Summary: Mark Reinfeld,Soup’s OnMark Reinfeld is an award-winning chef and author or coauthor of six books, includingVegan Fusion World Cuisine,The 30 Minute Vegan,The 30 Minute Vegan’s Taste of the East, andThe 30 Minute Vegan’s Taste of Europe—which bothVegetarian TimesandVegNewsnamed to their “Top Cookbooks of 2012” lists. He offers culinary trainings and tours worldwide and online at VeganFusion.com. He lives in Miami Beach.Jonathan Balcombe PhD, Author, scientist and leading animal advocateAnimal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe is a passionate advocate for animals and their living spaces. Born in England and raised in Canada and New Zealand, Balcombe showed an early interest in animals. His favorite place to visit at age three was the London Zoo and by six he was gazing at insects in the backyard. He studied biology at York University and Carleton University in Canada before getting a PhD in Ethology—the study of animal behavior—from the University of Tennessee in 1991, where he studied vocal recognition and mother pup reunion behavior in the Mexican Free-tailed Bat. He has published over 50 journal articles and book chapters ranging from turtle nesting behavior to the ethics of animal dissection. His 2006 bookPleasurable Kingdomis the first in-depth examination of animals’ capacity to enjoy life. His subsequent booksSecond Nature, andThe Exultant Arkcontinue to present animals in a new light and presage a revolution in the human-animal relationship. He is currently writing a book on the inner lives of fishes. A popular speaker, Balcombe has given invited presentations on six continents (the penguins are still waiting for him to visit Antarctica). Balcombe is an Ambassador to The Pollination Project, and he serves on several advisory boards, including the National Museum of Animals and Society, the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, and Primates Incorporated. He is Executive Director of the newly-formed Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, in Washington. In his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, and Bach.As mentioned on the program, here is the link to theForthcoming Conference: Animal Thinking and Emotion (17-18 March 2014, Washington, DC)
