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Name | Website | City | Country | Dates | Topic | Past talks and takeaways | Description | Virtual Option? |
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Edinburgh | Scotland | July 2, 2025 → July 5, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyAnimal Welfare ScienceVegan AdvocacyEffective AltruismAcademic | 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. | ||||
Boston | US | July 2, 2025 → July 5, 2025 | Alt ProteinBusiness | |||||
Abuja | Nigeria | July 11, 2025 → July 13, 2025 | Effective AltruismAfricaAnimal Advocacy | |||||
Nairobi | Kenya | July 17, 2025 → July 20, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyLeadershipAfricaFundraisingAlt ProteinAquatic AnimalsEffective AltruismLegal | 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. | ||||
Berlin | Germany | August 21, 2025 → August 25, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyEffective AltruismAIPhilosophyWild Animals | 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. | ||||
São Paulo | Brazil | August 22, 2025 → August 24, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyEffective AltruismLatin America | EAGxSãoPaulo is a three-day conference designed for 300 individuals committed to using evidence and reason to maximize their positive impact on the world. The event fosters deep learning and high-quality connections around some of the most pressing global challenges. | ||||
Taipei | Taiwan | August 25, 2025 → August 29, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyAsia | |||||
Warsaw | Poland | September 11, 2025 → September 14, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyEurope | 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. | ||||
Delhi | India | October 3, 2025 → October 5, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyLeadershipFundraisingAlt ProteinAquatic AnimalsEffective AltruismLegalAsia | 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. | ||||
Berlin | Germany | October 3, 2025 → October 5, 2025 | ||||||
New York City | US | October 10, 2025 → October 12, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyEffective Altruism | EA Global brings together a wide network of people who have made helping others a core part of their lives. Speakers and attendees share new thinking and research in the field of effective altruism and coordinate on global projects. EA Global: New York City 2025 will focus on the full range of causes related to effective altruism, including farmed animal welfare, global health and development, biosecurity, AI safety, and more. | ||||
Melbourne | Australia | November 28, 2025 → November 30, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyEffective Altruism | EAGxAustralasia is the major event for the effective altruism community across Australia and New Zealand. | ||||
Amsterdam | The Netherlands | December 12, 2025 → December 14, 2025 | Effective AltruismAnimal Advocacy | |||||
Kigali | Rwanda | IndustryAfrica | ||||||
Berkeley | US | Animal AdvocacyEffective AltruismAIPhilosophyPolicy & PoliticsAquatic Animals | ||||||
London | UK | Animal AdvocacyLegalAIPhilosophy | ||||||
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Los Angeles | US | Animal AdvocacyVegan AdvocacyLeadershipFundraisingAquatic AnimalsEffective AltruismAlt ProteinLegal | ||||||
Kent | UK | Research | 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. | |||||
Remote | Remote | Asia | AACA is a virtual platform for animal justice advocates across Asia to learn new skills, exchange ideas, and grow the movement together. | |||||
Montreal | Canada | AIAcademicPhilosophy | 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. | |||||
Berkeley | US | LiberationLeadershipGrassrootsAnimal Advocacy | 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. | |||||
Melbourne | Australia | Animal AdvocacyLiberationGrassrootsLeadership | 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. | |||||
Paris | France | ResearchEconomicsAnimal Welfare SciencePolicy & PoliticsPhilosophyWild AnimalsCompanion Animals | ||||||
Athens | Greece | Aquatic AnimalsIndustry | ||||||
Remote | Remote | Aquatic Animals | This conference is open to anyone who is interested in aquatic animal protection, regardless of sector. | |||||
Berlin | Germany | AcademicResearch | 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. | |||||
Suzhou | China | BusinessAsiaAlt ProteinVegan AdvocacyHealth | Learn and network with top Chinese and international vegan entrepreneurs, activists, chefs, authors, educators, content creators, film directors, doctors, nutritionists, and youth leaders. | |||||
Barcelona | Spain | Animal AdvocacyResearchLegalLiberationLatin America | This conference is a critical exploration of the multifaceted power structures that govern human-animal interactions and the ethical imperative to reimagine these relationships with compassion at the forefront. This conference will bring together scholars, professionals, and advocates from diverse fields to engage in a thorough examination of the social, political, economic, and cultural forces that continue to perpetuate the exploitation, oppression, and marginalisation of non-human animals. | |||||
