08:45 Registration & coffee
09:00 Benedict Rattigan (Schweitzer Institute) - Welcome & Introduction
09:10 Dr Stephen M. Gardiner (2026 Schweitzer Fellow, Peterhouse)
Research presentation: the Schweitzer Fellowship and Dr Gardiner’s current work
09:35 Rachel Hevesi (Wild Futures)
Topic: Campaigning to ban the primate pet trade in the UK – twenty-five years and counting
10.20 Edie Bowles (The Animal Law Foundation)
"Putting Animals Back Into The Animal Welfare Act"
11.00 Tea/coffee break
11.30 Professor Jane Holder (UCL)
Topic: Lessons from environmental law: animal welfare impact assessments and the Animal Sentience Committee (ASC)
12.15 Dr Bidda Jone/Dr Jed Goodfellow (Australian Alliance for Animals)
“From Capture to Independence: Australia’s Campaign for a National Animal Welfare Commission”
13.00 Vegan Lunch in Tamburlaine Restaurant
14.00 Professor Christine Nicol (RVC and ASC) and Professor Anna Meredith OBE (Keele University and ASC)
“From Sentience to Scrutiny: the Establishment, Work and (Emerging) Impact of the Animal Sentience Committee”
14.40 Gisella Marinuzzi (The Schweitzer Institute)
Topic: Gaps in UK Animal Welfare Governance Architecture and the Case for an Animal Protection Commission
15.25 Tea/coffee break
15.45 All speakers and participants
Chairperson: Dr Dan Lyons (Centre for Animals & Social Justice)
Participatory plenary: From diagnosis to action — what should effective animal protection governance look like?
16.30 Benedict Rattigan
Closing reflections and next steps
16.40 Conference ends
17.30 Post-conference drinks (196 Bar, Mill Rd – 15 Minute walk from conference)
Conference venue: The Marlowe Room, Clayton Hotel, 27-29 Station Rd, Cambridge CB1 2FB
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