NOTE: The following page is an archival of the 2015 Summit. For 2016, hop on over here.
Someone has to save the planet, billions of innocent animals, and humanity from hunger, disease, war, violence, and climate change – and it won’t be the people telling you to eat “humane”, free-range, cage-free, organic, grass-fed “meat”, dairy, fish, and eggs…It WILL be the people attending the Los Angeles area WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO…where speakers, thinkers, movers, and shakers will meet to focus advocacy and activism on creating a compassionate, healthy, environmentally-sustainable VEGAN world, with the abolition of all use of other animals for food, clothing, entertainment, experimentation, and (impossibly unattainable) “humane animal products”. Join us for speakers, presentations, workshops, socials, music, film, food, and fun!
When: Friday March 20 – Sunday March 22, 2015
Venue: Marina del Rey Marriott • 4100 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
The WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO happens at the beautiful Marina del Rey Marriott, a few blocks from Venice Beach, near Santa Monica and LAX.
Additional venue photos, and information.
Tickets:
View the Attendee Registration page for ticket options and pricing.
Full Schedule:
https://worldvegansummit.com/full-schedule-2015/
Speakers and performers…alphabetically…(subject to change):
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AMANDA BENHAM
dietitian in Brisbane, AU; presentations: “Vegan Nutrition for Healthy Children of All Ages”, “B-12 Update”
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- VEGAN BOSS – rapper. Performance during the “Soul Food-For-Thought” Dinner Show
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- TAIMIE BRYANT, UCLA Law Professor
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- GURUDEV CHITRABHANU – special video greetings from India
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SUE COE
artist, illustrator; books: “Dead Meat”, “Sheep of Fools”, “Pit’s Letter”, “Cruel: Bearing Witness to Animal Exploitation”, “Paintings and Drawings” – art exhibit at World Vegan Summit & Expo: “The Animals’ Vegan Manifesto”
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- SHERRY COLB, professor, Cornell University – author of “Mind If I Order the Cheeseburger? And Other Questions People Ask Vegans”
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- LAUREN CORE — “How compassion can help solve wicked water problems.”
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VERA CRISTOFANI
Veganos pela Abolição. org
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- SANDRA CUMMINGS – VeganKit.com
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- AMY JEAN DAVIS, Top 12 Female Finalist on American Idol – musical performance
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- MICHAEL DORF, professor, Cornell University
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- BABETTE DAVIS, author, owner and chef of Stuff I Eat restaurant. Speaking during the “Soul Food for Thought” Dinner Show
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- MONICA KAY, Award winning Vegan Pole Dancer and Certified Yoga Instructor – Conducting a yoga session
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GARY FRANCIONE
law professor, Rutgers University – the first academic to teach animal rights theory at an American university; author: “Rain Without Thunder”, “Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog”, “Animals, Property, and the Law”, “Animals as Persons”, “The Animal Rights Debate”; with Anna Charlton: “Eat Like You Care”, “Animal Rights: the Abolitionist Approach”
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- MAXIME GINOLIN – screening “Le Jugement”
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- MARIANNA GONZALEZ
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- ISAAK IFTIKHAR, owner of Viva La Vegan Grocery
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- SEBA JOHNSON – Olympic athlete
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MYQ KAPLAN
comedian who has appeared on the Tonight Show, David Letterman, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, America’s Got Talent; CD: “Vegan Mind Meld”
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- DR. MICHAEL KLAPER
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LAMOUR & THE MYSTIK BAND
live reggae at our Saturday evening “Soul Food-For-Thought” presentation
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BOB LINDEN
event emcee, host of 15-year broadcast “Go Vegan Radio with Bob Linden” at www.GoVeganRadio.com; presentation: “The Language of Speciesism and Human Supremacy”
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ANDY MARS, PH.D.
director: VeganCamp.org, VeganKids.org; organizer of our event’s children’s activities
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ARMAITI MAY,
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine – Vegan Dogs & Cats
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KEITH McHENRY
activist, founder: “Food Not Bombs”
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MILTON MILLS, M.D.
presentations: “Scientific Evidence: Humans Are Herbivores, Not Carnivores, Not Omnivores”; at Soul Food-For-Thought, Saturday evening: “Traditional Diets in Africa vs. Plantation-Food African American Diet of Today”
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- LINH LA – Loving Hut USA
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- DONNA DE LORY, American singer, dancer and songwriter – performing with her band
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- TED NORDQUIST, CEO of Whole Soy, talking about the business of sustaining an organic vegan business.
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- JANETTE MURRAY-WAKELIN, author & ALAN MURRAY, both set a record of running 366 marathons in 366 consecutive days
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- LORELEI PLOTCZYK, founder of grassroots campaign Truth or Drought, on breaking through society’s dangerous disconnect between meat production and water depletion
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- SOFIA PINEDA OCHOA, M.D.
