About Our Events
We host a variety of online and in-person events about the consciousness, sentience, agency, moral status, legal status, and political status of nonhumans, with special focus on animals and AI. Our public events are free for all. We also record events where possible, and we host videos of past events on our website and youtube page.
“The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ nor, ‘Can they talk?’ but, ‘Can they suffer?’” – Jeremy Bentham
Upcoming Events
Animals in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Andrew Stawasz
February 11, 2026
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Past Events
Introducing the Digital Consciousness Model
Hayley Clatterbuck, Derek Shiller, Arvo Muñoz Morán, and Laura Duffy from the AI Cognition Initiative at Rethink Priorities
January 23, 2026 | 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
ET
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Animals and the Constitution
John Adenitire and Raffael Fasel
December 3, 2025 | 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
ET
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2025 Brooks Animal Law Student Summit at NYU
Various speakers
November 15, 2025
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A Bill of Rights for Animals
Cass Sunstein
Rosenthal Pavilion | Kimmel Center, 10th Floor | 60 Washington Square South
September 17, 2025 | 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
ET
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Workshop: Animals Matter
Cass Sunstein
Workshop: Digital Consciousness Model
Rethink Priorities
September 8, 2025
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