Each year, the Ohio Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Summit brings together survivors, social workers, victim advocates, police officers, lawyers, prosecutors, judges and other community stakeholders to learn how various disciplines are succeeding in the battle against trafficking.
Registration for the 2023 Human Trafficking Summit – scheduled for Jan. 26, 2023, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center – has limited seats. There is also an option to attend virtually. Online attendees will have their own set of workshops.
The summit cost, whether attending in person or online, is $50 per person.
The deadline to register for the summit virtually is Jan. 17. If you have any questions, please email HTI@OhioAGO.gov.
Eligible attendees will be able to receive up to 4.5 Continuing Education Credits. Credits have been applied for through the Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Ohio Nursing Board, and the Supreme Court of Ohio.
8:00 AM -9:00 AM |
Registration Begins - Doors Open |
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 |
Noon - 12:15 PM |
Lunch in Short North Ballroom |
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 |
2:30 PM -2:45 PM |
Break |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Workshop Session 3 |
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