Programme

Cookery Demos & Yoga Workshop

Mezz Lounge (on 2nd floor, lift available)

11.30am - 12.10pm - Cookery Demo 1 - Cooking with Children: Make tasty, healthy vegan cooking with children FUN!!

With Birgit Kehrer of Birmingham based BSustained. Birgit is a veggie/vegan event caterer & healthy eating/living trainer. See her website www.bsustained.co.uk

12.30pm - 1.30pm - Cookery Demo 2 - Tofu Tastic - Demonstrating the Versatility of Tofu

With Helen Rossiter, Press Officer and Cookery Writer for Viva! and the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation & also the Viva!LIFE Editor
Dishes may include Vegan Quiche, Scrambled Tofu & Chocolate Mousse!

1.50pm - 2.30pm - Cookery Demo 3 - Meat (and dairy) Free Made Easy: Quick and Easy Dinners

With Liz Hughes, an experienced vegan cookery demonstrator who has The Cordon Vert Diploma in vegetarian cookery from The Vegetarian Society. Liz runs cookery classes in Malvern, see her website www.ourlizzy.com
Dishes may include Spicy Chick Pea, Pasta (Bolognaise style) & Sausage & Bean Casserole.

2.50pm - 3.50pm - Cookery Demo 4 - Raw Vegan Magic!

With Marketa Rozsypalova, Editor of the Tree of Life Holistic Health Magazine & Raw Food Expert www.mindbodyandspirit.eu
To prepare raw vegan food is fun, simple & great for your well-being. Your body, mind and soul will love it! Learn how to bring the radiant energy, superhealth and delicious tastes of raw vegan food into your daily life.

4pm - 5pm - Yoga Workshop

With Yoga in Daily Life (Birmingham branch) www.yogaindailylife.org.uk
In our hectic modern world many people are taking 'time out' to practice yoga - a system of philosophy that originated in India 5,000 years ago. Everyone can practice yoga, regardless of age, sex or ability. Yoga offers us a holistic approach to body, mind and spirit, which can provide us with the 'tools' to cope with the challenges of daily life. Yoga can also complement medical science and therapy for specific conditions.

Talks & Workshops

Civic Bar, area 1 (on 1st floor, lift available)

12 noon - 12.50pm - Going Vegan

With Rob Jackson, education officer for The Vegan Society
Starting with a brief introduction to some of the most pressing vegan issues to remind you why you should go vegan. Then, there`ll be a look at some of the easy substitutes for things people usually miss when they go vegan, to help you ease into it. And finally, a question & answer session. This talk will support The Vegan Society`s Vegan Pledge, a new initiative aimed at encouraging people to try veganism for a week, 14 days or 30 days!

1pm - 1.50pm - Vegan Nutrition

With Dr Stephen Walsh PhD, nutrition spokesperson for The Vegan Society and author of Plant Based Nutrition and Health
Veganism is not only great for animals and the planet - a well balanced vegan diet is the healthiest there is - for children as well as for adults. Vegans live longer and suffer less from diseases such as hypertension, obesity, coronary artery disease, certain kinds of cancer and diabetes. But as with all diets, nutritional balance is important. Whether you`re already vegan, an aspiring vegan or just vegan curious, Dr Stephen Walsh will tell you how to avoid the pitfalls and obtain an optimum healthy diet.

2pm - 2.50pm - Global Food Security & Vegan Agriculture

With Amanda Baker, PR & media officer for The Vegan Society
There will be 9 billion people by 2050, and our planet cannot support us all if we rely upon animal farming. Amanda Baker will outline how plant-based agriculture is a proven sustainable system which can nourish everyone.

3pm - 3.50pm - Animal Ethics

With Rob Jackson, education officer for The Vegan Society
A quick look through different theories of ethics, trying to establish where animals fit into them, then looking at what marks animals out as unworthy of equal ethical consideration, and attempting to show that this is wrong.

4pm - 4.50pm - Eco-Veganism

With Dr Stephen Walsh PhD, nutrition spokesperson for The Vegan Society and author of Plant Based Nutrition and Health
Veganism is not only healthy for you, it`s healthy for the planet too! Almost every environmental disaster you have heard of is linked to the meat, dairy and fishing industries. Meat and dairy animals produce more greenhouse gases than all the world`s transport combined!! But going vegan on it`s own won`t save the planet! This talk will show why veganism is good for the planet, alongside other ways of reducing your ecological impact and also how to obtain an optimum healthy diet in the most eco-friendly way.

Civic Bar, area 2 (on 1st floor, lift available)

11.20am - 11.50am - Dairy’s Dirty Secrets: Animal Aid’s undercover investigation into zero-grazing & the slaughter of dairy cows

With Fiona Pereira of Animal Aid
Animal Aid’s undercover work helps to build a picture of the routine abuses suffered by animals. Today’s film concentrates on the dairy cow and the industry’s move towards a grim regime, where cows remain almost permanently confined. The film will also show undercover footage from inside slaughterhouses.
Attendees should be aged at least 16 as the footage is graphic and disturbing.

12 noon - 12.50pm - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

With Darren Collis, UK representative for Sea Shepherd
The crews of Sea Shepherd`s ships risk their lives in order to defend, conserve and protect the world`s whales, seals and other marine life. Whilst Greenpeace ships sail the seas with freezers full of meat, Sea Shepherd is a vegan organisation. Don`t miss this opportunity to meet one of the crew members and learn about his courageous and daring adventures!

1pm - 1.50pm - So You`re Vegan! Now What?

With Justin Kerswell, campaigns manager for Viva!
Going vegan is the best thing you can do for animals, the planet and for yourself, but why keep all this positivity to yourself? The average Brit eats around 11,047 animals in a lifetime, but you could save countless of those animals with just a few simple steps. Practical ideas on how spread the vegan message and help build a healthy and more compassionate future for all.

2pm - 2.50pm - Animal Equality

With James O`Flaherty & Tim De Smet, spokespeople for Animal Equality UK
Animal Equality is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to achieving equal consideration and respect for animals. Founded in Madrid, Spain in January 2006 they are currently active in Spain, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia & now also in the UK. Animal Equality is dedicated to raising awareness of the suffering and deaths of nonhuman animals as victims of speciesism and working towards the abolition of animal use through the promotion of veganism.

3pm - 3.50pm - Vegan, Animal Rights & Environmental Campaigning

With Kevin White, founder of Midlands Vegan Campaigns
The fight for freedom & justice for animals frequently intertwines with campaigns to save the planet. The most obvious example of this is vegan campaigning which more & more people are getting involved with as a highly effective way of saving animals, people & the planet all in one go! Kevin is passionate about making these links in many different ways - organising vegan-friendly Green Fairs in his home town of Redditch, succesfully submitting an `impact of food production` motion to a Friends of the Earth conference, organising climate marches with a vegan slant and now he`s been declared the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Redditch. Kevin will share his experiences & discuss ways in which everyone can become an effective eco-vegan campaigner.

4pm - 4.50pm - The Power of Living Foods

With Pat Reeves, nutritional therapist, world champion powerlifter and author of A Living Miracle
Learn how nutritional therapy & raw living foods can aid your health & may even save your life! By following a raw, living food diet, Pat Reeves has fought off her cancer & achieved what many of us could never dream of. Pat is a world champion powerlifter and holds many other records. She is also an accomplished marathon runner, personal trainer, fitness consultant & author. As a professional practitioner, she has helped many people using up-to-date scientific techniques. Best of all, Pat is vegan!!