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Registration opens October 1, 2026
Welcome to the OneNevada Human Trafficking Awareness Conference
Held during Human Trafficking Awareness Month 2027, the OneNevada Human Trafficking Awareness Conference brings together community members, businesses, educators, healthcare professionals, child-serving organizations, advocates, and leaders from across Nevada for a day of learning, collaboration, and action. As the methods used to exploit children continue to evolve through social media, gaming platforms, artificial intelligence, online grooming, and trafficking recruitment tactics, prevention and awareness have never been more important.
This conference will provide attendees with the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to recognize emerging threats, strengthen prevention efforts, and build safer communities. Together, we can create a unified Nevada response focused on protecting children, supporting families, and preventing exploitation before it begins.
Join us on January 14, 2027, at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno and be part of the movement to protect Nevada’s children and strengthen our communities. Whether you are a professional, parent, business leader, student, educator, or community advocate, your role matters.
Register today to secure your seat and help build a safer future for every child.
Featured Conference Topics
Digital Grooming and Online Enticement
Financial Sextortion
Artificial Intelligence and Child Exploitation
Gaming Platforms and Exploitation Risks
Understand how predators use gaming environments and chat features to identify, groom, and recruit vulnerable youth.
Social Media Recruitment and Exploitation
Learn how offenders leverage popular platforms to build relationships, normalize risky behavior, and facilitate exploitation.
Sadistic Online Exploitation
 A growing and deeply concerning trend involving coercion, self-harm, humiliation, and blackmail within organized online groups targeting youth.
Human Trafficking Recruitment in the Digital Age
How trafficking increasingly begins online through grooming, deception, emotional manipulation, and false relationships.
The Connection Between Missing Children and Exploitation
Understanding vulnerability factors and why prevention and early intervention matter.
School Safety and Prevention Education
Best practices for K-12 schools, colleges, youth organizations, and educators.
Demand Reduction Strategies
Examining how communities can reduce exploitation by addressing demand and promoting accountability.
Labor Trafficking in Nevada and Beyond
Recognizing indicators, vulnerabilities, and prevention opportunities in workplaces and industries.
Business Engagement in Prevention
How employers can identify concerns, train staff, and become part of the solution.
Survivor Voices and Lessons Learned
Prevention insights, resilience, and pathways toward healing and empowerment.
Parent & Caregiver Toolkit
Practical guidance for conversations about online safety, exploitation, sextortion, grooming, and trafficking.Â
Building a OneNevada Response
Strengthening collaboration among businesses, schools, nonprofits, healthcare systems, law enforcement, government agencies, and community members.
Top Trends
- Â AI-generated exploitation and deepfake imagery
- Financial sextortion targeting youth
- Online grooming through gaming platforms
- Recruitment through social media and messaging apps
- Encrypted communication platforms used by offenders
- Organized criminal networks conducting large-scale sextortion
- Child trafficking recruitment that begins entirely online
- Sadistic online exploitation and self-harm coercion
- Cryptocurrency and digital payment methods used in exploitation
- Hybrid online-to-offline trafficking pathways
- Increased vulnerability created by isolation, mental health challenges, and excessive online engagement
- The growing need for digital literacy and prevention education for parents and professionals
Call for Speakers
Share Your Expertise. Inspire Action. Help Protect Children.
The Human Trafficking Prevention Alliance (HTPA) invites passionate professionals, educators, advocates, survivors, youth leaders, researchers, law enforcement partners, healthcare professionals, and community experts to submit proposals to speak at our conference.
We are seeking engaging presentations that provide practical knowledge, prevention-focused strategies, and actionable solutions to help communities prevent child exploitation and human trafficking.
Our goal is to equip attendees with tools they can immediately apply in their schools, organizations, workplaces, and communities to create safer environments for children and vulnerable individuals.
Submit Your Proposal
Join us in advancing prevention, empowering communities, and helping protect children from exploitation and trafficking.
Apply today to be a conference speaker and help create lasting change through education, awareness, and action.
Speaker Requests must be received by October 15, 2026
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I attend?
Human trafficking is changing rapidly. Technology, social media, gaming platforms, artificial intelligence, and organized online criminal networks have transformed the way children are targeted and exploited. Today’s prevention efforts must evolve just as quickly. Recent reporting shows significant growth in online enticement, financial sextortion, AI-enabled exploitation, and child trafficking cases connected to online environments.
Who should attend this conference?
This conference is designed for anyone who wants to better understand and prevent human trafficking and child exploitation, including:
- Businesses and employers
- Educators and school personnel
- Healthcare professionals
- Child-serving organizations
- Nonprofit leaders
- Faith-based organizations
- Law enforcement and first responders
- Social service providers
- Parents and caregivers
- Students and community members
No prior knowledge of human trafficking is required.
Why is there a registration fee?
The registration fee helps offset the costs of hosting a high-quality conference, including:
- Venue expenses
- Audio/visual equipment
- Educational materials
- Speaker travel and accommodations
- Conference operations and staffing
- Meals and refreshments provided during the event
As a community funded nonprofit organization, Human Trafficking Prevention Alliance works to keep registration costs as affordable as possible while ensuring a meaningful educational experience for attendees.
Can I register a group?
Yes. Group registrations are welcome and encouraged.
This conference is an excellent professional development opportunity for organizations, businesses, schools, agencies, and community groups. Organizations registering multiple attendees may be eligible for group pricing. Group rates are available upon request. Tables are set for 6, please keep this in mind when requesting the group rate.
Are continuing education credits available?
Will meals be provided?
Will conference materials be available after the event?
 Registered attendees may receive access to select presentation materials and conference resources after the event, subject to speaker permissions.
Will survivor experiences be discussed?
Yes. Some sessions may include survivor-informed perspectives and discussions about exploitation and trafficking. These presentations are intended to educate and promote prevention while maintaining respect, dignity, and sensitivity.
Is this event focused only on sex trafficking?
No. The conference will address multiple forms of exploitation and trafficking, including:
- Child sexual exploitation
- Online exploitation
- Sex trafficking
- Labor trafficking
- Grooming and recruitment tactics
- Technology-facilitated exploitation
What should I wear?
Business casual attire is recommended.
Can I become a sponsor or exhibitor?
Yes. Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are available for businesses, organizations, agencies, and community partners who support prevention, education, and community safety initiatives.
Please visit the Sponsorship page or contact us directly for more information.
Is this conference appropriate for students?
Yes. The conference is appropriate for college students and young adults interested in prevention, advocacy, public service, education, healthcare, criminal justice, social work, and community engagement.
Parents are encouraged to review the conference agenda when available before registering minors.