DAY 1: Setting the Scene – Why democracy and fundamental freedoms matter for victim’s rights?

09:00 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:30 Opening Addresses

• • • Welcoming remarks
      • Rosa Jansen | President, Victim Support Europe
    • Live testimony
      • TBC
    • Opening speech
      • Richard Sonnenschein | Director of Directorate responsible for criminal and civil justice in DG Justice, European Commission
      • Katarzyna Janicka-Pawlowska | Coordinator for Victims’ Rights, European Commission
      • Nancy Faeser | German Federal Minister of the Interior and Community

10:30 – 11:30 Plenary session: Crime victimisation and public support for democracy

Chair: Bianca Biwer | Federal Executive Director, Weisser Ring

• • • Make Empathy Great Again. A plead to beat populism with its own weapons.
      • Tom De Bruyne | Founder, Behavioural Design Academy
    • Current threats posed to European democracies by extremist ideologies
      • Bettina Rottweiler | Researcher, Department of Security and Crime Science at the University College London
    • Religious freedom and the role of religion in social cohesion
      • Elie Kagan | Head of Crisis Management, Security and Crisis Centre by European Jewish Congress (ECJ)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:30 Panel discussion: Fundamental freedoms and the future of Europe’s victim support

Moderator: TBC

• • • The role of religious organisations in victims’ recovery and their role in prevention/protection
      • Ahmad Mansour | CEO, MIND Prevention
    • The role of youth in victim support
      • TBC
    • Gender, culture, and terrorism: Why women are victimised and silenced
      • Fatima Ali Haider | Founder & Chairperson, The Grief Directory
    • Helping politicians, media professionals and journalists who have been the victims of reprisal
      • Martin Meister | Programme Director Engagement, Körber Foundation

13:30 – 13:35 Master of Ceremony summary

The conference moderators will look back at Day 1 and at what is lying ahead on Day 2.

13:30 – 15:00 Lunch

15:00 – 17:00 Workshops

• More information about workshops can be found here.

Doors open at 18:00 Social event with flying buffet at The Museum für Naturkunde

• More information about social events can be found here.

DAY 2: Nexus between fundamental rights protection, conflict prevention, and police work

09:00 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:15 Opening Addresses

• • • Welcoming remarks
      • Rosa Jansen | President, Victim Support Europe
    • Opening speech
      • Yong Woo Lee | President & Founder, Victim Support Asia
      • Hak Suk Kim | Vice President, Victim Support Asia

10:15 – 11:15 Plenary session: How victim-oriented is policing?

• • • Policing, ethics and fundamental rights
      • Ben Bradford | Professor of Global City Policing at the Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL
    • Community Trust building
      • John Letteney | President of Executive Board, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
    • Innovative Approaches to Planning and Preparing for Supporting Crime Victims
      • Staci Beers | Victim Services Coordinator, FBI Victim Services Division

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 13:15 Panel discussion: Putting victims at the heart of policing

Moderator: TBC

• Police training on diversity and protecting the vulnerable within the police and those who encounter the police
  • Elena Sánchez | Executive Board Co-chair, LGTBIpol
• Equality, Inclusion and Respect in the Workplace
  • Jochen Kopelke | Senior Police Officer & Federal Chairman of the Police Union Germany
• Community Trust building
  • John Letteney | President of Executive Board, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
• Putting victims at the heart of policing: OSCAD’s experience
  • Francesca Romana Capaldo | Lieutenant Colonel, Italian National Police & Director of Secretariat, Observatory for Security Against Acts of Discrimination (OSCAD)

13:15 – 14:45 Lunch

14:45 – 16:45 Workshops

• More information about workshops can be found here.

16:45 – 17:00 Master of Ceremony’s summary

The conference moderators will look back at Day 2 and at what is lying ahead on Day 3.

19:00 – 00:00  Social event: seated dinner at Wintergarten Variete

• More information about social events can be found here.

DAY 3: Supporting victims from conflict-affected areas

09:00 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:15 Opening Addresses

• • • Welcoming remarks
      • Levent Altan | Executive Director, Victim Support Europe

10:15 – 11:30 Panel session: Supporting victims from conflict-affected areas (victim support perspective)

• • • Supporting victims of hate crime from conflict-affected areas
      • Anna-Lena von Hodenberg | Founding Manager, NGO HateAid
    • Practical support to LGBTQ+ Ukrainians and Russians seeking asylum abroad
      • Svetlana Shaytanova | Spokeswoman, Quarteera
    • Sharing knowledge – Shared Trauma: scaling knowledge from Israel to Ukraine
      • Hila Shvoron | Deputy CEO, NATAL

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:00 Panel discussion: Supporting victims from conflict-affected areas (policy perspective)

Moderator: Levent Altan

• EU Victims’ Rights Platform
  • Katarzyna Janicka-Pawlowska | Coordinator for Victims’ Rights, European Commission
• Migrants as victims of trafficking in human beings: the need to step up protection
  • Tetiana Rudenko | Senior Co-ordinaton Adviser, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Strategic coordination of psychosocial support in conflict-affected areas
  • Ea Suzanne Akasha | Technical Advisor, Psychosocial Centre of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

13:00 – 13:15 Closing of conference

• Rosa Jansen | President, Victim Support Europe

13:45 Lunch bags & departure