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Locations:
All meals and the Friday reception will be in:
Ropes Gray Room (room 212) in Pound Hall. Pound Hall is located at
1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.
All speaker/panel sessions will be in: Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall.
Austin Hall is located at 1515 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Friday, March 30, 2007
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Registration, Reception & hors d'oeuvres
7:15-7:30 p.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephen Wells, executive director, ALDF
7:30-7:50 p.m.
Remember When You Thought You Could Change the World? You Still Can.
Joyce Tischler, founding director, ALDF
Saturday, March 31, 2007
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Into the Future - Is the US ready for a Federal Animal Protection Agency?
Sara Amundson, executive director, Humane Society Legislative Fund
Cathy Liss, president, Animal Welfare Institute
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Animal Hoarding
Paul Berry, chief executive officer, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
Pamela Frasch, vice president of legal affairs, ALDF
Scott Heiser,
criminal justice program director, ALDF
Ken Shapiro, co-executive director, Animals and Society Institute
11:00-11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Valuable Alliances
Camilla Fox, author; animal protection and environmental advocate
Barbara Gislason, founding Chair, ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee
Chris Green, vice-chair, American Bar Association Animal Law Committee;
board of advisors, National Center for Animal Law
Leslie Hamilton, attorney, Animal Law Associates of Wisconsin
Paul Waldau, director, Center for Animals and Public Policy
12:45-2:15 p.m.
Lunch
Keynote Address and Book Signing
Jeremy Rifkin, president, Foundation on Economic Trends
2:15-3:15 p.m.
Farmed Animals - What Next?
Carter Dillard, staff attorney, Animal Protection Litigation Section,
Humane Society of the United States
Dr. Bernard Rollin, university distinguished professor, Colorado State University
Bruce Wagman, chief outside litigation counsel, ALDF; partner, Schiff Hardin
3:15-3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Around the World
David Favre, professor, Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law
Dr. Ian Robertson, barrister; veterinarian
Katrina Sharman, corporate counsel, Voiceless: the Fund for Animals
Song Wei, professor and attorney; director of the Law Institute,
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
6:00 p.m.
Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Ropes Gray Room (room 212) in Pound Hall
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Banquet Dinner
7:00-7:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
Master of Ceremonies: Stephen Wells, executive director, ALDF
Bob Barker (taped message): The Animal Legal Defense Fund Lifetime Achievement
Award
Presenter: Steve Ann Chambers, president, ALDF
Laureen Bartfield, DVM: Animal Legal Defense Fund Humanitarian Award
Presenter: Bruce Wagman, chief outside litigation counsel, ALDF; partner, Schiff
Hardin
7:30-8:15 p.m.
Keynote Address
Ben Stein - lawyer; economist; law professor; actor; comedian; former White House speechwriter
9:00 p.m.
Awards Ceremony Ends
Sunday, April 1, 2007
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
9:00-10:30 a.m.
What's New in Litigation and Legislation?
Adam Karp, attorney, Animal Law Offices of Adam P. Karp
Jon Lovvorn, vice president, Animal Protection Litigation Section,
Humane Society of the United States
Stephanie Nichols-Young, sole practitioner; chair, Arizona State Bar Animal Law Section
Stephan Otto, director of legislative affairs, ALDF
Tanya M. Sanerib, associate, Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Len Egert, partner, Egert & Trakinski
Amy Trakinski, partner, Egert & Trakinski
11:00-11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Opportunities in Animal Law
Sarah Baeckler, law student, Lewis and Clark Law School
Corey Evans, attorney, Evans & Page
Kathy Hessler, director, ALDF board of directors; professor,
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Mindy Kursban, executive director, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Geneva Page, attorney, Evans & Page
12:30-1:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Stephen Wells, executive director, ALDF
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