International Vegetarian Union - World Vegetarian Congress, Dresden, Germany 2008

International Vegetarian Union (IVU)

38th IVU World Vegetarian Congress
Dresden, Germany
100 YEARS OF FOOD REVOLUTION
Sunday July 27 - Sunday August 3, 2008

English - Deutsch
video audio text powerpoint photos

EVU

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Ana Cernavca Ambarish Project

Der Bürgermeister von Dresden

Christina Jordan & Eberhard Noest

The Congress in Multimedia
For background details see the pre-congress website: English / Deutsch
audio files all in mp3

Congress on TV - from SupremeMaster TV, broadcast by satellite worldwide on November 9 and 16, 2008 : Part 1 (36mb) - Part 2 (37mb) - duration about 12-13 mins each program. (courtesy of suprememastertv.com)
Congress Video on YouTube - also from SMTV (2.45 mins)

The Opening Ceremony, Sunday, July 27, 20.00:

audio: Ana Cernavca Ambarish Project song 'Have a Heart' 5.36 minutes, English - Text: Song Lyrics English
audio: Eva Wester 16.08 mins, Deutsch, some English
audio: Der Bürgermeister von Dresden 6.47mins, Deutsch
audio: Renato Pichler, Switzerland, president of the European Vegetarian Union, 6.31mins, mostly English - Text (.doc 73k): Renato: English / Renato: Deutsch
audio: Christina Jordan, soprano, and Eberhard Noest, piano - classical songs 12.58 mins
audio: Thomas Schoenberger, Germany - President of VEBU 2.56 mins, English
audio: Saurabh Dalal, USA, Deputy Chair of IVU 3.47 mins, English
audio: technical problems so... 0.57mins, English/Deutsch
audio: Christina Jordan & Eberhard Noest - more songs 6.46mins
John Davis, IVU Manager & Historian
1. open this first, but do not run: - Powerpoint (1mb mostly English): Why Dresden? - The Origins of IVU
2. click on this to start sound, starts slow due to tech probs: audio: Why Dresden? ... 23.03mins, English
3. now select 'slide show' then 'from beginning' on ppt, lots of clicks per page needed
audio: Christina & Eberhard - more songs 11.31mins
audio: Kurt Eide - ein Nachkomme von einem der ursprünglichen Kongreßdelegierten 1908 12.12mins Deutsch
audio: Ana Cernavca Ambarish Project Let Them Play and My Sweet Lord -11.12mins, English, einige Deutsch - Text: song lyrics: Let Them Play English
photos: More photos from the Opening Ceremony

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Eva Wester ... 1908 Kleidung

Thomas Schoenberger
and Saurabh Dalal

photos:Accommodation - hotel & hostel

photos: Around the Kulturpalast

Eisenhart von Loeper

photos: Lectures - Monday (main hall only)

Frauenkirche

Monday, July 28: (times in bold type were in the main theatre)

---Monday Morning Speakers--- bios, photos abstracts, English

9.15: Dilip Barman, USA - Introduction to Animal Rights Philosophy- Text (PDF 585k English): handouts/slides for the talk
10.40: audio: Studienvorstellung 5.26 mins Deutsch
10.45: Eisenhart von Loeper, Deutschland - Text (.doc 74k Deutsch): Die Kraft zum Einklang mit dem Leben - Tierrechte, Grundgesetz und Dimensionen des Menschseins

---Monday 14.00 Speakers--- bios, photos abstracts, English
14.00: Martin Schlatzer, Österreich - Text (.doc 2.4mb Deutsch ): Ernährungsökologische Aspekte des Vegetarismus – Fokus Klimawandel
14.00: Dr. Edmund Semler, Österreich - Rohe Nahrung: Mythen, Tatsachen und Erfolge einer alternativen Diät
14.00: Stephen Walsh, UK -Text (PDF 321k English) Healthy and Economical Living without Animal Products
14.00: Christopher Fettes, Ireland - International Friendships between Vegetarian Families
14.00: Rynn Berry, USA - Christ versus anti-Christ: the Vegetarianism of Jesus and Hitler

