27 April - 1 May 2007 - Austria

Vienna - EVU Talks 2007

EUROPEAN VEGETARIAN UNION

In an effort to facilitate cooperation with and between member organisations, the European Vegetarian Union will be organising annual `EVU Talks'. The 2007 theme is

'The veggie answer to world hunger'

When
Arrival Friday p.m. 27 April 2007, departure Tuesday 1 May 2007 a.m.

Where
VENUE IN AUSTRIA
Sport Inn/Sport- und Seminarzentrum im Prater
A-1020 Vienna (Leopoldsstadt/City Center)
Rustenschacherallee 3-5
Tel.: +43 1 720 84 91, Fax +43 1 720 16 91
Mobil: + 43 650 720 84 89
Email: ksv@ksv-sportzentrum.info
Website: http://www.ksv-sportzentrum.info/fr-sportinn.htm

Fees
- There is no registration fee

- Accomodation
"all-inclusive", meals in the "Sport Inn"

a. double room occupancy - including 4 breakfasts and 2 dinners
per person
230 Euro for 'early bird' bookings until 1 January 2007
250 Euro for bookings as of 2 January 2007

b. single room - including 4 breakfasts and 2 dinners
250 Euro for 'early bird' bookings until 1 January 2007
270 Euro for bookings as of 2 January 2007

Please let us know in case you want to:
- Book only accommodation (arrange meals yourself)
- Are interested in free private accommodation (arrange meals yourself)
- Want to make arrangements for a longer stay in Vienna
- Want to arrange a shorter stay or only certain days

We'll do our utmost to organize your stay to Vienna according to your wishes.

Programme

Friday, 27 April

Lunch time arrival, registration
Free time
Dinner in town
Vienna by night, visit Antun's Bio (Bar - juices are served)


Saturday, 28 April

0730 Yoga with Margaret Gunn-King (Seminar Room)
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center

0900 Board Meeting

1030 AGM

1300 Lunch in Vegetasia (7 minutes walk, meals as of 4,80 Euro)


Start EVU Talks

Moderation Felix Hnat

Global Hunger

1430 'The veggie answer to world hunger'
Renato Pichler, Switzerland
President EVU

1500 'Global Warming - Global Hunger - Gobal Crisis'
Anita Euschen
Animal Friends Croatia

Break

Cooperation

1600 "The synergy of vegetarian und animal rights activism"
Dr. Martin Balluch, Austria - President of Verein Gegen Tierfabriken (Association Against Animal Factories)
www.vgt.at

Environment

1700 Presentation of the Video ‘Devour the Earth’,
Official launch of a version translated into 15 languages
Thomas Cuk, Slovenia
cuk.thomas@gmail.com - www.VeggieInfo.net

1800 Dinner in Conference Center


Sunday, 29 April

0730 Yoga with Margaret Gunn-King (Seminar Room)
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center

Moderation Renato Pichler

Solidarity

0930 Spiritual hospitality - the solution to world hunger
Paul Turner - Food for Life, the world's largest Veg food relief was founded on the Vedic culture of hospitality that teaches equality of all life. Paul Turner will give an introduction to Vedic hospitality and how the principles it advocates can solve this age old problem without the need to spend billions of dollars in aid and UN conferences.

Break

1030 Barbara Ruetting, member of the Bavarian State Parliament
A report dealing with many facets of political, environmental and ethical issues
http://www.barbara-ruetting.de/
http://www.bayern.gruene.de/cms/default/rubrik/3/3793.htm

Discussion

Invitation to the 38th IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Dresden, Germany
100 YEARS OF FOOD REVOLUTION
Sunday July 27 - August 2, 2008
Presentation by Hildegund Scholvien

1300 Lunch in Vegetasia (7 minutes walk, meals as of 4,80 Euro)

1500 Brainstorming/Resume


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Invitation: The EVU Talks 2008 will take place in Switzerland:
“Vegetarianism, the ultimate animal welfare”
Point of contact: Swiss Union for Vegetarianism
e-mail: svv@vegetarismus.ch

1800 Dinner in Conference Center


Monday, 30 April

0730 Yoga with Margaret Gunn-King (Seminar Room)
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center

Tour of Vienna
sightseeing with a guide:
am: visiting Schloss Schönbrunn
pm: inner city sightseeing

Note: Those who want to visit the capital of Slovakia http://www.bratislava.sk/en/ can do so by train from “Südbahnhof”. There is one train per hour and the ride to Bratislava takes one hour.
For more information please contact Erwin Lengauer, e-mail erwin.lengauer@univie.ac.at

p.m. Return to Conference Center

1900 Stephen Walsh: "Good health without animal products"
Q&A


Tuesday, 1 May

0730 Yoga with Margaret Gunn-King (room to be announced)
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center

End of the EVU Talks 2007

For those staying longer in Vienna: In case you need help with private travel arrangements please contact
Erwin Lengauer, e-mail erwin.lengauer@univie.ac.at .


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Contributions and ideas are welcome before, during and after the EVU Talks!

Organiser
VEGANE GESELLSCHAFT ÖSTERREICH
Waidhausenstr. 13/1, A-1140 Wien
Tel: +43 1 929 14 988, Fax: +43 1 929 14 982
info@vegan.at

Point of Contact
Felix Hnat info@vegan.at - felix.hnat@gmx.net +43/ 676/ 531 88 95

Source: more details and registration:
Author: EVU

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