2026 PRESENTATION TOPICS:
LEGAL & COURTS
Harm in Digital Age
Tech-Facilitated Sexual Violence
Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) has become a common form of sexual violence reported by victims, and one of the hardest to respond to. This session helps anyone identify, prevent, and respond to IBSA like nonconsensual image sharing, cyberflashing, and sextortion while applying practical, survivor-centered strategies.
We also examine how AI is transforming the way images are created, altered, and distributed, dramatically increasing both the scale and complexity of the harm victims encounter. Participants leave with a clearer understanding of common fact patterns, resources and safety considerations.
Tech-Facilitated Domestic Violence
Dating and intimate-partner abuse increasingly manifests through digital means, with technology commonly used for surveillance, coercive control, and ongoing harm even after a relationship ends.
This session examines common forms of tech-facilitated abuse including unauthorized account access, location tracking, stalking, and digital harassment. We also demonstrate how AI tools have intensified these familiar harms by making abuse easier to commit and harder to detect.
The AI Landscape
AI Generated and Manipulated Evidence
As AI becomes increasingly sophisticated, courts and attorneys must grapple with the authenticity and reliability of digital evidence. Here we explore the challenges of AI-generated and AI manipulated evidence in legal proceedings and the limitations of detection methods. Learn practical strategies for weighing and approaching digital evidence with caution.
Masculinity in the Age of AI
Digital culture, communities and spaces have powerfully shaped how boys and young men understand relationships, masculinity, and belonging. This session unpacks the role AI is playing in this environment, focussing on how AI girlfriend apps, AI "wingmen," and AI image generation can reinforce harmful norms, escalate risk-taking, or normalize entitlement and coercive behavior.
Using a trauma-informed, harm-reduction lens, we explore practical ways to support young men in making healthy choices around AI, challenge harmful narratives without shame, and engage them authentically.
Mental Health in the Age of AI
As access to mental health care strains against rising demand, more victims are turning to AI tools for emotional support, therapy-style conversations, and coping strategies. Here we demonstrate why these tools are appealing, where they may offer benefits, and how they are reshaping help-seeking behaviors among victims.
We examine key risk areas like AI sycophancy, bias reinforcement, emotional over-reliance, and the inability of AI systems to respond safely in crisis.
AI Companions and Artificial Intimacy
AI companion apps and chatbots are available to anyone 24/7 for emotional support, intimacy, and romantic connection. This session explores how these apps simulate relationships and let users explore romantic and sexual fantasies.
Grounded in real-world case studies and emerging research, we break down how these dynamics reshape youth expectations of relationships, reinforce harmful norms, and contribute to emotional dependency. Participants leave with current and practical strategies to recognize risks, support anyone using these apps, and promote healthy relationship frameworks that prioritize mutuality, consent, and human connection.
Emerging Issues in Victim Safety
As technologies and AI evolve, we can expect new forms of harm to continually reshape victim safety, relationships, and well-being. This session demystifies emerging threats like AI-generated images, facial recognition–enabled stalking, Agentic harassment and evolving forms of catfishing.
Participants leave with practical response and prevention-focused strategies to recognize these risks, respond effectively, and foster safer systems in an increasingly AI world.
Catfishing, Romance, and Sextortion Scams
Youth, adults and seniors are spending more time online than ever before, which makes them especially vulnerable to manipulative scams that exploit trust, intimacy, and identity. Romance and sextortion scams thrive in this environment. Easily accessible AI tools have only made scams more believable.
In this session, we focus on modern scam tactics: how they unfold, which victims are at heightened risk, and the emotional and financial toll these scams take. We discuss how anyone can recognize red flags, identify common scams, and support victims.