Vetmeduni: Keynote Speakers

Veterinary Ethics 2023

Keynote Speakers

Veterinary Ethics Conference 2023

Keynote Speakers

Anne Quain

"Why its bad to be good. Field notes from a career in veterinary ethics"

Anne Quain is a senior lecturer in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science. She is a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Animal Welfare Chapter and a Diplomat of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. She is the co author of Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases with Dr Siobhan Mullan, and co-editor of The Vet Cookbook, a collegial collaboration to promote wellbeing in the veterinary sector. She has written over 70 academic articles and book chapters, and submitted a doctoral thesis on ethically challenging situations encountered by veterinary team members. She also works in private practice as a general practitioner for companion animals.

Sabine Salloch

“The Birth of the ‘Digital Turn’ in Bioethics. Perspectives for Veterinary Ethics”

Sabine Salloch is a professor of medical ethics and head of the Institute of Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine at Hannover Medical School (Germany). She has academic backgrounds in medicine (M.D. University of Marburg 2006) and philosophy (Ph.D. University of Jena 2015) and specializes in empirical-ethical research, ethics of digitization in health care and medical professionalism. She is member of various ethics-related committees and boards such as the Central Ethics Commission at the German Federal Chamber of Physicians (since 2016) and the Central Ethics Commission for Stem Cell Research (Robert Koch Institute; since 2017).

Peter Sandøe

“Three forms of veterinary ethics – prescriptive, descriptive and reflective”

Peter Sandøe is originally trained as a philosopher at the University of Copenhagen and at Oxford University. He has been professor of bioethics at the University of Copenhagen since 1997, presently with his chair divided between the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and the Department of Food and Resource Economics. Since 2020 he has been director of the Centre for Companion Animal Welfare. A major part of his research has been within bioethics with particular emphasis on ethical issues related to animals, veterinary practice, biotechnology and food production. He is committed to interdisciplinary work combining perspectives from natural science, social sciences and philosophy. For more information about his research in the field of animal welfare, and animal and veterinary ethics see www.animalethics.net. Peter is also an active participant in public outreach and debates, both nationally and internationally, within his areas of expertise.

Sean Wensley

“Through A Vet's Eyes: How We Can All Choose a Better Life for Animals”

Sean Wensley is Senior Veterinarian for Animal Welfare and Professional Engagement at the UK veterinary charity, the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA). He chaired the Animal Welfare Working Group of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) from 2019-2022 and was President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) from 2015 – 2016. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Sean has contributed to animal welfare and conservation projects around the world and in 2017 he received the inaugural World Veterinary Association (WVA) Global Animal Welfare Award for Europe. His first book Through A Vet’s Eyes: How We Can All Choose a Better Life for Animals was selected as one of the Financial Times’ Best Summer Books of 2022.

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