---Monday 14.55 Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts, English
14.55: John Davis, UK - Powerpoint (7mb download this first!!): 100 Years of the International Vegetarian Union English/Deutsch but mostly pictures - audio: 100 Years ... 49.07mins English
14.55: Prof. Peter Hines + Dr. Matthew Cole, UK - The Impact of Food Supply Chains in Global Warming: The Livestock Effect
14.55: Brenda Davis, USA - Defeating Diabetes: Lessons learned from the Marshall Islands
14.55: Dr. Alberto P. Gonzales, Brazil - Raw Vegetarian Kitchen: Hope for Health at the Bottom of the Pyramid
14.55: Saurabh Dalal, USA - Ahimsa and the Spirit of Jainism
14.55: Marlene Kautz, Deutschland - Atmung, Bewegung, Meditation

---Monday 16.00+16.55 Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts, English
16.00: photos: VEBU AGM / EVU AGM
16.00: Thomas Schwartz, Deutschland - Jugendkultur, Musik und Gesellschaftskritik
16.00: Dr. Riccardo Trespidi, Italy - The Science of Ethical Nutrition
16.00: Dipl.-Ökonom Bernd Ackermann, Deutschland - Tierfreundliche ökologische Landwirtschaft und unsere irdische Zukunft
16.00: Didi Sudesh, Germany - Body, Soul, Mind and Matter
16.55: Eric Karlsson, Sweden - Nature Cure: A Holistic Natural Living and Self-Healing System
16.55: Jayant Patel, UK - A Strategic Approach to Eradication of Animal Cruelty, World Hunger and Environment Devastation
16.55: Film Devour the Earth English with German subtitles / Speaker's Corner
20.00: Galli Theater
Text (.doc 29k Deutsch): Mittagsgebet in der Frauenkirche Dresden

photos: In the Dining Hall

Texts: Transcripts of Talks

Dilip Barman

photos: Around Dresden

photos: VEBU AGM

Peter Clarys

Vesanto Melina

George Jacobs Ph.D.

Sebastian Zösch

photos: Lectures - Tuesday

Tuesday, July 29:

---Tuesday Morning Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts English

09.15: Prof. Peter Clarys, Belgium - Text (.doc 36k English): Vegetarian Nutrition and Physical Performance Capacity
10.45: Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, Canada - Vegan Nutrition for Life - Big Blunders, Simple Solutions

---Tuesday 14.00 Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts English
14.00: Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina - Powerpoint (28mb!!! English): Nutrition for raw food diets
14.00: Paul Turner, USA - audio: Food for Life - the World's Largest Vegan Food relief organisation 36.49 mins English
14.00: Elena Pridie, Romania - Text (.doc 49k English): Focus on Children – Vegetarian from the Start
14.00: Dorrit Franze, Deutschland - Rechtliche Tipps und Tricks für die aktive Tierrechtsarbeit
14.00: George Jacobs, Singapore - Text (.doc 78k English): Howard Gardner and His Theory of Multiple Intelligences - audio: Howard Gardner .... 43.39 mins English

---Tuesday 14.55 Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts English
14.55: Prof. Dr.med. Bernd Krönig, Deutschland - Einfluss vegetarischer Kost auf Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen
14.55: Rynn Berry, USA - Ethical Vegetarianism and Non-Violence in the World's religions
14.55: Jan Stastny, Czech Republic - Historical Cartoons Portraying Vegetarians
14.55: Sebastian Zösch, Deutschland - Strategische Überlegungen zur Verbreitung der vegetarischen Idee
14.55: Dr. Erika Gartmann, Deutschland - Symptomatik der psychischen Folgen des Fleischkonsums

---Tuesday 16.00 Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts, English
16.00: Text (.doc 7k English): IVU General Meeting minutes - Text (PDF 3mb): IVU General Meeting presentation - photos: IVU Meetings
16.00: Sigfried Pater, Deutschland - Fast-Food zerstört Leben
16.00: Tina-Luise Fischer, Deutschland - Personenstatus und Würde für höhere Säugetiere?
16.00: Guido von Arx, Die Schweiz - Spiritueller Vegetarismus
16.00: Alexander Nabben, Deutschland - Milch ist mehr als weißes Blut

