4th Annual Conference on Human Trafficking
Presented by
Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking &
Austin Human Trafficking Task Force
Co-sponsored by
Health and Human Services Commission &
Texas Association Against Sexual Association
AUGUST 13TH, 2007
8am
Registration
9:00
Welcome
9:20
Human Trafficking: An International Perspective
Laura Lederer (Department of State)
10:25
Coffee break
10:40
Advanced Session 1a:
Proactive Investigations
Advanced Session 1b:
Trauma and Cultural CompetencyDr. Manuel Balbona (Center for Survivors of Torture)
12:00
Lunch
1:15
Working with an Interpreter
Esther Diaz (Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Assoc.)
2:45
Coffee Break
3:10
Documentary – Cargo: Innocence Lost
4:30
End of day one
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The Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Responding, helping, healing… Together
Phone: (512) 472-9472
Fax: (512) 377-2233
www.ctcaht.org
AUGUST 14TH, 2006
8am
Registration
9:00
Advanced session 1a:
Investigation and Prosecution of Child Sex Trafficking
Myesha Braden (Criminal Div. Child Exploitation & Obscenity)
Advanced Session 1b:
Psychological Coercion in Trafficking Cases
Susan French (Civil Rights Division)
10:20
Coffee Break
10:35
Advanced Session 2a:
Interviewing Victims
Advanced Session 2b:
Working with Victims of Child Sex Trafficking
Dr. Lois Lee (Children of the Night)
12:00
Lunch
1:15
Panel Discussion: Collaboration in Working Trafficking Cases
2:45
Break
3:10
Mock Case and Closing
4:45
End of day two
_______________________________________________________________________
The Central Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Responding, helping, healing… Together
Phone: (512) 472-9472
Fax: (512) 377-2233
www.ctcaht.org