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VAIDYA PRIYANKA
health practitioner from a 700-year lineage of Ayurvedic women healers from India; presentation: “Vegan Ayurvedic Health and Why Dairy Is Filth”
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ANTENEH ROBA, M.D.
from Ethiopia, president of the International Fund for Africa; presentations: “Meaning for Today -Reflections of My Visit to the Slave Dungeons of West Africa” and “Africa Now – Climate Change, Environmental Devastation, and Your Food Choices”
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ANUJ SHAH
podcast host: Speaking of Vegan
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CINDY SHEEHAN
“Peace Mom” peace advocate, host: “Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox, organizer of Camp Casey Iraq War Protest at the Bush ranch in Texas, 2007 candidate for US House of Representatives, 2012 vice presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party, 2014 California gubernatorial candidate, author: “Peace Mom: A Mother’s Journey through Heartache to Activism”, “Not One More Mother’s Child”, “Dear President Bush”, “The Obama Files: Chronicles of an Award-Winning War Criminal”, “Myth America: 20 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for (Non-Violent) Revolution”, “Revolution, A Love Story”
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GARY STEINER
professor of philosophy, Bucknell University, author: “Descartes as a Moral Thinker: Christianity, Technology, Nihilism”, “Anthropocentrism and Its Discontents: The Moral Status of Animals in the History of Western Philosophy”, “Animals and the Moral Community: Mental Life, Moral Status, and Kinship”, “Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism”; presentations: “Animals in Western Culture”, “Animals as Persons”
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- JANICE STANGER, PH.D, author of the Perfect Formula Diet
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- PAUL RODNEY TURNER, Director of Food for Life Global, the world’s largest vegan food relief and author of FOOD YOGA
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- WILL TUTTLE, author – “The World Peace Diet – Eating for Spiritual Health & Social Harmony”
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MIKE WEINBERG
educator, founder of VeganDiego, support model for vegan restaurants and businesses
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DR. ERIC WEISMAN, DC
Scientist, CEO, [email protected] 100% Complete Essential Protein Vegan Pet Foods & Supplement Compounds for Disease Dr. Weisman will discuss his “Easy Short Cut to Convert Strangers, Friends, Family Over to The Vegan Life Style”
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KENNETH G WILLIAMS
vegan activist, first vegan champion bodybuilder, co-host “Soul Food-For-Thought”
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- PHILIP WOLLEN – Kindness Trust
Activities:
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Full Schedule:
Meals:
If you purchase an all inclusive ticket, you can plan on enjoying superb vegan dining while attending the WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO which is creating a spectacularly creative international menu for you that will not only utilize ORGANIC ingredients and foods when possible, but which will feature VEGAN ORGANIC (VEGANIC) produce, ingredients, and foods as much as possible. We will also go to the extra expense and higher standard of acquiring cutting boards, knives, and cookware that have never been used for “meat”, dairy, fish, and eggs and have never been in contact with any animal-derived ingredients.
In addition, there will be vegan food available daily for purchase by anyone attending, and food sampling by some Expo vendors.
“Soul Food-for-Thought” Dinner Show:
Admission to the dinner show Saturday night and a delicious vegan dinner is included for all summit GREEN level ticket holders. Special dinner show tickets may become available for purchase separately. The evening will feature renowned vegan MD’s, Milton Mills and Anteneh Roba. Babette Davis, author and owner of Stuff I EAT will talk about her journey to veganism and her success as owner of a vegan restaurant. Musical performances will include the talented Reggae musicians from Jamaica, Lamout & The Mystik Band and rapper Vegan Boss.
Expo:
The SUMMIT part of the World Vegan Summit & Expo will be a resounding presentation exploring the many reasons for the urgent need for the world to GO VEGAN.
The EXPO part of the World Vegan Summit & Expo helps us step into that special world – with a breathtaking view – where all animal use is abolished, as we showcase only vegan food, clothing, personal care, and household needs, all free from any animal-derived ingredients and animal experimentation, and we feature vegan-support books, video, literature, and media.
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Organized by:
The WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO is a grass roots effort being organized by Bob Linden. Bob Linden the host of GO VEGAN RADIO WITH BOB LINDEN, the first mainstream media vegan – animal liberation program ever, broadcasting 13 years, as heard on the Air America radio network, CBS and Clear Channel radio stations, XM, and Los Angeles radio stations KTLK and KRLA. Bob’s vegan event organizing history includes developing, promoting and emceeing the original Worldfest-LA (now VegFest-LA ) and San Diego Fall-Fest. To contact Bob and his team, click here.
Hotel Rooms:
Tickets do not include hotel rooms. The Marriott is making a limited number of rooms available to WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO attendees at the rate of $195 per night, single OR DOUBLE occupancy, which you can book through the link: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel…
For a mapped out list of nearby hotels showing current rates for March 20-21, go here: https://www.google.com/search?q=hotels+near+marina+del+rey…
Parking:
Special Parking Rate for the WORLD VEGAN SUMMIT & EXPO at the Marina Del Rey Marriott: $15 valet parking daily or $34 overnight.
Lots of parking in the Mother’s Beach lot across the street: $5 from 9am – 6pm, $2 before 9am and after 6pm.