---Tuesday 16.55 Speakers--- bios, photos, abstracts English
16.55: Stefan Gyperke + Andreas Hänni, Die Schweiz - Aspekte der veganen Ernährung aus medizinischer und leistungssportlicher Sicht
16.55: Dipl. Oek.-Troph. Dagmar Puhl Sadhvi Daya, Österreich/Austria - Vegetarismus aus der Sicht des Yoga / Vegetarianism and Yoga
16.55: Dr. Edmund Haferbeck, Deutschland - Tierrechte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Ökologie, Welthunger und Klimakatastrophe
16.55: Ingo F. Rittmeyer, Deutschland - Warum macht uns unser täglich Brot krank?

Brenda Davis

Paul Turner

photos: the
market stalls

Jan Stastny

photos: IVU General Meeting

Mahi Klosterhalven

photos: pop concert & other evening entertainments

photos: Lectures - Wednesday

Wednesday July 30:

---Wednesday Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English

09.15: Barbara Rütting, Deutschland - Text (.doc 104k Deutsch): Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde, VegetarierInnen und ( noch)- NichtvegetarierInnen!
10.45: Dr. Matthew Cole + Dr. Karen Morgan, UK - Text (PDF 387k English): Ethical Vegetarianism and the Challenge of Interlocking Oppressions: how do we create Vegatopia?
14.00: Sebastian Zösch + Mahi Klosterhalven, Deutschland - Text (PDF 1.3mb Deutsch): Veggie-Investition und Unternehmen - Text (PDF 1.6mb Deutsch): Unternehmensvorstellung Sattgrün
14.00: photos: Dresden City Tour - guided sightseeing tours (photo right)
photos: Demo at the Austrian Consulate
photos: Boat trip to Meissen
20.00: photos: Rock/pop concert

photos: Austrian Demo

photos: Boat Trip to Meissen

Caryn Hartglass

World Group Leaders Meeting

Jan Stastny

Nitin Mehta

photos: Lectures - Thursday

Thursday, July 31:

---Thursday Morning Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English

09.15: Caryn Hartglass, USA - Text (.doc 103k English): Eating to Protect our Ecosystem
10.45: Gerry Coffey, USA

---Thursday 14.00 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos, English
14.00: Dr. Roberta Kalechofsky, USA - The Vegetarian Tradition in the Jewish Religion
14.00: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rochlitz, Deutschland - Text (.doc 63k Deutsch): Vegane Ernährung und Nachhaltigkeit
14.00: Sonja Lewandoski
14.00: Thomas Müller-Schöll, Deutschland - Vegetarisches Kinderprojekt für eine gesunde und gewaltfreie Erde
14.00: Zuzana Skvarilova, Czech Republic Vegetarianism as the Foundation for the Sustainable Development of Human Existence
14.00: Annette Pinner - Meeting of Society Leaders to Exchange Experiences

---Thursday 14.55 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos, English
14.55: Charlotte Probst, Österreich- Text (.doc 63k Deutsch):Tierethik-Überlegungen
14.55: Vesanto Melina, Canada - Surviving and Thriving Despite Food Allergies
14.55: Nadita Shah, India - Eating Animals and the Resultant Desensitization of our Species. Are we paying too high a price?
14.55: Dr. Corina Gericke, Germany - The Way out of the Blind Alley of Animal Research Oriented Medicine - Vegetarian and Vegan Diets as a Contribution against Animal Experiments

---Thursday 16.00 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos, English
16:00: Jan Stastny, Czech Republic - Text (.doc 51k English): Franz Kafka, Vegetarian Activist - audio: Franz Kafka ... 45.39 mins English
16.00: Esther Ouwehand, Netherlands / Stefan Eck, Germany / Ralph Chaloupek, Austria - The Necessity of Political Engagement for Animal Welfare and Animal Rights. The Animal Welfare Parties
16.00: Stephen Walsh, UK - Text (PDF 446k English): Myths and Misconceptions: Things 'everyone knows' which aren't true
16.00: Marly Winckler, Brazil - audio: Vegetarianism: a Revolutionary Lifestyle 46.25 English
16.00: Renato Pichler, Switzerland - Veggie Meets Industry: the V-Label project

