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We are delighted to be partnering with The Centre for Animals & Social Justice (CASJ) for our annual conference on 22 November 2024. The conference, entitled ‘Ecocentric Ethics: Exploring Our Responsibilities to Non-Human Animals and the Environment’, will see a range of renowned speakers who will be presenting their expertise regarding the social and political reforms that are essential to help fulfil humanity’s moral responsibilities to other animals and nature in general.
One of the central themes to be explored during the event will be the proposal, championed by the Schweitzer Institute and CASJ, for a Government Animal Protection Commission (APC) as a vital step to start giving the welfare of nonhuman animals the consideration and protection they deserve. As part of this theme we’ll be examining the recently-established Animal Sentience Committee, which has the remit of holding the UK Government to account for how it considers animal welfare in policy-making. As the first body of this particular type, it could be seen as an embryonic forerunner of a more substantial APC. So its early activities will provide fascinating clues as to the possible future development of animal protection policy-making.
Conference speakers include Dr Dan Lyons from the CASJ, Prof. Robin Attfield (Cardiff University), Prof. Jane Holder (UCL), Dr. Penny Hawkins (RSPCA and member of Animal Sentience Committee), Jonathan M Hoffmann (University of Warwick), Prof. John Nolt (Schweitzer Fellow), and Dr. Jan Deckers (Newcastle University).
The conference will be held in the Runcie Room at the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge. Capacity is limited, so if you would like to attend in person, please register for free by emailing: director@schweitzer.institute.
The event will also be live-streamed on Zoom here
Video: The Schweitzer Institute and the Animal Protection Commission (Duration: 2'22")