Our 2011 Speakers:
- Amey Mathews, Vegan Eats and Treats
- Anika Lehde, Veganscore & Lion’s Share Industries
- Ben, Suicide Food
- Bianca Phillips, Vegan Crunk
- Bryanna Clark Grogan, Notes from a Vegan Feast Kitchen/21st Century Table and self-titled website, Chef and Author
- Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, The Healthy Voyager
- Chelsea Lincoln, Flavor Vegan
- Christa of Veggin’ Out with Christa
- Colleen Holland, VegNews
- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Compassionate Cooks, Author of Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me Vegan, Vegan’s Daily Companion, & The 30-Day Vegan Challenge
- Dawn M. Quinn, Vegan Moxie
- Dynise Balcavage, Urban Vegan, Author of The Urban Vegan and the upcoming Celebrate Vegan!
- Elizabeth Castoria, VegNews
- Erika Larson, The Cosmopolitan Hour, Soyfucker
- Fran Costigan, More Great Good Dairy Free Desserts Naturally
- Gabrielle Pope, Vegans on the Move
- Gena Hamshaw, Choosing Raw
- Ginny Messina, The Vegan R.D.
- Hannah Kaminsky, BitterSweet, My Sweet Vegan, Blondies and Brownies, Author
- Isa Chandra Moskowitz, The Post Punk Kitchen, Vegan Brunch, Veganomicon, Vegan with a Vengeance, Author
- Jason Das, SuperVegan.com
- Janessa Philemon-Kerp, Epicurious Vegan, Modified Style (VVC founder)
- Jasmin Singer,Our Hen House, Activist and Writer
- Jess Scone, Get Sconed! & StumptownVegans.com (VVC founder)
- Joanna Vaught, Yellow Rose Recipes, Author
- John McDevitt, The Laziest Vegans & Vegan Omaha
- Joni Marie Newman, Just the Food, 500 Vegan Recipes, Cozy Inside, Author
- Jordan Pattern, The Cosmopolitan Hour, Vegansaurus.com
- Julie Hasson, Everyday Dish TV, Native Bowl, Vegan Diner (coming soon), Author
- Kelly Peloza, The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur, Seitan Beats Your Meat, Author
- Kittee Berns, Paku Paku, Cake Maker to the Stars, Papa Tofu, Author
- Kyle Domer, Vegan Vagrant
- Laura Beck, Vegansaurus.com
- Lauren Marie, Whoa, Wren
- Leigh-Chantelle, Viva La Vegan!
- Lidiana, The Spicy Vegan
- Maeve, Heartichoke Supper Club
- Meave Gallagher, Vegansaurus.com
- MeShell Gudz, Prairie Vegan
- Michele Truty, Vegtastic Voyage (VVC founder)
- Mo, Mo Betta Vegan
- Ryan Patey, T.O.F.U. magazine
- Samantha Cohen, SuperVegan.com
- Sarah Matheny, Peas and Thank You
- Sayward Rebhal, Bonzai Aphrodite
- Sherri Montgomery, Vegan Nosh, Like Words Together
- Stephanie Redcross, Veganmainstream.com, Founder
- Sunny Subramanian, PETA 2, Vegan Beauty Review
- Susan Voisin, Fat Free Vegan Kitchen, Fat Free Vegan
- Terry Hope Romero, The Post Punk Kitchen, Viva Vegan!, Veganomicon, VegNews columnist, Author
- Webly Bowles, Fueled by Popcorn, Stumptown Vegans
- Wendy Gabbe Day, Veg Food & Fit, Scatter Vegan Sweets, Author
“Wow. This conference lineup is a “who’s who” of the vegan blog world” – Grant Butler, The Oregonian, Food and Arts Writer, Vegan
Check out the Conference Agenda for our topics.
Stay tuned to our blog for updates on confirmed speakers, classes, and news.
Note: We are no longer accepting applications to speak at the first Vida Vegan Con. We simply don’t have room on the busy schedule—but if you email us, we’re happy to keep you in mind for wherever Vida Vegan Con is in May 2013! And of course, you’re encouraged to attend.
Please shoot us an email at VidaVeganConference [at] gmail.com, and we’ll keep you in mind for the next event.
