New Approaches to Child Protection

June 2-3, 2025 -Emory Conference Center - Atlanta, GA, USA

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Plenary: ‘The scale of the challenge’ The prevalence of child sexual exploitation and abuse globally

Prof Deborah Fry, Global Director of Data, Childlight - Professor of International Child Protection Research

Bernadette Madrid

Founding Head, PGH Child Protection Unit Executive Director, Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc.

Xiangming Fang

Georgia State University, USA & China Agricultural University, China

Jack Cagney

Emory University

Michael Salter

University of New South Wales, Australia

Plenary: The importance of multidisciplinary teams and approaches to addressing child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) in a U.S. context

Katelyn Stanley, Washington University St. Louis, Missouri Social Service, Office of Violence Prevention

Emilio Puccio

Secretary General, European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights, Belgium

Elena Martellozzo

Co-Chair Violence Against Children, Middlesex University, United Kingdom

Plenary: Sexual Violence against Children &the Global Burden of Disease: Global, Regional, and National Estimates

Emmanuela Gakidou, University of Washington | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Michael Salter

University of New South Wales, Australia

Emmanuela Gakidou

University of Washington | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Xiangming Fang,

Georgia State University, USA & China Agricultural University, China

Plenary: Why Public Health Interventions Works

Bernadette Madrid, Founding Head, PGH Child Protection Unit Executive Director, Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc.

Afrooz Kaviani Johnson

Unicef, USA

Sabine Rakotomalala

World Health Organization, Switzerland

Bernadette Madrid

Founding Head, PGH Child Protection Unit Executive Director, Child Protection Network Foundation, Inc.

Plenary:  Engaging Communities to End Child Marriage

Joyce Sepenoo, Sr. Director, Global Health Programs at CARE

Carl Sharpe

AI Expert, AI Accenture

Kelvin Lay

Tech Facilitated CSEA Data Specialist, Childlight

Paul Stanfield

CEO, Childlight

Stephen Kavanagh

Secretary General, ICMEC

Debi Fry

Global Director of Data, Childlight - Professor of International Child Protection Research