---Thursday 16.55 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos, English
16.55: Saurabh Dalal, USA - Text (.doc 49k English): A Global Plant-based Solution to Global Warming
16.55: Nitin Mehta, UK - Text (16k English): European Vegetarians from the 18th Century Onwards - the Hindu Influence
16.55: Tobias Leenaert, Belgium - Reaching Everybody. Campaigning for one Vegetarian day a Week
18.00: probe mit musik
20.00: concert

Gerry Coffey

Saurabh Dalal

Tobias Leenart

Prof. Dr. Eugen Drewermann

Shankar Narayan

photos: Lectures - Friday

photos: Closing Ceremony

photos: Gala Dinner

Reports from some who were there

Friday, August 1:

---Friday Morning Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English

09.15: Prof. Dr. Eugen Drewermann, Germany - Animals and People: Towards a new Ethical relationship. Von Tieren und Menschen oder: Das Postulat einer neuen Ethik
10.45: Paula Brügger, Brazil - Text (PDF 273k English): 'Instrumental rationality' as a Key Concept in Understanding our Relationship with Nature

---Friday 14.00 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English
14.00: Dr. Karl von Koerber, Deutschland - Text (.doc 84k Deutsch): Nachhaltigkeit und Ernährung – Ökologische, wirtschaftliche, soziale und gesundheitliche Dimensionen des Essens
14.00: Vibeke Helder, Netherlands- audio: How to Start a Health Care Insurance for Vegetarians 35.39 mins English
14.00: Zuzana Skvarilova, Czech Republic - Vegetarian Diet as a Protective Diet
14.00: Birgit Otto, Deutschland - Der subtile Seducer: Raffinierter Zucker und sein 'Süßes Secrets'
14.00: Kurt Schmiedinger

---Friday 14.55 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English
14.55: Maria Rollinger, Deutschland - Text (.doc 54k Deutsch): Vortrag : Milch- und Glutenunverträglichkeit (Zöliakie)
14.55: Sadbhuka Braphu - Vegetarianism in the Different Tradtitions of Ancient India
14.55: Melanie Bujok - Die Ontologisierung des Tieres zum „Nutztier“. Soziologische und psychologische Einsichten in die gesellschaftliche Produktion von Nutztierhaltung und Schlachtung
14.55: Martina Kobs-Metzger, Deutschland - Text (PDF 1.5mb Deutsch): Der indische Ernährungsunterricht von Ayurveda - landscape format, for printing
14.55: Jitka Skockova, Czech Republic - Introduction of the Czech Society for Nutrition and Vegetarianism

---Friday 16.00 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English
16.00: George Jacobs Ph.D., Singapore- Text (.doc 110k English): Children's Books for Promoting Veg-Friendly Attitudes- audio: Children's ... 40.37mins, English with German examples
16.00: Dr. Markus Keller, Deutschland - Potentially Critical Nutrients in Vegetarian Diets - Latest Scientific Findings
16.00: Sister Wako Ishikawa, Japan - Zen Vegetarianism in Japan: Meals and Spirituality
16.00: Karen Soeters, Netherlands - audio: Dutch Film 'Meat the Truth' (in English) with introduction 26.44 mins English (sound only...)
16.00: Francesco Maurelli, Ireland - Vegetarianism and Esperanto: two Green Ways

---Friday 16.55 Speakers--- bios, abstracts, photos English
16.55: Shankar Narayan, India - Text (.doc 58k English): Origin & History of Vegetarianism in India - audio: Origin &... 42.19mins, English
16.55: Dr. Marco Ceriani + Cinzia Chiarenza, Italy -Nutrition and Training for Champion of the World and Miss Universe
16.55: Susianto Tseng, Indonesia - audio: The Nutritional Status of Vegetarian Children in Indonesia 39.18mins, English
16.55: Panel discussion on nutrition
17.45: - photos: Closing Ceremony
20.00: photos: Gala Farewell Dinner