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- Joanna Vaught, Yellow Rose Recipes
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- Susan Voisin, Fat Free Vegan
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- Meave Gallagher, Vegansaurus.com
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- Mama Pea, aka Sarah
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- Kelly Peloza, Vegan Cookie Connoisseur
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- Hannah Kaminsky, BitterSweet Blog
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- Fran Costigan, Queen of Vegan Desserts
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- Ryan Patey, T.O.F.U. Magazine
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- Sherri Montgomery, Vegan Nosh
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- Stephanie Redcross, Vegan Mainstream
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- Webly Bowles, Stumptown Vegans
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- Jasmin Singer, Our Hen House
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- Janessa Philemon-Kerp, Epicurious Vegan
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- Sunny Subramanian of Peta 2
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- Lauren Marie, Whoa Wren
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- Jordan Pattern, The Cosmopolitan Hour
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- Joni Marie Newman, Just the Food
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- John McDevitt, The Laziest Vegans
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- Jason Das, SuperVegan.com
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- Leigh-Chantelle Koch, Viva la Vegan!
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- Christa Shelton, Veggin’ Out with Christa
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- Laura Beck, Vegansaurus.com
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- Chelsea Lincoln, Flavor Vegan
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- Mo Martin, Mo Betta Vegan
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- Dynise Balcavage, The Urban Vegan
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- Jess Scone, Get Sconed!
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- Michele Truty, Vegtastic Voyage
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- Isa Chandra Moskowitz, The Post Punk Kitchen
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- Gena Hamshaw, Choosing Raw
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- Erika Larson, The Cosmopolitan Hour
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- Lidiana, The Spicy Vegan
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- Anika Lehde, Veganscore
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- Wendy Gabbe Day, Veg Food & Fit
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- Elizabeth Castoria, VegNews
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- Kittee Berns, Cake Maker to the Stars
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- Dawn Quinn, Tacoma Weekly
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- Amey Mathews, Vegan Eats & Treats
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- Colleen Holland, VegNews
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- Samantha Cohen, SuperVegan.com
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- SuperVegan
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- MeShell Goodz, Prairie Vegan
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- Maeve Connor, Chloe and Louvella’s
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- Bianca Phillips, Vegan Crunk
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- Kris Holchek, Nom! Nom! Nom! Blog
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- Sayward Rebhal, Bonzai Aphrodite
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- Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, The Healthy Voyager
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- Bryanna Clark Grogan, Vegan Feast Kitchen
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- Kyle, Vegan Vagrant
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- Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Compassionate Cooks
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- Gabrielle Pope, Writer
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- Terry Hope Romero, The Post Punk Kitchen
P.S. If you’re speaking and we’re missing your picture, simply shoot an email. We’re still waiting on a few.
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Hi Lisa,
I’m not certain if she’s planning on attending, but to answer the question why not….well, as you can see from the list above, our set list of speakers (and expenses and work getting everyone arranged!) is quite large already, and was officially ‘set’ quite a few months ago, fortunately. We’ll be posting an application for 2012/2013 speakers after this conference. Hope to see you there!
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I’m not sure if I can attend this year. However, I would LOVE to be on the Speaker’s panel next year. I blog about vegan world travel. My blog ranks very high in search engines and I have visited 5 continents with lots of great travel tips!!
Hi Maria, We are sold out for this year, but please stay tuned for our 2012/2013 speakers application in fall 2011. Thanks!
I’m super happy about being added to this amazing list of speakers for this event like non -other! I’m on 2 panels-Marketing and Lifestyles/Special Diets and confirmed to do a cooking demo at Whole Foods (you can count on title, while TBD, will contain the words Desserts and Chocolate!!
We’re super honored to have you join us!
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My vegan travel blog ranks #2(out of 144,000 other sites on google for keywords “vegan travel”). http://www.veganworldtrekker.com
I also just launched my online business “Vegan Honeymoons”. http://www.veganhoneymoons.com
I am the author of “How To Travel The World As A Vegan”, available on amazon.com.
I would love to be a speaker on the topic of “Vegan Travel Tips”!
Kindly,
Maria
Looking forward to VVC 2013!
http://www.LowFatVeganChef.com from Vancouver, Canada