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Side Events

During the conference day a number of side events are arranged alongside the main conference program. Our side events offer a closer look into the topics covered at the main program.

Side events provide VSE Members and partners with the opportunity to launch tech initiatives and tools, promote projects or approaches, and products or services. They are also the perfect occasion to have Q&A discussions on specific topics.

Our side events are primarily working along four thematic lines:

  1. Software And Hardware For The Benefit Of Victim Support Services
  2. Self-Help Technologies For Victims Of Crime
  3. Providing Information To Victims Of Crime In The Web
  4. Online Training Tools For The Benefit Of Victims
  5. Virtual Reality Therapy

Please, note that in order to participate in a side event you should register in advance following the link below. All side events will take place live in Microsoft Teams.

https://vse-registration.typeform.com/to/JZAEmLzT

Side Event A

Live Mixed Presentation

THEME

Software and hardware for the benefit of victim support services
14:30 – 14:50 Presentation 1 (France)
Digital tablets for victims living in rural areas and “Mémo de Vie” project

Organisation
France Victimes + France Victimes 37 (France)
Conductors
Léa Pelegrin, Digital Project Manager, France Victimes
Marie-Paule Carrey Le Bas, Director, France Victimes 37

14:50 – 15:15 Presentation 2 (Scotland)
Using a Smartphone App to Collate Survey Information in a Live-time Diary Format

Organisation
Institute for Inspiring Children’s Future, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland
Conductor
Professor Jennifer Davidson and Dr Dimitar Karadzhov, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland

15:15 – 15:40 Presentation 3 (Sweden)
Digital case management systems and data collection for victim support organisations

Organisation
Victim Support Sweden
Conductor
Sofia Barlind, Statistics, surveys and quality control, Victim Support Sweden

15:40 – 16:00 Q&A session

Moderator
Sofia Barlind

Side Event B

Live Mixed Presentation

THEME

Self-help technologies for victims of crime
14:30 – 14:50 Presentation 1 (Germany)
NO STALK App – a new approach to actively combating stalking

Organisation
Weisser Ring
Conductor
Brigitta Brüning-Bibo, Foundation Manager, Weisser Ring

14:50 – 15:15 Presentation 2 (Scotland)
Stalking/Victim Impact Box: Self Help Guide to Stalking based on Cog-nitive Behavioural Self Help Principles

Organisation
Action Against Stalking
Conductor
Ann Moulds, Founder and CEO, Action Against Stalking

15:15 – 15:25 Presentation 3 (England and Wales)
Virtual Demonstration of My Support Space, the online tool designed to help victims manage the impact that crime has had on them 

Organisation
Victim Support England & Wales
Conductor
Martyn Herward, Director of Support Services, Victim Support England & Wales, UK
Yvonne Faulkner, Assistant Director – Communications and Governance, Victim Support England & Wales, UK

15:25 – 16:00 Q&A session

Moderator
Ann Moulds

Side Event C

Live Mixed Presentation

THEME

Providing information to victims of crime in the web
14:30 – 14:50 Presentation 1 (Portugal)
Providing information to victims of crime: the Infovictims model

Organisation
The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV), Portugal
Conductor
Mafalda Valério, Project Manager

14:50 – 15:10 Presentation 2 (Croatia)
Interactive Mapping of victim support services in Croatia

Organisation
Bijeli Krug (Croatia)
Conductor
Livija Plancic

15:10 – 15:30 Presentation 3 (EU)
Web-Based Referral System for Victims of Crime

Organisation
Victim Support Europe (EU)
Conductor
Léa Meindre-Chautrand

15:30 – 16:00 Q&A session

Moderator
David Kenyon, Supporting Justice

Side Event D

Live Mixed Presentation

THEME

Online training tools for the benefit of victims
14:30 – 14:45 Presentation 1
Exploring the range of tech possibilities for online training 

Organisation
Elastik Lab
Conductor
Maher Rekik, Founder

14:45 – 15:10 Presentation 2 (EU)
Facing Facts Training on hate crimes and hate speech

Organisation
CEJI – A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe (EU)
Conductor
Melissa Sonnino, Facing Facts Coordinator

15:10 – 15:30 Presentation 3
Multi-dimensional online training

Organisation
Inter Trauma Nexus NPC
Conductor
Barbara Louw

15:30 – 16:00 Q&A session

Moderator
Barbara Louw

Side Event E

Live Mixed Presentation

THEME

Virtual Reality Therapy
15:30 – 16:15 Presentation 1 (USA) 

Organisation
Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California
Conductor
Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Ph.D., Director, Medical Virtual Reality and Research Professor

16:15 – 16:45 Presentation 2 (UK and BELGIUM)
Virtual reality exposure therapy and PTSD: from evidence-base to practice 

Organisation
Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and Thomas More University of Applied Sciences
Conductor
Paul Best, founder of the Immersive Technologies and Mental Health Network (QUB)
Tom Van Daele, Head of Expertise Unit Psychology, Technology & Society

16:45 – 17:00 Q&A session

Moderator:
Levent Altan, Executive Director, Victim Support Europe