Morning Welcome
2025 U.S. Policy Changes: Exploring the Impacts on Human Trafficking
Glenn M. Harden, PhD and Tatiana Rothchild, PhD(c)
Breaking the Cycle: Addressing Unaccompanied Homelessness
Fonda J. Royster, MA
City-Based Model for Identifying Sex Trafficking Victims: Israeli NGOs’ Pilot Program
Eden Farber, LLB and Naama Sabato, MSW
Family Members of the Accused Are Also Victims of the Abuse
James Prager, MSW, Matthew D. Rosenberg, LMSW, and Kathie, MBA
From Orphan to Overcomer: A Survivor's Journey Through Child Abuse and Trafficking
Renee Kae Adams
Kidnapping for Ransom and Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji, PhD, DBA, MSc, MBA, MPA, MPR, Elda Nduka Okolo-Obasi, PhD, MSc, and Joy Ukamaka Uduji, PhD, MSc
Survivor-Centered Approaches to Human Trafficking: Insights from 27 Organizations
Alex Rister, PhD, Iuliia Hoban, PhD, and Maya Adkins
Through Perpetrators' Eyes
Matthew C. Clarke, MSc, MCogSci
Transforming Media Portrayals of Sex Trafficking for Primary Prevention
Marissa Kokkoros
Turning Policy into PROTECTion: Scalable Strategies for Schools
Amanda Taggart and Arleen Marin, MPA
Addressing the Demand for Commercial Sex with TAT’s Man-to-Man Campaign: Information and Resources on How You Can Stop Human Trafficking Where it Starts
Louie Greek, MSF, BA
A Father's Fight To Expose and End Familial Human Trafficking that Started with the International Abduction of His Own Daughter
Iain Bryson, MA
Gendered Dimensions of Human Trafficking in Conflict and Humanitarian Crises in the MENA Region
Ezgi Yaman Kennedy, PhD, MSW
Human Trafficking Training and Response Protocol Development within a Community Mental Health Clinic
Bridget O'Neil, Kimberly Hogan, PhD, LMSW, MA, and Kristy McRaney, PhD
Labor Trafficking Cases and the PEARR (Provide privacy, Educate, Ask, Respect, Respond) Tool
Ho'onani (Nani) Cuadrado, MSPAS, PA-C
Pimpology 101: Identifying Predatory Exploiters
Keyana Marshall
Prosecutorial Limitations in Human Trafficking Cases: The Case for a Lesser Included Offense in Florida
Amanda Knapp, PhD
Transformative Mentorship Across Boundaries: Models and Approaches to Community-Engaged Research and Student Development
Madeline Stenersen, PhD, Jarrett Davis, MA, and Glenn M. Miles, PhD, MSc, PGCE, FHE, RGN, RSCN, FRCPH
Youth Homelessness and Sexual Exploitation: Intersectionality, Prevention & Intervention
Dani Mills, MSCJ
Zama Zama: Human Trafficking and Illegal Mining in South Africa
Philip Frankel, PhD
Lunch Session: Global 100 Informational Session
Lunch Session: Networking Room for Attendees in Africa
Lunch Session: Networking Room for Attendees in Asia, Australia, and Oceania
Lunch Session: Networking Room for Attendees in Canada
Lunch Session: Networking Room for Attendees in Europe
Lunch Session: Networking Room for Attendees in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
Lunch Session: Networking Room for Attendees in the United States
Lunch Session: Survivors Networking Room
Bringing Life to Research: A Survivors’ Guide to Community Engaged Research Partnerships
Tonique Ayler, Terry Forliti, Joy Friedman, Mikki Mariotti, and Christine Nelson
Don’t Tell Them, Show Them: Identifying and Implementing Effective Advocacy & Social Justice
Jared S. Rose, PhD, LPCC-S, NCC, EMDRC
Modern-Day Trafficking of Young Children (<13): Prevalence, Severity, Familial Offenders, Production of Child Abuse Materials, and Organized Crime Networks
Ellen Lacter, PhD
Promising Practices in Preventing Youth Sex Trafficking: The SAVVY Project
Camille Beausejour, BA and Kaitlyn Ranasinghe, BA, MA
“Stop Arresting Sex Workers Constantly. That Would Be My Number One Thing”: Trans Sex Workers and Survivors of Trafficking in the Sex Industry
Jill McCracken, PhD, Stella Jendrzejewski, EdM, MA , LOVE Queen Layla, and Teirza Kupka, MPH
Teen Dating Violence
The Intersection of Conflict Zones and Human Trafficking
Sarah Warner, JD, MPA
The Transformative Power of Emotional Intelligence in Trauma Recovery
Angela Navarro
Youth Experiences Survey (YES) Study on Human Trafficking: Understanding the Challenges Facing Unsheltered Young Adults in Arizona
Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, MSW, PhD and Lexus Wright-Ball
Addressing Root Causes of Domestic Urban Pimping and Prostitution
Armand King
AI and Sextortion: Student Vulnerability, Awareness, and Prevention
Sonali Jha, PhD(c)
Beyond Our Walls: The Power and Possibility of Family Healing for Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Abuse in the Philippines
Rose Ann O. Ababa, RSW, Jedaia Rose M. Doñoz, RPm, Kimberly M. Navarro, BA, and Jaden Kaye Empuerto, BSW
Beyond the Count: Community-Led Data Sustaining Anti-Trafficking Partnerships and Response
Annjanette R. Alejano-Steele, PhD and Marla Sutherland
Charging Survivors: U.S. Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking Victims for Sex Trafficking
Tatiana Rothchild, PhD(c) and Tara Burns, MA
Familial Trafficking: A Holistic Discussion
Anastasia Lynge, MSW
Innovative Patient Health Navigator Model for Victims of Human Trafficking: Insights from Coastal Family Health Center
Bridget O'Neil, Melissa Perrien, and Kimberly Hogan, PhD, LMSW, MA
The Role of Attitudes and Beliefs in Decision-Making to Intervene in Minor Sexual Exploitation/Trafficking Cases
Natalia (Natasha) Smith, MSW, LICSW-S, PIP
“They Forced Me to Work”: An Exploratory Study on the Hidden Vulnerabilities of Street-Involved Children and Youth in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chris Ngugi, BA and Alezandra Russell, BA
Wrap-Up Session
Mental Health Art Exhibit: “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Henry Ward Beecher
Shelly Kepford, MCA, LSW and Daniel Huesman, MSW, LISW, LICDC, IMHP
See Me Film: Amplifying the Voices of Marginalized Experiences
Issue Box Theatre, Rosie Best, MAT, LISW-S , and Meg Kraner, LMSW
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen
Issue Box Theatre
Youth Voice Art Exhibit: Fearless Writers, Ram Empowerment, and Rhythm and Rhyme Collaborate in the Art of a Podcast: No More Silence
Heather M. Sloane Cleary, PhD