ANIMAL
RIGHTS
CONFERENCE
SCOTLAND
Animal Rights Conference Scotland (2025)
is an activist-led vegan conference, uniting voices across the community to strengthen animal advocacy and inspire meaningful change towards ending animal exploitation.
13th September, 2025
The Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, UK
Our
Speakers
PAUL BASHIR
VEGAN ACTIVIST, CO-FOUNDER OF ANONYMOUS FOR THE VOICELESS
“Don’t be the vegan that non-vegans and other vegans want you to be, be the vegan that animals need you to be.”
TOM
HARRIS
CO-FOUNDER OF PHOENIX PROJECT
"Every single one of us has the power to change the world.
As we step into that power, creating unified community action groups will build a mass movement to secure true, and total liberation.
I’m on a mission to make that happen, with you."
CLIF
GRANT
ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
& ADVOCATE
"Until it is done."
Schedule
09:00 – Registration opens
10:00 – Welcome & opening remarks​
10:10 – Ex-vegans and veganism (Dhaval Patel)
10:25 – Why vegans aren’t active (Alex Dallow)
10:45 – Being a responsible member of the Radical Flank (Jes Jester)
11:15 – Mid-morning break
11:35 – Post-break meditation
11:45 – The importance of anti-speciesist rhetoric in the animal liberation movement (Justina M Kolberg)
12:05 – Online Safety Act and Vegan (Paul Shuttleworth)
12:30 – Building local groups: the power of ground up organising (Tom Harris)
13:25 – Lunch break
14:25 – Post-break meditation
14:35 – Interactive session – Unlearning Speciesist Language
15:05 – Five next steps towards animal liberation (Devon Docherty)
15:30 – Relentless (Clif Grant)
16:20 – Afternoon break
16:40 – Zoos and Circuses in the Animal Rights Movement (Laura Walton)
17:00 – Insight to Effective Vegan Activism (Paul Bashir)
18:00 – Closing reflections
Sponsors
Our
Venue
THE CORN EXCHANGE
EDINBURGH
11 New Market Road
Edinburgh​
EH14 1RJ
United Kingdom
GETTING HERE
Train
The nearest train station is Slateford. Edinburgh Waverley = 11 minutes Haymarket = 4 minutes
Bus
From the south, bus numbers 4, 34, 35, 44, N33, and 300 stop nearby.
From the north, bus numbers 3, 25, 30, 33, 38, N25, N28, N30, X27, and X 28 stop nearby.
Car
We’re easy to get to by all major approach roads, including A70 (South) and A71 (North), Edinburgh City bypass and the M8 and M9 motorways.
There are limited options for on street parking in the surrounding area, so we recommend using public transport.
Co-Founder of Project Phoenix