(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Abu Dhabi will host the Virtual Global Taskforce's fifth biennial international conference from December 11-13.
The conference, titled International Collaboration: An Enabler for Prevention, aims at combating child sexual abuse and will examine the motivating factors behind paedophile activities and attributes associated to their victims.
By focusing on child sexual abuse victims and offenders and maximising global partnerships, the conference will provide a unique opportunity to challenge ideas and explore technological solutions.
Delegates will be encouraged to explore new methods to prevent online child sexual exploitation and influence change through the Virtual Global Task force (VGT) strategic partnerships with non-government organisations, industry and private sectors.
VGT Chair Neil Gaughan said that one of the VGT's most effective strategies against Internet-facilitated child sexual abuse is cooperation. Fittingly, the theme of the conference is "International Collaboration: An Enabler for Prevention."
With only four months until the conference, registrations are filling up quickly. VGT called on interesting persons who would like to hear from experts from countries including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and the UAE to register before September 15 and receive the early bird discount.
Issues covered during the Conference include: The dynamics of online victimisation and victim narratives as an enabler for prevention, the risks associated to child sexual exploitation investigations and the importance of establishing protocols for viewing imagery evidence, the importance of behavioural analysis in child sex offence investigations, understanding the legislative framework and where it needs to be enacted, an overview of the technology child sex offenders are using and what future technology is required to combat the threat, and the benefit of blocking websites versus shutting them down.
Major Nasser Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the UAE Higher Committee for Child Protection at the Ministry of Interior and UAE Representative at VGT, said the UAE, as a host, had made significant arrangements to match the high international profile of the event.
He said Lt.-General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, had spared no effort to establish the UAE as a model for other countries in terms of child protection and safety.
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