--- title: "World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Alex Connell - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Alex Connell: International Vegetarian Union (IVU) 35th World Vegetarian Congress 'Food for all our futures' Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland July 8-14, 2002 Hosted by The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom Alex" url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/3241-congress-2002-program-alex-connel.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:50:37+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Alex Connell **International Vegetarian Union (IVU)** | ![IVU logo](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) | 35th World Vegetarian Congress **'Food for all our futures'** --- Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland July 8-14, 2002 | Hosted by [![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/2002/bluelogo.gif) **The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom**](http://www.vegsoc.org/)**Alex Connell** Thursday - 10.00am - 11.00am : Parents and Youth Workshop - title awaited Friday - 10.00am - 11.00am : Workshop on youth magazines etc Saturday - 9.00am - 10.00am : Working with young people | |---|---|---| | Alex became vegetarian 10 years ago after a philosophy lecture. The point of the discussion was, "are animals and humans so different that we can do what ever we want to them?" His conclusion was that even though clear differences do exist, they are not as significant as is generally made out. We therefore should, where possible, respect their interests and above all not eat them because they taste nice. Alex is now vegan . Previously a lecturer teaching philosophy, sociology and child development, Alex has worked at the Vegetarian Society as the Youth Education Officer for nearly three years. During this time his projects have included a 20 minute video, new food poster, school talks, training days, youth section of The Vegetarian magazine and now the Kitchen Doctor, writing youth materials and resources for teachers. Working at The Vegetarian Society has allowed him to develop new skills and improve old ones. | | | **[Interactive Congress - send a question to this speaker](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/3279-congress-2002-program-speaker-form.html)** A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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