THE RETHINKING ANIMALS SUMMIT 2019
SCHEDULE
Friday 13 September – Sunday 15 September 2019
Our Partners 2019
Friday September 13, 2019
Opening Night
Cocktails and an Opportunity to Meet the Speakers at an Opening Night Gathering of Thinking Animals.
Saturday September 14, 2019
Keynote Speakers
Speaker:
Mary Melnyk
Environmental Security
and
Resilience Team Leader
USAID Asia
Carol McKenna
AdvisorCompassion in World Farming
The Consequences For Human Health
Is our treatment of other animals making us sick?
Moderator:
Dr. Jill Baron
Clinical Assistant ProfessorSUNY Stony Brook
Speakers:
Janetrix Hellen Amuguni
Assistant ProfessorTufts University
Jason Patlis
Executive Director,
Marine Conservation Program
Wildlife Conservation Society
Jean Halloran
Director, Food Policy InitiativesConsumer Reports
Achieving Health And Sustainability
Looking to Nature for Solutions
Moderator:
Max Elder
Research Director,
Food Futures Lab
Institute for the Future
Speakers:
Neil Henderson Carter
Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Michigan
Aysha Akhtar
Author, Public Health Specialist
David Welch
Director, Science & TechGood Food Institute
Challenges to Global Security
Our exploitation of animals for our own use is destabilizing the world.
Moderator:
Sara Walker
Senior Advisor, Wildlife TraffickingAZA
Speakers:
Lindsay Moran
Head of CommunicationsEnvironmental Investigation Agency
Lydelle Joubert
Maritime Piracy Researcher,
Stable Seas Program
One Earth Future Foundation
Rachel Dreskin
Executive DirectorCompassion in World Farming USA
Tools For A Safer Future
Innovation for Conservation
Moderator:
David Chadwick O'Connor
Permanent Observer of IUCNto the United Nations
Speakers:
Stephen Kohn
Chairman of the BoardNational Whistleblower Center
Alex Dehgan
Executive Officer, Co-FounderConservation X Labs
Eric Dinerstein
Director, Biodiversity
and Wildlife Solutions
RESOLVE
Compromising National Economies
What are the long-term costs of subsidizing unsustainable industries?
Moderator:
Glenn Prickett
FounderRock Creek Strategies LLC
Speakers:
Bruce Rich
Visiting Scholar,Environmental Law Institute
Isabel Jarrett
Manager, Ending Harmful
Fisheries Subsidies
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Jonathan Lovvorn
Faculty DirectorYale Law School
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:
Is Food Hijacking Our Future?
Moderator:
Carol McKenna
Advisor to Compassion in World Farming and Chair of Eating Better
Speakers:
Janet Maro
Founder, Executive DirectorSustainable Agriculture Tanzania
Max Elder
Research Director,
Food Futures Lab
Institute for the Future
Danielle Nierenberg
President, Co-FounderThe Food Tank
Rosie Wardell
Programme DirectorJeremy Coller Foundation
Sunday September 15, 2019
Keynote Speakers
Speaker:
Patrick Ramage
Director, Marine Conservationat IFAW
Astrid Grace Tuuli Determan
FounderEPIC Animals
Transforming Economic Landscapes
Changing the way we do business
Moderator:
Tim Scott
Senior Policy Adviser
United Nations
Development Program
Speakers:
James G Workman
FounderAquashares
Jim Procanik
Executive DirectorVeridium Foundation
Brian Von Herzen
Executive DirectorThe Climate Foundation
Endangering The Environment
Are we forgetting other species in our plans for the future of the planet?
Moderator:
Stefanie Spear
FounderEcoWatch
Speakers:
Stephanie Feldstein
Director, Population & SustainabilityCentre for Biological Diversity
Patrick Ramage
Director, Marine Conservationat IFAW
Curt Stager
ProfessorPaul Smiths University
Towards A Sustainable Planet
Considering Alternatives
Moderator:
Richard Schiffman
Environmental Journalist
Speakers:
Leilani Munter
Biologist, Environmentalist,Racecar Driver
Royden Saah
Program Coordinator,
Genetic Biocontrol
Island Conservation
Kelly O'Donnell
Director, Science ForwardMacaulay Honors College
Speakers:
Beth Allgood
U.S. Country DirectorIFAW
Todd Kuiken
Senior Researcher, Genetic Engineering & Society CenterNC State University
Theanne Schiros
Asst. Professor, Science & SustainabilityCo-Founding Scientific Advisor, Algiknit