Join advocates, practitioners, faith leaders, and partners for three days of learning, collaboration, and planning to advance survivor-centered, prevention-focused responses to human trafficking.
More to Come!
*Agenda, sessions, and speakers subject to change
| Time | 4/15/2026 |
| 11am-1pm | Registration |
| 1-2pm | Mass |
| 2:15-2:30 | Opening Prayer/Welcome |
| 2:45-4pm | Session 1A: Global Perspectives in Human Trafficking panel with Sr. Abby Avelino (Talitha Kum/UISG–Rome), Nagina Abdul Moqim, Ruth Freedom Pojman, and Sr. Michelle Loisel |
| 4:15-5:15pm | Session 2A: Stages of Grooming with Dr. Stacy Reed-Barnes |
| Session 2B: Human Trafficking/Dark Web |
| Time | 4/16/2026 |
| 8-9am | Breakfast |
| 9am-9:20am | Gathering Prayer/Announcements |
| 9:30-10:30am | Session 3A: Working with Healthcare Professionals to Recognize, Respond to, and Prevent Human Trafficking with Holly Gibbs (Common Spirit Health) and Haley Krueger-Alyass, MSN, RN, AFN-C, CEN, SANE-A, IVSE-C (Trinity Health) |
| Session 3B: Economic Empowerment of Social Enterprise as a Tool for Healing with Meghan O’Halloran (Franciscan Peacemakers ) | |
| 10:45-11:45am | Session 4A: Human Trafficking Indicators and Key Prevention Pathways with Dr. Paola Michelle Contreras |
| Session 4B: Behind the Screens: Psychological Vulnerabilities and Systemic Exploitation in the Digital Age of Trafficking with Mercury Risk | |
| Session 4C: Boston Coalition Panel | |
| 12-1pm | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:15pm | Session 5A: Choose Your Own Prevention Plan with 3 Strands Global Foundation: Kaelly Pandey and Linsey Corville |
| Session 5B: Human Trafficking Prevention for those with Special Needs Katia Coonan and Meg Johnson | |
| Session 5C: Outpatient Clinic Complex Care Delivery: Dr. Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos and Dr. Andrea Reilly | |
| 2:30-3:45pm | Session 6: Survivor Panel with Patty Bennet, Dr. Stacy Reed-Barnes, and Savannah Parvu and Charlie Falkis |
| 3:45-5:30pm | Break |
| 5:30-7:30pm | Dinner/Keynote with Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ |
| Time | 4/17/2026 |
| 8-9am | Breakfast |
| 9:15-10:15am | Session 7A: Survivor House Panel: Survivor Center Housing Models with Lifeway Network (Ali Boak) Dawn’s Place (Sr. Meaghan Patterson) |
| Session 7B: Strategies for serving survivors of the commercial sexual exploitation in the criminal legal system with Gwen Jackson (CATCH Court Franklin County, OH) | |
| Session 7C: Human Trafficking and AI with Jessica Wickey and David Metcalf from UCF and Mandy Sanchez; Technology as Tool or Threat? AI in Anti-Trafficking Efforts | |
| 10:30-11am | Checkout |
| 11:15am–12:45pm | Closing Keynote TBD/Sending |
Reserve your conference registration and hotel room in one streamlined process—no separate hotel booking needed for confirmed attendees. $179 + tax per night (single/double). Check-in 4:00 PM · Check-out 12:00 PM. Complimentary airport shuttle and Wi-Fi in guest rooms included. (Credit card required to hold; charged at check-in.)
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Speaker’s Bureau Training
Conference attendees are invited to attend the Alliance’s Speaker’s Bureau Training on April 16, 2026 from 8 a.m. to Noon at the Alliance To End Human Trafficking 2026 Conference, April 15-17 at the Hyatt Regency Boston Harbor Hotel.
The Alliance’s Speaker’s Bureau is a powerful initiative designed to educate, inspire, and mobilize communities in the fight against human trafficking. Our bureau features a diverse network of knowledgeable speakers—including survivor leaders, advocates, legal experts, service providers, and educators—who are committed to raising awareness and driving change.
If you have a passion to spread the message of human trafficking prevention in your community, please join us for a free in-person training to learn more about the Alliance and best practices to hone your speaking skills. For more information and to register for the training, contact Christine Commerce, Program Director at Christine@AllianceToEndHumanTrafficking.org.
