Stay tuned for the full list of speakers!

Keynote Speaker

Ethan Brown

Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Beyond Meat

Panelists & Moderators

Meena Alagappan

Board Member, Animal Legal Defense Fund; Executive Director, HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers)

Rachel Atcheson

Government Staffer

Pamela Byce

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DEAN, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

Jessica Chapman

Staff Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Ever Vimbai Chinoda

Executive Director and Founder, Speak Out For Animals Zimbabwe

Emma Clifford

Founder & Director, Animal Balance

Rebecca Critser

Adjunct Professor, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Post-doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School for Public Health

Pamela Frasch

FOUNDER, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

Jennifer Friedman

Founder, Canada's Animal Lawyer

Justin Goodman

Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy, White Coat Waste Project (WCW)

Chris Green

Exective Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund

David Gruber

Founder & President, Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative)

Vivian González Méndez

Lawyer, Private Practice; Professor, University of Puerto Rico Law School

Hira Jaleel

ANIMAL LAW TEACHING FELLOW and Adjunct Professor, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

Katie Kraska

Former Director of Federal Legislation, ASPCA

Cheryl Leahy

Executive Director, Animal Outlook

Lacey Levitt

Clinical Psychologist

Tom Linney

Pro Bono Program Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund

Paul Locke

Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Will Lowrey

Founder and Legal Counsel, Animal Partisan

Giulia Malerbi

Global Policy Lead, Aquatic Life Institute

Anlis F. Mercado Ríos

Animal Activist; Former Student, University of Puerto Rico School of Law

Jamie McLaughlin

Vice President, UIA Animal Law Commission Working Group

Katherine Meyer

Inaugural Director, Animal Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School

Jayasimha Nuggehalli

Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Global Food Partners

Rajesh Reddy

Assistant Professor of Law and Animal Law Program Director, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL

César Rodríguez-Garavito

Professor of Clinical Law, NYU Law School; Chair, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice; Director, Earth Rights Advocacy Clinic; Director, Future of Human Rights Practicum

Manny Rutinel

Representative, Colorado State House

Borami Seo

Director, Government Affairs, Humane Society International/Korea

Vanessa Shakib

CO-FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR, ADVANCING LAW FOR ANIMALS

Matthew Strugar

Lawyer, Law Office of Matthew Strugar

Joyce Tischler

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE, CENTER FOR ANIMAL LAW STUDIES, LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL; FOUNDER, ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND

Cynthia von Schlichten

General Counsel, Farm Sanctuary, Inc.

Paul Waldau

President, Religion and Animals Institute

Ben Williamson

US Executive Director

Kathleen Wood

Senior Staff Attorney, Animal Legal Defense Fund