The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Animals - Global Sustainability and Animals: Welfare, Policies and Technologies

St Catharine's College and Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK;

University National Autonomia Mexico, Mexico;

University of Winchester, UK;
Andrew Knight previously worked in small animal veterinary practice. He is now Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, and Founding Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare, at England’s University of Winchester. Additionally, he is a European and British Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law; an American and New Zealand Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare; a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and a Principal Fellow of Advance HE. He has a large number of academic and popular publications, several websites, and an extensive series of YouTube videos, on animal welfare issues.

Alexandria University, Egypt;
Amira is an Assistant professor of Animal and Poultry behaviour and management at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt, where she teaches courses and conducts research on animal behaviour, poultry behaviour, cognition, animal management, animal welfare and human animal interactions. In 2012, she earned her PHD degree in Animal and Poultry behaviour and management from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt. She had also MSc degree in 2008. Her research focuses on studying how animal interact with its environment and the impact of this environmental conditions on its behaviour and welfare, in addition to human animal interaction and its impact on animal welfare. Animals are subjected to stressors, in which they try to adapt with it through their behavioural responses, understanding such behavioural responses can help in reducing the impact of such stressors on animal welfare.

Curtin University, Australia;

University of Bristol, UK;
John Webster MA, Vet MB, PhD, DVM (Hon) is Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol. He was a founding member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, where he established the concept of the “Five Freedoms” for assessment of animal welfare. He is a former President of both the Nutrition Society and the British Society for Animal Science. His publications include his two Animal Welfare books, 'A Cool Eye towards Eden' and 'Limping towards Eden' (Wiley) and the more recent' Animal Husbandry Regained: the place of farm animals in sustainable agriculture'. A new Animal Welfare book, ‘Understanding sentient minds- and why it matters’ will be published in 2022.

Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;
Interests: agricultural and livestock engineering; rural buildings; GHG emissions; agro-environmental sustainability; by-products, biomass and renewable energies