GLOBAL
EVENTS.
COLLECTIVE
IMPACT.
Where advocates unite and movements advance
AVA is the beating heart of global animal advocacy. We create spaces that enhance impact, accelerate strategy, and form lifelong connections. Our events will make you feel like home, no matter where you are on your journey.
Upcoming Events
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jan 30–Feb 1, 2026
AVA Summit Argentina convenes leaders in farmed animal advocacy from across Latin America to advance strategy, funding, and cross-movement collaboration. Over three days, advocates, researchers, funders, campaigners and more share evidence-based approaches to accelerate systemic change for animals across the region.
Berlin, Germany
March 23-25, 2026
AVA Academy Berlin is an intensive, cohort-based training for advocates ready to deepen strategic skills. Across three days of workshops and peer learning, participants build capacity in research, policy, fundraising, communications, and organizational health to strengthen high-impact animal advocacy work in Europe and beyond.
Toronto, Canada
May 21-24, 2026
AVA Summit Canada brings together global and regional experts in animal advocacy to drive movement alignment, funding pathways, and strategic coordination. The program centers high-impact interventions for farmed animals, featuring research insights, campaign strategy, philanthropy, cross-sector collaboration and more to accelerate systemic change.
May 21, 2026
A curated match-making system for funders and grantees to meet. By application only.
Accra, Ghana
July 2026
AVA Summit Ghana convenes advocates across Africa to strengthen the region’s growing farmed animal movement. The event focuses on evidence-based strategy, funding access, coalition-building, and context-specific approaches to drive durable systems change for animals across the continent.
Bangkok, Thailand
October 2026
AVA Summit Asia gathers advocates working across the region to address the world’s largest concentration of farmed animals. The event advances region-specific strategy, policy, funding, and cross-movement collaboration to accelerate systemic change and reduce animal suffering across Asian food systems.
Opportunities
Apply to share your expertise as a speaker
Share your expertise, inspire others, and build connections within the movement. If you’re ready to contribute your knowledge, apply to speak at upcoming events!
Become a sponsor
Support the world’s leading convenings for farmed animal advocacy. Sponsorship enables strategic programs, movement coordination, and year-round capacity building — while positioning your organization among the sector’s most committed partners.
Apply for a travel scholarship
Travel scholarships reduce financial barriers for advocates whose work advances systemic change for farmed animals. AVA strives to ensure that every advocate worldwide can access at least one AVA Summit per year by providing need-based funding for participation, learning, and contribution to movement strategy.
Become an exhibitor
Showcase your organization or initiative to a global audience of funders, advocates, researchers, and movement leaders. Exhibiting at an AVA Summit creates direct connections, strengthens visibility, and supports collaboration across the farmed animal advocacy ecosystem.
What people are saying about AVA events:
Every animal protection group should be present at AVA. It's a fantastic place to connect, debate and learn.”
Mahi Klosterhalfen, Albert Schweitzer Foundation
Thanks to AVA, I met with people who will impact my work profoundly.
Brazil 2024 Attendee
AVA is an anchor for our movement.
Meghan O’Brien Lowery, MegLow Consulting
AVA Summit was a celebration of collaboration, shared learning, and the power of community. Every conversation, every idea shared at this gathering transformed into a decisive step forward for animals."
Iselda Livoni, ARBA Peru
AVA rocks! There is no better place for animal advocates to meet, forge new partnerships and collaborations, AND have fun in the process.”
karol, Faunalytics
It’s overwhelming how many amazing and inspirational people are here!”
Seb Alex, Middle East Vegan Society
AVA is the best time of the year and it only gets better each year.”
John Oberg
AVA events have been incredibly valuable for my work in the alternative protein space in China.”
Jeff Zhou, Compassion in World Farming
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