Call for Speakers
The SMU Human Trafficking Data Research (HTDR) Project Team (www.smu.edu/htdr) welcomes you to submit a proposal to speak at the 2025 SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) on Monday, June 9 and Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The conference theme of Strategies for Effective Human Trafficking Data is supported by the SMU Human Trafficking Data Research (HTDR) Project’s mission to Make Human Trafficking Data Work. The main areas of focus are law enforcement, nonprofit, medical/healthcare, legal, survivor leadership, and research/data science.
Conference Presentations
Each conference speaker will have 30 minutes for presentation and questions. The presentation should focus on four (4) elements:
- A specific area of human trafficking data expertise
- Strengths and weakness of current human trafficking data in that area
- Effective strategies to increase human trafficking data efficacy in that area
- Opportunities for collaboration on human trafficking data research in that area
Priority will be given to proposals from organizations/persons who did not previously have the opportunity to speak at the SMU Human Trafficking Data Conference.
Innovation Highlights
Each Innovation Highlight will include a 5-minute (maximum) video highlighting:
- A specific area of human trafficking data expertise
- The innovation that this organization or researcher created that has/will improve human trafficking data efficacy
Priority will be given to Innovation Highlights that include opportunities for collaboration on human trafficking data research.
Presenters are urged not to:
- Use your presentation as a sales pitch for products or organizations.
- Put others at risk by inappropriately sharing their personal information.
- Deviate from the topic of human trafficking data unless including an appropriate comparison.
- Explicitly promote politics or agendas. We strive to tackle this issue from a bipartisan position.
Contact us with any questions at htdr@smu.edu
