We are so happy to have held Animal Rights Forum at Melbourne Town Hall on February 24-25 2024
In the past few years we’ve had to make decisions as to whether or not we run a forums each year. It has been a tricky decision to make, but in the wake of Covid, we knew there was still reluctance on many people’s part to travel and meet at conferences. Whilst the worst of Covid may be behind us, the planning of an event like the forum takes so much work, we have to make decisions many months in advance.
Therefore we made the decision to wait until 2024 to host the forum in Melbourne in February 2024.
About Our
Conference
The Animal Rights Forum
The Animal Rights Forum exists to promote networking between Australian animal advocates, to provide opportunities for education and training of activists, and share learned experience among activists across the geographically separated movement in Australia.
The Animal Rights Forum Team host our first conference under our new name in Melbourne, with three presentation streams, a day of activism, this year’s Animal Justice Awards, and the animal defenders expo. We hosted over 30 speakers covering all aspects of animal rights and animal protection for those involved in animal protection theory, legislative reform, direct action, agitation for change, animal care, and those new to animal rights.
The 2024 forum will offer a world-class program so don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and advice while interacting with some of Australia’s leading animal rights activists.
Be Inspired
Each year we provide groups across Australia an opportunity to present news of their campaigns. With the scale of the task ahead of us: the establishment of Rights for Animals, it is so easy to become disheartened. We aim for our forum to bring positive news of campaigns that have been effective, whether that is a legal change which helps animals or an innovative campaign to increase the number of people choosing a cruelty free lifestyle, we aim to have good news every year.
Network
The forum isn’t just a chance to hear inspirational speakers, the primary goal for the forum is to facilitate networking amongst people who are passionate about protecting animals. To facilitate networking we have
- Extensive breaks between talks
- The opportunity to join others on a sanctuary tour
- The opportunity to participate in activism
- A social event
- Outside our formal schedule there is the chance for representatives of any Animal Protection group to announce themselves and give very a very brief summary of their work in the past year so that participants know who to approach and offer assistance.
Learn
For anyone in animal rights, either those beginning their journey as an animal rights activist or seasoned campaigners there is always the chance to learn something new. We try to include participative workshops during our event, in previous years these have included:
- How to quickly set up a website
- Filming and photography for animal campaigners
- What can we learn from social psychology?
- How to write to newspapers – and get your letter published
- Dealing with the media and writing great press releases
- What’s involved in running a campaign