CIWF Trust Sentience Conference: March 17-18, 2005, London

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COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING TRUST

 

International Conference

 

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

 

 

From Darwin to Dawkins:

the science and implications

of animal sentience

 

17-18 March 2005, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London

 

 

Keynote address by Dr Jane Goodall

 

 

attend this conference if you work in:

agriculture and forestry * food production, trade and retailing * conservation

rural development * environment * veterinary and animal science

state, national or international regulation and policy development

education and training * non-governmental sector

 

 

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'From Darwin to Dawkins' will excite your

interest, increase your understanding, probably

change

your views and empower you to meet the challenges

posed by the growing global recognition of

animal sentience.

 

Leading experts working in this field, together

with key global policy-makers and ethicists,

will address the implications of this growing

knowledge base for biology and zoology, for the

food and farming industries, for veterinary

education and practice, for global environmental

strategy - and for all of us as citizens and consumers.

 

keynote address

Dr Jane Goodall DBE will give the keynote address

on Thursday 17 March. Founder of the Jane Goodall

Institute and world-renowned for her

ground-breaking work as a primatologist. In

April 2002 Jane was appointed a UN Messenger of

Peace by Secretary General Kofi Annan.

 

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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Thursday 17th March 2005

 

Morning

 

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 African

Grey Professor Irene Pepperberg

(Massachusetts Institute of

Parrots

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

 

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 How elephants communicate

Professor Edmond Pajor (Purdue

University) speaker

to be confirmed

The science of pain: identifying and

Into the brains of whales

preventing pain in farm

animals Mark

Simmonds (Director of Science, Whale and Dolphin

Professor Dan Weary (University of British

Columbia) Conservation Society)

Domestication and natural

behaviour

The life of a bear

Professor Per Jensen (Linköping

University) Dr

Victor Watkins (Wildlife Director, World Society

for

Making the opportunity for natural behaviour

in the Protection of

Animals)

animal farming systems

Parrot fashion

Professor Marek Spinka (Research Institute

for Tony Juniper

(Executive Director, Friends of the Earth)

Animal Production, Prague)

 

From animal sentience to animal welfare - parallel sessions 3 and 4

Session 3: animal sentience in

training Session 4:

ethical and legal approaches to animal

and

education

sentience

Learning to assess an animal's point of

view Why animal

suffering matters

Dr Françoise Wemelsfelder (Scottish Agricultural

College) Revd. Professor Andrew Linzey

(University of Oxford)

Educating scientists about

ethics Animals

and Islam

Revd. Professor Michael Reiss (Institute of

Education, Professor Mahfouz

Azzam (Minieh University, Egypt)

University of

London)

Do sentient animals have an intrinsic value?

The Ethical Matrix: a tool for

decision-making

Professor Tom Regan (North Carolina State

University)

Professor Ben Mepham (University of

Nottingham) Autonomy and

the case for legal rights of animals

Steven Wise (Animal protection lawyer and author)

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Friday 18th March 2005

Friday 18th March 2005

 

Morning

 

The challenge of animal sentience - plenary session

Ideals and realities: what do we owe to farm

animals? Professor John Webster

(University of Bristol)

Animal emotions and why they

matter

Professor Marc Bekoff (University of Colorado)

Onset of sentience: the potential for suffering

in fetal Professor David Mellor

(Massey University)

and newborn mammals

The distribution of the capacity for sentience in

the Dr James Kirkwood (Chief

Executive and Scientific

animal

kingdom ,

Universities Federation for Animal Welfare)

 

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

The search for global sustainable solutions

Professor Christine Nicol (University of

Bristol) Professor Jules

Pretty (University of Essex)

The natural behaviour of

fowl

Animal welfare at work

Professor Joy Mench (University of California,

Davis) Roland Bonney (Director,

Food Animal Initiative)

The relationship between working animals

and The critical links

between husbandry, health and

their

owners

animal welfare

Dr Bill Swann (Head of International

Development, Patrick Holden

(Director, Soil Association)

Brooke Hospital for

Animals)

The implications of agricultural globalisation

Progress and challenges in animal handling

and Dr Vandana Shiva

(Founder and Director, Research

slaughter in the

US

Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology)

Professor Temple Grandin (Colorado State University)

 

 

Afternoon

 

International policy issues - plenary session

Animal sentience in US

farming Dr

Mike Appleby (Humane Society of the United States)

Animal welfare in an international food

industry Mike Love (Vice

President, Corporate Affairs, McDonald's Europe)

China's approach to animal protection

law Dr Song Wei

(University of Science and Technology of China,

Hefei)

Achieving access to ethical

food

Professor Tim Lang (City University, London)

Outlawed in Europe - animal

protection Dr

David Wilkins (Co-ordinator, International

Coalition for

progress in the European

Union

Farm Animal Welfare)

The role of international financial

institutions speaker

to be confirmed

What European consumers expect from EU

agriculture Dr Renate Künast

(Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food

and Agriculture, Germany)

The international animal welfare role of the OIE

- Dr David Bayvel (Ministry

of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand)

the World Organisation for Animal Health

 

Conference dinner at historic Central London venue

 

The language of the conference will be English

 

 

Poster sessions will be held on both days

 

 

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Saturday 19th March 2005

 

 

Optional excursions

 

* Option 1. Visit to Sheepdrove Organic

Farm, Berkshire, a leading British organic farm.

Includes travel, tour of farm, lunch and

presentation. Cost £60 GBP per person.

* Option 2. Visit to Marwell Zoological

Park, Hampshire, a wildlife and conservation

centre of international importance. Includes

travel, entrance fees, presentation, lunch and

tour. Cost £50 GBP per person.

 

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Call for posters

 

Poster contributions to the conference are

welcomed. The deadline for submission of

abstracts is 1 December, 2004. Please

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Accommodation

 

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CIWF Trust is grateful to the World Society for

the Protection of Animals and Tesco PLC for their

generous support of this event.

 

 

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educational charity working internationally

to promote respect for farmed animals and the

environment.

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