Conference Day One - Tuesday 23rd March 2027

Session details to be announced.

Sponsored by: Checkstep

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Deniz Atabey Alkan

VP Trust & Safety
Checkstep

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Meta's transition towards AI-driven content moderation offers valuable insight into how moderation systems are evolving at scale. This session will explore the shift from manual review to AI-assisted enforcement, the lessons learned along the way, the ongoing role of human oversight, and the impact these changes are having on reducing online harms. Join this session to hear:

• Meta's evolution from manual moderation queues to AI-assisted enforcement 
• Lessons learned from deploying AI-powered moderation at scale 
• Why human expertise remains critical to AI development, testing, and oversight 
• The impact of AI-driven moderation on safety outcomes and harm reduction

Kate Gotimer

Vice President, Integrity & Support Operations
Meta Platforms

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As social media bans and age-based restrictions accelerate globally, platform leaders are at the forefront of implementing them in real world environments. This session explores how platforms are implementing new requirements while balancing safety, compliance and user experience. Join this session to learn:

• Dissecting how platforms are progressing with social media ban transitions and current challenges.
• Discuss how platforms can design family engagement strategies that build trust and adoption.
• Navigating the fine line of regulatory transitions whilst also minimising disruption and unintended risk.

Zandy Ring

Head of Trust and Safety
Automattic

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Alexander Kleist

Head of Instagram & Threads, Public Policy, Europe
META

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Zak Ringelstein

Founder & CEO
Zigazoo

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Many harmful user experiences are preceded by behavioural signals that platforms can identify and act upon. This session explores how risk detection models can support earlier interventions and improve outcomes for young users. Join this session to discover:

• Detecting behavioural indicators associated with elevated risk 
• Designing interventions that support users before escalation 
• Balancing proactive safety measures with user experience

Women, LGBTQ+ communities and other vulnerable groups continue to experience disproportionate levels of abuse online. Effective safety programmes increasingly combine product design, tailored policy interventions and targeted enforcement strategies. Come to this session to discover:

• How to identify risks facing vulnerable communities 
• Designing targeted interventions for high-risk users 
• Strengthening trust through inclusive safety measures

Noor Salama

Director of Member Experience & Safety
Feeld

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Many organisations still rely too heavily on detection and enforcement after harm has occurred. Leading platforms are moving safety upstream, embedding protections directly into product design, user journeys and platform architecture. The opportunity is reducing harm before moderation becomes necessary. Join this session to learn more on:

• Embedding safety requirements into product development processes 
• Preventing harmful behaviour through design interventions 
• How to measure the impact of preventative safety features

David Breger

Senior Director of Product Management
Pinterest

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Oscar Rodriguez

Vice President of Product
LinkedIn

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Marc Horne

Director of Product
Sony Interactive Entertainment

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The most effective safety interventions are often the simplest. This case study explores how strategic friction points can reduce risky behaviours, improve user decision-making and prevent harm before enforcement is required. Join this session to learn:

• Where friction delivers the greatest safety value 
• Designing interventions that influence user behaviour 
• Measuring the impact of preventative design change

As organisations face growing pressure to create safer digital experiences, product teams are often balancing safety requirements against speed, resources and delivery demands. The organisations making the most progress are those that remove friction through scalable tools, services and processes that make safety-by-design easy to adopt across every product and team. Join this session to learn more on:

• Embedding safety-by-design into fast-moving product development cycles
• Building scalable T&S services that teams can adopt quickly
• Removing organisational barriers that hinder safety implementation

Gilbert Gede

Director of Engineering, Community Health
Twitch

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Trust & Safety leaders increasingly face conflicting legal obligations, political priorities and cultural expectations. Success depends on building flexible governance models capable of adapting to divergent requirements without creating operational paralysis. Join this session to learn:

• Navigate overlapping regulatory obligations
• Balance local expectations with global consistency
• Strengthen governance across international operations

Ben Edelhart

General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
TaskRabbit

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Jennifer Kelly

Head of Platform Governance & Strategy
eBay

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Natasha Ahmed-Walsh

Head of Public Policy, UK and Europe
Strava

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AI-driven moderation, increasing regulatory obligations and evolving online harms are forcing organisations to rethink how Trust & Safety functions are structured, resourced and measured. This interactive roundtable will explore:

• Balancing Human Expertise and Automation: Exploring where human judgement remains essential and where AI is creating efficiencies across Trust & Safety operations.
• Building Future-Ready Teams: Identifying the skills, capabilities and functions required as Trust & Safety expands into AI governance, product safety and compliance.
• Designing Effective Operating Models: Comparing centralised and distributed approaches and examining how Trust & Safety collaborates with product, engineering and policy teams.

Mike Morrison

Senior Director, Scaled Operations
Discord

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From online harassment and stalking to non-consensual intimate imagery, deepfake abuse, and coordinated misogynistic attacks, women and girls continue to face disproportionate levels of harm online. This panel explores how platforms are strengthening protections and supporting vulnerable users. Come along to this session to discover:

• Examining how gender-based harms are evolving across digital platforms 
• Evaluating product, policy and enforcement measures that protect users 
• Developing proactive strategies to reduce harm before it occurs

Sasha Mathew

Global Head of Policy
Bumble

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Despite growing investment and regulatory scrutiny, many organisations continue to face challenges protecting children, young people and other vulnerable users online. This confidential roundtable will bring leaders together to discuss the interventions and partnerships driving the strongest safety outcomes, exploring:

• The Safety Measures Delivering the Greatest Impact: Examining the product features, policies and programmes producing measurable improvements in user safety.
• Where Current Approaches Are Falling Short: Discussing barriers to adoption, persistent safety gaps and emerging risks affecting vulnerable users.
• Strengthening Collaboration Across the Ecosystem: Exploring how platforms, families, regulators and civil society organisations can work together to improve outcomes.

While safety-by-design has become a core industry principle, many organisations continue to face challenges translating strategy into consistent implementation. This interactive roundtable will explore:

• The Safety Interventions Delivering Measurable Results: Examining product and design changes that have successfully reduced harm and improved user outcomes.
• Bridging the Gap Between Strategy and Execution: Identifying the organisational, technical and cultural barriers that prevent effective implementation across teams.
• Measuring the Success of Safety-by-Design Programmes: Discussing the metrics, frameworks and governance models used to demonstrate impact and secure investment.