Guest registration for the Victim Support Europe’s Autumn Conference “Online Victimisation: Developing a Comprehensive Response”, to take place in Brussels, is now open!
Be Our Guest!
The conference will take place on 12 December from 9h30 to 13h30 at Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU , 77 Wiertzstraat, Brussels.
The conference will bring together VSE member representatives and other EU officials to discuss a holistic approach to supporting victims of cybercrime. Much of the focus and prioritisation of work in the field has been on law enforcement, removal of images etc., without sufficient attention to supporting people who have been victimised. At the same time, awareness raising and prevention need to be an integral part of any support service working on cybercrime. The conference will therefore explore these two different aspects of support, how they are best delivered and how this is achieved with victims from different areas such as fraud, bullying, non-consensual sexual image sharing, stalking etc.
The Representation of Free State of Bavaria to the EU
Everyone who is interested to learn and discuss about Online Victimisation is invited to join the conference. There is no registration fee. Please, only register as a guest when you are fairly sure you will participate.
Visit the link to register for our conference.
Draft Conference Programme
| 08:30 – 09.00 | Registration |
| 09:00- 09.30 | Welcome and Intros Welcome note: Barbara Schretter, Director of the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the EU Welcome: Chair of Event, Mr João Lázaro President, Victim Support Europe Graham Willmott, Head of Unit Cybercrime, DG HOME – Trends in cybercrime and future EU action Philip Adlem, Victim of Cyber hate crime – Experience of online harassment as an LGBTI person |
| 09:30 -10:30 |
Understanding the criminal approach to improve our safety Cathal Delaney, Team Leader for Combating Child Sexual Abuse Online and Related Crimes at EUROPOL – The criminals approach to targeting children Laurens Dauwe, Osborne Clarke International Legal Practice – Responding to online fraud – from investigation to company and individual action |
| 10.30 – 11.30 |
What makes us vulnerable to cybercrime – who are the criminals targets and why Patricia Le Coc, Myria, Federal Migration Centre and Independent National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking – What makes a person vulnerable to trafficking? Estefanía Sancho Muñoz, Plena Inclusion Aragón – The perspective of people with intellectual disabilities |
| 11.30 – 11.45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 12: 45 | How we can reduce risks online and support victims Céline Sturm, Weisser Ring German – Supporting victims of cybercrime Denton Howard, Executive Director, INHOPE – Removing illegal content on the internet |
| 12.45 – 13.15 | Changing public perception and response to cybercrime Pia Micallef, Policy Advisor European Parliament and Co-founder of the MetooEP campaign – The perception of cybercrime against women and changing reactions Maria Teresa Giglio, Mother of Tiziana Cantone, Victim of non-consensual image sharing |
| 13:15-13:30 | Closing remarks Helgard van Huellen, Vice President, Victim Support Europe |
