2025 COMPASS final conference

2025 COMPASS final conference

As a closing event, the COMPASS project organised the conference Compassionate Futures: Dismantling the Dynamics of Power and Violence in Human–Animal Relationships. The conference took place at the Communication Campus of Universitat Pompeu Fabra from 17 to 19 June 2025.
18.09.2025

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COMPASS project members presented their findings in a special panel featuring Núria Almiron, Estela Diaz, Laura Fernandez and Olatz Aranceta-Reboredo –chaired by Zipporah Weisberg. Núria Almiron also presented additional findings on propaganda, history and vivisection during a dedicated session on animal experimentation.

The conference featured three keynote speeches by Kadri Aavik, Corey Wrenn, and Vasile Stanescu, as well as 34 paper presentations. The conference also offered two roundtable discussions: one on animal advocacy in Spain, and a second with Catalan film director Jusep Moreno, discussing his documentary Si als bous. The documentary was also screened during the conference.

COMPASS Panel / Kadri Aavik's keynote / Corey Wrenn's keynote / Vasile Stanescu's keynote

Compassionate Futures Conference

Barcelona, 17-19 June, 2025
Auditorium  Poblenou Campus
Universitat Pompeu Fabra