Tentative Timetable

Saturday

09:00

Registration

10:00

Opening Speech

10:10

Presentations from each country (25 minutes each)

The representatives of each country talk on the following topics:

• What are the most important achievements with regards
to animal issues in your country?
Did you recognize any social change concerning the
human-animal relationship in your country?
Is animal cruelty being talked about in schools?
What current status does the animal welfare act in your
country have?
• Brief summary on the organisations you represent
• Future campaigns
• Time for questions

>>> SESSION 1 / Chair: Felix Hnat

10:10 Croatia

Lecturer: Mislav Pavosevic, Bernard Vjeran Franolic

10:35 Poland

Lecturer: Iwona Kossowska, Ewa Gebert

11:00 Czech Republic

Lecturer: Dita Michalickowa, Marek Vorsilka, Barbora Veclova

11:25 Latvia

Lecturer: Solvita Viba

11:35

Break

>>> SESSION 2 / Chair: Christine Braun

11:45 Austria

Lecturer: Felix Hnat, Martin Balluch

12:10 Serbia

Lecturer: Snezana Milavanovic, Stevan Lilic

12:35 Hungaria

Lecturer: Eszter Barany, Levente Pencz

13:00

Lunch

>>> SESSION 3 / Chair: Martin Balluch

14:15 Macedonia

Lecturer:

14:25 Romania

Lecturer: Ioana Tomescu, Dana Costin, Patricia Serbanoiu

14:50 Bulgaria

Lecturer: Stefana Drianovska

15:15 France

Lecturer: Fabrice Alvarec, Jean-Luc Segapeti

15:40

Break

>>> SESSION 4 / Chair: Monika Springer

15:50 Greece

Lecturer: Evgenia Mataragka

16:15 Slovenia

Lecturer: Damjan Likar, Urska Breznik

16:40 Portugal

Lecturer: Barbara Dias-Pais

17:30 Estonia

Lecturer: Kadri Taperson, Maaja Mäll

17:30

Dinner

>>> SESSION 5 / Chair: Jürgen Faulmann

19:00

Successfull campaigning
Martin Balluch, VGT-Austria

19:30

Discussion

20:00

Social evening for networking,
Establish contacts to other countries, groups and individuals!

Sunday

>>> SESSION 1 / Chair: Martin Balluch

09:00

Decision making on the European level
Peter Stevenson, CIWF England

09:30

The European Coalition for Farm Animals
Barbara Dias Pais

10:00

Break

>>> SESSION 2 / Chair: Paula Stibbe

10:15

Lobbying the European Union – An Introduction
Veronika Haunold, Four Paws International

10:45

How we stopped the EU dismantling our circus animal law
Harald Balluch, VGT-Austria

11:15

Workshops in parallel
FUR – Moderation: Felix Hnat, Oliver Harrich
HUNTING – Moderation: Martin Balluch, Paula Stibbe

12:15

Lunch

>>> SESSION 3 / Moderation

13:15

Workshops in parallel
CIRCUS – Moderation: Jürgen Faulmann, Paula Stibbe
ANIMAL ISSUES IN SCHOOLS – Moderation: Elisabeth Sablik, Erwin Lengauer

14:15

Workshops in parallel
INTENSIVE FARMING – Moderation: Martin Balluch, Manuela Hutter
ANIMAL TRADITIONS – Moderation: Zvetan Dragulev, Supriti Gandhi

15:15

Workshops in parallel
ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS – Moderation: Ralf Chaloupek
VEG*ANISM – Moderation: Monika Springer, Zvetan Dragulev

16:15

Presentation of workshop results (5 minutes each)

16:55

Closing of Animal Conference 2006

17:00

End of Conference