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Panel: Do Major Events Provide an Effective Platform to Tackle Human Trafficking (Orlando)

  • Rosen College of Hospitality Management Darden Auditorium (Room 101) (map)

Rosen College: Darden Auditorium, Room 101 & Virtual

United Abolitionists is honored to co-organize this important international panel alongside the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and UCF’s Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery.

This conversation explores how major sporting, entertainment, and tourism events can strengthen anti-trafficking efforts through coordinated education, policy, funding, technology, and community response.

 

Panel themes include:

  • Data and research

  • Law enforcement approaches

  • Survivor-informed insights

  • AI and technological innovation

  • Funding and advocacy

  • Sports and human rights

 

Panelists:

  • Dr. Alan Fyall – Moderator

  • Alan Wilkett – Law enforcement

  • Dr. Jessica Wickey – Education

  • Olivia Littleton – Lived experience

  • Jodi Domangue – Advocacy and support

  • Sarah Mahoney – Funding

  • Noel Thomas – AI and technology

  • Claudia Villa-Hughes – Sports and human rights

 

This event elevates global perspectives and strengthens collaborative strategies to address human trafficking at scale.

 

Attendance is free and open to both in-person and virtual participants.

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