The International Animal Rights Gathering starts Thursday, the program lasts through Sunday and ends with breakfast Monday morning. The program Wednesday is for Norwegian activists, with talks and workshops in Norwegian.

There will be different stalls with info and distros selling activist merchandise, a vegan cake/candy shop and a vegan kiosk. There will be an art exhibition by various animal rights artists at the venue. We`ll screen movies every evening, so feel free to/please bring a long your favorite films about activism and animal rights. If you are interested in doing a workshop or a talk, please get in touch.

There will also be some activities organized for kids. Please tell us if you are coming with kids as we would like to know for the organizing.

Scheduled talks and workshops
Below are some of the talks and workshops scheduled so far. More workshops and talks will be added.

• Working undercover to expose animal abuse
• The new abolition movement - the emergence of animal liberation as a contemporary anti-slavery Movement
• Whale wars and other sea battles of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
• How to evolve our individual activism - Making activism part of everyday life, working with long term perspectives and being effective in a way that works
• Why abolitionism?
• Investigating and exposing fur farms - How we did it and how you can do it
• Doing Research: Finding names, associations, companies, addresses, phone numbers of animal abusing companies
• Experiences from the North America: The "Green Scare" and more
• The "politics of nature" and why animal liberation is among the greatest conflicts and social movements of our time
• Art as a way of changing ideas
• Supporting animal rights prisoners - Why it`s so essential and how to do it
• Learning to use cameras for investigating and exposing animal abuse
• Cage ban - effective campaigning
• Using Open Rescue, Investigations and other campaign as part of abolitionist strategy
• Fur campaigning and global networking
• Anti-repression and solidarity in Austria - Experiences from the ongoing state repression
• Totalitarian economy and a new architecture of security: How government attacks on the animal liberation movement can be explained
• Why direct action for animals?
• Irish fur farms - An expose
• How to stay involved in the Animal Liberation movement long term. How we can avoid people burning out, dropping out and giving up.
• Security culture - Computers, people & culture: Protecting Yourself and Others
• Successes and defeats of the Brazilian AR-movement
• Using cameras as an effective tool
• Questioning reforms. A critical approach to the some so-called 'victories'.