Animal Welfare and Public Health Symposium

Northwestern Pritzker Law, the Program on Food and Animal Law and Sustainability and the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center present a Symposium on "Animal Welfare and Public Health."

In this symposium, we will delve deep into the critical issues that arise at the crossroads of animal welfare and public health. We aim to provide a comprehensive platform for engaging discussions and knowledge sharing, and we are proud to present an agenda that promises a day filled with meaningful insights. Virtual and in-person attendance options are available.

The program is pending approval for general CLE credit hours in Illinois.

This event will bring together leading experts and thought leaders from diverse backgrounds to explore the pressing challenges and potential opportunities within this complex intersection.

Participants:

• Steven Roach, MA, Safe and Health Food Program Director, Food Animal Concerns Trust
  2025 FISL Public Interest Fellow-in-Residence
• Raphael Aguiar, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University
• Kathleen Garvey, JD, Staff Attorney, Environmental Law & Policy Center
• Colleen Duncan, PhD, Professor of Pathology in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
• Moderator: TBD

Participant:

• Leah Garcés, MS, Founder, Transfarmation; CEO and President, Mercy for Animals

Symposium Agenda:

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Panel: CAFOs, Public Health and Zoonotic Disease

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Keynote Address on Transfarmation

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Book Signing and Reception

Host or Publisher Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law