Curitiba | Brazil | ResearchAnimal Welfare ScienceAcademic | The ISAE 2024 conference will focus on how the study of ethology can strengthen our relationships with various living systems in our environment. | |||||
Heidelberg | Germany | Academic | 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. | |||||
ProvidenceRI | US | ResearchEffective AltruismAcademic | 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. | |||||
Cambridge | UK | LegalResearchAcademic | 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. | |||||
Vegan AdvocacyHealthSustainabilityBusiness | 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. | |||||||
Remote | Remote | Research | 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. | |||||
Massachusetts | US | Alt ProteinResearchAcademicHealthSustainability | 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. | |||||
Bern | Switzerland | Animal Welfare ScienceResearch | 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. | |||||
San Francisco | US | Alt ProteinIndustry | 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. | |||||
San Francisco | US | Alt Protein | 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. | |||||
D.C. | US | Aquatic AnimalsLegalStudentsPolicy & PoliticsAnimal Advocacy | ||||||
Halifax | Canada | Animal Welfare ScienceAnimal AdvocacyCompanion Animals | 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 | |||||
Virtual | Animal AdvocacyLiberationVegan Advocacy | 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. | ||||||
Des Moines | US | HealthSustainabilityAcademic | ||||||
Lahore | Pakistan | Animal AdvocacySustainabilityAsia | 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. | |||||
Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxemburg | Animal AdvocacyLiberationGrassroots | A platform where representatives of all different approaches to promoting animal rights can get together and exchange their ideas | |||||
Izmir | Turkey | GrassrootsAnimal Advocacy | ||||||
Paris | France | Animal AdvocacyEuropePolicy & Politics | 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. | |||||
Florence | Italy | ResearchAnimal Welfare ScienceAcademicAquatic Animals | This will be focused on the ethology of farmed animals | |||||
Anaheim | US | HealthVegan Advocacy | ||||||
Izmir | Turkey | ResearchAnimal Welfare ScienceSustainabilityAcademic | 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. | |||||
Oxford | UK | AcademicHealthSustainability | 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. | |||||
Los Angeles | US | FundraisingAnimal Advocacy | ||||||
Sydney | Australia | Research | 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. | |||||
Berlin | Germany | Alt Protein | 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 | |||||
Prague | Czech Republic | Alt ProteinIndustryEurope | 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. | ||||
Warsaw | Poland | Alt Protein | 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. | ||||
Toronto | Canada | LegalResearchAcademic | 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. | |||||
New York City | New York | Animal Welfare ScienceAcademicWild AnimalsResearch | None | 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. | ||||
Oxford | UK | UKAcademic | 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. | |||||
Oakland | US | BusinessAlt ProteinIndustryStudents | 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. | |||||
D.C. | US | Animal Advocacy | ||||||
D.C. | US | Animal AdvocacyLegal | 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. | |||||
Copenhagen | Denmark | |||||||
Porto | Portugal | Animal Welfare Science | 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. | |||||
Manchester | UK | Animal AdvocacyGrassrootsUKLiberation | 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. | |||||
Mumbai | India | Alt ProteinAsiaBusiness | ||||||
Los Angeles | US | Animal AdvocacyLeadershipBusiness | 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. | |||||
Remote | Remote | Wild Animals | 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. | |||||
York | UK | Wild AnimalsAnimal Welfare ScienceResearchAcademic | 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. | |||||
Seattle | WashingtonUS | Aquatic AnimalsIndustryResearchBusiness | 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. | |||||
New Delhi | India | December 13, 2025 → December 14, 2025 | Animal AdvocacyEffective Altruism | EAGx India (an effective altruism (EA) conference) is back for its third consecutive year this December. Join us in Delhi for a weekend of thought-provoking ideas and conversations sparking collaborations, career pivots and life-long friendships. |
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