The Extinction and Livestock international conference is being held on 5th/6th October 2017 at the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, and will examine how we can transform our global food and farming systems to work for people, the planet and animals. World-class speakers will outline the big issues and suggest solutions. The conference will bring together diverse interests and act as a catalyst for future collaboration and solution development.
Networking, debate and discussion have been built into the programme to stimulate ideas and hear practical contributions from all delegates. Everyone will have an opportunity to make their voice heard.
The full conference programme is now available, please click here for further details.
The Extinction and Livestock Conference is the first step in a consensus-driven process to transform our global food and farming systems. Attendees are invited to express their interest in taking part in a series of follow-up meetings - convened by Compassion in World Farming and WWF - to collaborate to build on appropriate existing initiatives, develop further approaches and ensure their implementation.
These events, currently envisioned as a series of round-table meetings, will be framed in terms of SDGs; Paris Accord; and WHO targets. Each round-table will be chaired by a world-renowned expert in the topic area, and themed around relevant aspects of UN strategy. The round-tables will take place in key locations around the world, and together will form a multi-year approach to tackling the issues identified by the conference, in an open and pragmatic forum. The ultimate output will be an agreed pathway to achieving a positive change to global food and farming systems. We look forward to working with delegates on the shaping of this programme.
Below is a list of speakers and contributors confirmed to date!
Hilal Elver
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
Raj Patel
Writer/activist, Research Professor, the University of Texas
Karl Falkenberg
Former Director General for the Environment at the European Commission
Dr Frank Hu
Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Carl Safina
Professor for Nature and Humanity, Stony Brook University
Hans Herren
Founder/President, the Millennium Institute
Philip Lymbery
CEO, Compassion in World Farming
Dave Goulson
Professor of Biology, University of Sussex
Katherine Richardson
Professor in biological oceanography, University of Copenhagen
Martin Palmer
Secretary-General, the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC)
Jane Goodall DBE
UN Messenger of Peace, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute
Glyn Davies
Executive Director of Global Programmes, WWF
Jonathon Porritt CBE
Co-Founder, Forum for the Future
Janet Maro
Agroecological farmer and community leader
Chris Darwin
Ambassador for Bush Heritage Australia
Stanley Johnson
Ambassador for the UN Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP-CMS)
Tim Lang
Professor of Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City University of London
Jean-François Timmers
Head of Public Policy, WWF-Brazil
Paul Shapiro
Vice-president, Policy, the Humane Society of the US (HSUS)
Peter Stevenson
Chief Political Adviser, Compassion in World Farming
Olivier De Schutter
Co-chair of IPES-Food, Law Professor, the Catholic University of Louvain
Yuval Noah Harari
Best-selling author, Professor, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joy Carter
Geochemist, Vice-Chancellor, University of Winchester
Reineke Hameleers
Eurogroup for Animals
Cheryl Queen
Vice President Communication & Corporate Affairs, Compass Group North America
Josh Balk
A founder of Hampton Creek & a Vice-president at HSUS
Michael Pellman Rowland
Sustainable investment journalist contributing to Forbes magazine
Leah Garces
USA Executive Director at Compassion in World Farming
Kevin Brennan
CEO of Quorn Ltd
Jim Perdue
Chair, Perdue Farms
Aysha Akhtar M.D., M.P.H
Neurologist and public health specialist
Jimmy Smith
Director General of the International Livestock Research Institute
Dr Joseph Okori
Regional Director, Southern Africa and Programme Director, Landscape Conservation IFAW
John Webster
Professor Emeritus, the University of Bristol
Ruud Zanders Ecological poultry farmer
Jeremy Coller
Founder of Coller Capital and Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return (FAIRR)
Sue Dibb
Executive Director of Eating Better: for a fair, green, healthy future
Sir David Madden KCMG
Trustee of Compassion in World Farming.
Seth Goldman
Co-Founder & TeaEO Emeritus of Honest Tea and Executive Chair of Beyond Meat
Victoria Braithwaite
Professor of Fisheries and Biology and the co-director of the Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition at Penn State University
Chris Clark
Environmentalist and native breeds farmer. Member of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Dr Pat Thompson
Senior Land Use Policy Officer (uplands) for the RSPB
Don Broom
Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare at Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Duncan Williamson
Food Policy Manager for WWF UK
Jeremy Wates
Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Ignacio Blanco-Traba
Senior Director, Global Sustainable Sourcing, McDonald's Corporation
Tony Juniper CBE
President of the Wildlife Trusts
Prof. Elizabeth Kucinich
Board Policy Chair, Rodale Institute
Neil Barrett
Group Senior Vice President - Corporate Responsibility
Patrick Holden
Founder and Chief Executive of the Sustainable Food Trust
Rosie Wardle
Programme Director at the Jeremy Coller Foundation
Joyce D'Silva
Ambassador Emeritus, Compassion in World Farming
Emma Slawinski
Director of Campaigns, Compassion in World Farming
Derek Sarno
Co-founder of Wicked Healthy, LLC
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Are you involved or interested in issues relating to food? Then join us at the world’s first ever conference to explore the impact of livestock production on the future of life on Earth.
Our high-profile speakers will set the planetary scene, look at the impact of livestock production on wildlife, the environment and humanity, and we’ll involve participants in the exploration and development of practical global solutions.
The event will bring together diverse interests – such as conservation, biodiversity, agriculture, the UN SDGs, health and healthy eating, land and water use, the environment, climate change, ethics, food policy, food business and food security.