Comme chaque année désormais EGALS tiendra son colloque annuel au mois de septembre cette fois-ci au siège de l'Abo Akademi à Turku, Finlande.
Le thème qui va être abordé est celui de la définition de ce qu'est le droit animalier (Animal Law).
Vous pourrez découvrir le programme ci-après. A noter la participation exceptionnelle du juriste américain Steven Wise le président du NhrP (Non Human Rights Project).
EGALS seminar 18-20 September 2018 at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland 
"What is Animal Law? Aim, Content and Future.  Is a new taxonomy in teaching and science needed ? "
PROGRAM  
Wednesday 19 September  Seminar at Åbo Akademi University, Domvillan, Gezeliuksenkatu 2.
 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.    
Opening 9.00-9.30 Welcoming and introduction   Dr. Birgitta Wahlberg   Current Animal Law teaching   Åbo Akademi University 
9.30-10.30  
Guest Speaker  Steven M. Wise President Nonhuman Rights Project  Animal Rights v. Animal Protection:  Different outcomes, different goals    
Session I        
10.30-11.00     "Moving from Legal Thing to Legal Person : evolution of the legal  status of animals in France" 
Jurist Jean-Marc Neumann ,Coordinator and Executive    Secretary of EGALS   France 
11.00-11.30     "The Evolving Legal Status of Non-Human Animals: What Implications ?" 
Dr. Joe Wills  University of Leicester for Human Rights Law     
Session II 
12.30-13.00  "Animal Law in Criminal Law"  
Dr.Tarja Koskela, University of Eastern Finland   
13.00-13.30   "Animal Law: Globally Protecting  Animals? A New Approach in Research"
 Dr Sabine Brels, LL.D, Global Animal Law (GAL) project Cofounder & Manager 
Session III          
14.00-14.30 "Reimagining Animal Law"   
PhD Tero Kivinen  Helsinki University 
14.30-15.00 "Drawing the Borders of Animal"  
Dr. Visa AJ Kurki  Law      Helsinki University 
Session IV 
15.00-15.30 "Animal Law in the public,academic and political environment"      
lic.iur. Vanessa Gerritsen Tier Im Recht, Switzerland  
15.30-16.00 "At the intersection of science, law and ethics - animal law as a multi-disciplinary academic program"    
LL.M. in Animal Law and Society Sacha Lucassen .  Denmark  
Seminar Summary  
16.00-17.00  Final remarks by J.D. Pamela D. Frasch  Associate Dean of the Animal Law Program, Executive Director of the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School Animal Law Evolves: Lessons from 25 Year of Program Development 
Summary by Birgitta Wahlberg Discussion Decision on EGALS seminar 2019