9:00 AM |
Live-streaming Begins |
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM |
Opening Session, including remarks from Attorney General Yost |
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM - Noon |
Workshop Session 1 |
Protecting and Enforcing the Rights of Adult and Minor Victims of Trafficking
Noon - 12:15 PM |
Live-streaming Begins |
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
Keynote Speaker - Suleman Masood |

Suleman Masood is chair of the 11-member U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. Created in 2015, the council provides advice and recommendations to the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, a unit of the State Department.
As with all members of the council, Masood is a survivor of human trafficking – in his case, domestic labor trafficking. As a minor and through early adulthood, he fell under the thrall of a conman who had ingratiated himself into Masood's life while presenting himself as a government official. For two years, Masood was trafficked throughout California, working 18 hours a day at three jobs, and was subject to both verbal and physical abuse. A co-worker eventually helped him break away.
After graduating from Fresno State University in 2017 with a degree in criminology and victimology, Masood served as a fellow in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Human Trafficking Leadership Academy and was credited with coining the phrase “survivor-informed”, which was adopted, published, and is now integrated throughout the anti-trafficking field. In 2021, Masood wrote, produced, and narrated a one-of-a-kind public service announcement on labor trafficking with the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking. His advocacy experience also includes consulting work with various prosecutors’ offices across the United States.
Currently pursuing a law degree at the University of the District of Columbia, Masood aspires to serve as a federal prosecutor focused on survivor empowerment, bridging the gap between victim advocacy and prosecution.
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Break |
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Workshop Session 2 |
Human Trafficking and Older Adults
2:30 PM -2:45 PM |
Break |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Workshop Session 3 |
A Standardized Data Collection Protocol for Human Trafficking Service Providers