38th IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Dresden 2008 Programme (subject to change) Thursday,  31st July 2008 Main topic: Vegetarianism and Ecology, Nature Conservation and World Hunger 09:15 Caryn Hartglass, USA, Eating to Protect our Ecosystem (English) (Festsaal) 10:45 Dr. Vandana Shiva, India, About her work (English) (Festsaal) 14:00 Prof. Jürgen Rochlitz, Germany, Vegan Diet and Sustainability (German) (Altmarkt Room) Dr. Roberta Kalechofsky, USA, The Vegetarian Tradition in the Jewish Religion (English) (Neumarkt Room) Dr. Sonja Lewandowski, Germany, Practical Tips for Vegan School Lunches and Lunch Boxes and how to introduce Vegan Food Options into the School System (German) (Altmarkt Room) Thomas Müller-Schöll, Germany, A Vegetarian Children's Project for a Healthy and Non-violent World (German/English) (Bähr Room) Zuzana Skvarilova, Czech Republic, Vegetarian Diet as a Protective Diet (English) (Brühl Room) Annette Pinner, UK, Meeting of Society Leaders to Exchange Experiences (English) (Elbe Room) 14:55 Charlotte Probst, Austria, Our Future Begins in Childhood (Festsaal) Vesanto Melina, Canada, Surviving and Thriving despite Food Allergies (English) (Neumarkt Room) Nandita Shah, India, Eating Animals and the Resultant Desensitization of our Species. Are we paying too high a price? (English) (Altmarkt Room) Dr. Corina Gericke, Germany, The Way out of the Blind Alley of Animal Research Oriented Medicine – Vegetarian and Vegan Diets as a Contribution against Animal Experiences (English) (Bähr Room) Jean Huntziger, France, The Eye, a Mirror of Malnutrition (German) (Brühl Room) Annette Pinner, UK, Meeting of Society Leaders to Exchange Experiences cont. (English) (Elbe Room) 16:00 Jan Stastny, Czech Republic, Franz Kafka – Vegetarian Activist (English) (Festsaal) Ester Ouwehand, The Netherlands, Stefan Eck, Germany, and Ralph Chaloupek, Austria, The Necessity of Political Engagement for Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. The Animal Welfare Parties in The Netherlands, Austria and Germany (English/German) (Neumarkt Room) Stephen Walsh PhD, UK, Myths and Misconceptions: Things „everyone knows“ which aren't true (English) (Altmarkt Room) Marly Winckler, Brazil, Vegetarianism: a Revolutionary Lifestyle (English) (Bähr Room) Renato Pichler, Switzerland, Veggie Meets Industry: the V-Label-Project (English) (Brühl Room) Wasmut Reyer, Germany, „Why Vegetarian?“ How to argue effectively when People ask you why you are a Vegetarian or an Animal Rights Activist (German) (Elbe Room) 16:55 Saurabh Dalal, USA, A Global Plant-based Solution to Global Warming (English) (Festsaal) Ester Ouwehand, The Netherlands, Stefan Eck, Germany, and Ralph Chaloupek, Austria, The Necessity of Political Engagement for Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. The Animal Welfare Parties in The Netherlands, Austria and Germany, continued (English/German) (Neumarkt Room) Nitin Mehta, UK, European Vegetarians from the 18th Century Onwards - the Hindu Influence (English) (Altmarkt Room) Tobis Leenaert, Belgium, Reaching Everybody. Campaigning for one Vegetarian Day a Week (English) (Bähr Room) Pornthep SriNarula, Thailand, Aspects of Vegetarianism in Thailand (English) (Brühl Room) Speaker's Corner, German (Elbe Room) 19:30 Presentation of the Kinder- and Jugend-Prize of the Vegeterra Foundation (German) (Festsaal) 20:00 FINETUNE - " Dances and Ballads from Celtic countries“ with Helga and Peter Supplieth (Festsaal)

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