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2025 Conference to Combat Human Trafficking Presentations

Welcome and Introductions

  • Kevin Clement
    Director
    Center for Research Excellence to Counter Human Trafficking

Chained Silence Speaks: Chapter One: Kojo

  • (Proprietary Presentation - Contact Edwin Rose)
    Edwin Rose

Multi-Disciplinary Teams

Pursuing Justice: Civil Remedies for Human Trafficking Survivors

  • Samantha Summers-Rivas
    Human Trafficking Victim Advocate
    THE702FIRM Injury Attorneys

"Legal" Labor Trafficking: How U.S. Work Visa Programs are Facilitating Trafficking and Exploitation of Workers

  • Jessica M. Vaughan
    Director of Policy Studies
    Center for Immigration Studies

Human Trafficking: Agencies Need to Adopt a Systematic Approach to Manage Risks in Contracts (GAO-24-106973)

  • Cheryl Goodman
    Assistant Director, International Affairs and Trade
    U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Bonnie Binggeli
    Security Analyst, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions
    U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Accompanying Report: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106973

Lighthouse: Illuminating Human Trafficking Through Data-Driven Insights

  • Becky Austen
    Chief Product Officer
    Allies Against Slavery
  • Vanessa Bouche, Ph.D.
    Chief Impact Officer
    Allies Against Slavery

Leveraging Big Data and Machine Learning to Combat Online Sex Trafficking, Identification, Analysis, and Intervention

  • Nick Freeman, Ph.D. and Gregory Bott, Ph.D.
    The University of Alabama
    STANDD (Sex Trafficking Analytics for Network Detection and Disruption)

VIDEO: "GROOMED": Social Media – The Silent Trafficker Luring Our Children"

  • Dorothy G. Franklin, MSN-ADM, RN, CCM
    Sr. Utilization Review Specialist Nurse
    President, Human Trafficking Task Force
    Houston Methodist Hospital
  • Stephanie Clawson
    Business and Community Outreach Specialist
    Houston Methodist Hospital

Rapid Deployment Surveillance Systems for Combating Human Trafficking

  • (Proprietary Presentation - contact Mark Witt, LENS Equipment)
    Angel Flores and Mark Witt
    LENS-Equipment

RedFlag Accelerator Presentation - RedFlag Accelerator Story

  • Silvija Krupena
    Certified Financial Investigator
    Red Compass Labs

Algorithmic Search Technology: Finding the Right Things Faster – When Time Matters

  • Johnny Kessler
    CEO
    DejaVuAI

Transaction Intercept 3.0

  • Michelle Sacks
    Executive Director
    Street Grace

Emerging Technology/ New Concepts to Counter Human Trafficking

  • Joel Aud
    Principal, Lean Tail Labs
    BTI Fellow

Crime Survivors through Web3: Blockchain, Identity, and Financial Independence

  • Davina Ugochukwu
    Staff Attorney, Lone Star Legal Aid
    Justice for Crime Survivors, Crime Victims Unit

Investigative Series: “He Made Me Do It”

  • Erica Stapleton
    Investigative Reporter
    12News, Phoenix, AZ
  • Katie Wilcox
    Investigative Reporter
    12News, Phoenix, AZ

The Use of Predictive Algorithms to Improve the Identification of Human Trafficking Victims

  • Maria Barraco
    Lawyer