible to a broader audience. Hosted bt Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law, an academic centre dedicated to the study of fundamental rights for non-human animals.

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AACA is a virtual platform for animal justice advocates across Asia to learn new skills, exchange ideas, and grow the movement together.

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Brings together innovators, scientists, policy-makers, industry leaders, philanthropists, and global champions committed to the food system transformation. Good for people interested in alt protein.

Convene to talk about the governance of animal protection across Europe. NGO leaders and advocacy officers participate in a series of conferences and workshops to discuss effective political strategies for advancing the animal condition and encourage the emergence of new areas of transnational cooperation. NGO representatives share their respective difficulties and compare their methodologies for developing political campaigns.

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The Animal Advocacy Conference brings together researchers from different fields in the social and behavioural sciences, and animal activists and advocates from around the world.

The Animal Liberation Conference is the flagship conference for grassroots activism, leading a global movement where ordinary people are taking a bold stand against injustice.