2012 Animal Activists Forum: Booking Information
20 & 21 October. Sydney
Dear Animal Activist,
Following a very busy year for the Australian animal activist community, we are pleased to invite all Australian activists to the 2012 Animal Activist Forum. This years event will be held in Sydney on the 20th & 21st of October. The venue this year will be The Portside Conference Centre, Kent Street, Sydney http://www.portsidecentre.com.au
This year's forum will have three rooms booked and will allow for three seminars to run concurrently throughout the weekend. Throughout the weekend attendees will have the choice to only attend the sessions of interest to themselves. The event will run from 8:30am until 5:30pm on both days. Prompt arrival at 8:30am is requested.
Following the warm reception to previous international speakers, this year we intend to continue with Skype presentations, and we are in the process of confirming our international speakers at the moment.
In 2011 we began the forum by inviting all Australian groups to summarise their past year's work in a one minute summary. We will be continuing this in 2012, so prompt arrival on the day will be with crucial.
Throughout the weekend we will host in depth workshops and presentations on specialist topics of interest to animal activists. Our provisional timetable includes:
·Organisation reviews
· Promoting veganism
· Intersectionality
· Preventing burn-out
· Photography
· Activsist legal training
· Working with rural communities
· And many more!
The forum will be catered with 100% vegan food and lunches, refreshments and break-time snacks are all included in the ticket price.
Ticket Prices are as follows:
Unwaged: $70
Standard: $100
Solidarity: $200 (for those who wish to financially support the event).
Tickets can be purchased at:
http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=28525&emb...
For those without access to credit card, or those not wishing to book online, you may register using a paper form, by requesting a paper form from info[at]activistsforum.com
Throughout the weekend, that we hope you can all attend:
· On Friday 19th October there will be an unofficial social meeting, details TBC
· Our Activists Forum vegan meal on Saturday 20th, at Bodhi restaurant, 2-4 College St, Sydney.
Tickets for the social dinner can be purchased at:
http://www.trybooking.com/Booking/BookingEventSummary.aspx?eid=28526&emb...
or by requesting a paper form from info[at]activistsforum.com
If you wish to present on a specific topic, or on the work that your group has been involved with in the past year, please let us know at presentations[at]activistsforum.com. Please attach a short one paragraph summary of your topic, and how long you would like to speak.
See you in October!
Animal Activists Forum Conveners
www.activistsforum.com
info[at]activistsforum.com