Trust & Safety Professional Association

Protecting the safety of our users is central to Google’s mission of organizing the world’s information and making it accessible and useful. This has never been more important or relevant than it is today. We are excited to have Google as a Visionary sponsor of this year’s TrustCon, which brings together the best of the trust and safety ecosystem to share best practices, learn from one another and help keep our users safe online. Please say hello, they can’t wait to connect with everyone attending!

Thanks to the generosity of TaskUs and SafetyKit, whose contributions to our scholarship fund enabled us to support the registration, accommodation, and travel costs for ✨ 58 ✨ attendees this year! Together with these two sponsors, TSPA provided more than $80K in scholarships. TaskUs' scholarship support helped us bring more speakers and trust and safety professionals to TrustCon. SafetyKit’s Research and Engineering scholarship emphasized support to researchers, data scientists, analysts, and engineers studying or working in trust and safety. Thank you for helping us make TrustCon more diverse and accessible!

We heard you loud and clear last year—MORE SNACKS & ACTIVITIES! We want to send a special thank you to our Activities and Breaks Sponsors: Cognizant, Persona, Google, and PartnerHero for providing specialty activities and breaks throughout the conference. Thank you for keeping the T&S community caffeinated, well-fed, and massaged! If you are attending TrustCon this year, be sure to check out the activities and breaks happening throughout the days!

Big shoutout to our amazing sibling organization, the Trust & Safety Foundation, for bringing their A-game to TrustCon’s opening reception next week! 🍹 As we kick off next week's event in high spirits, be sure to try their drink, Recall Bias (Fernet con Coca) that will get your taste buds going! Cheers to trust, safety, and the magic of perfectly mixed cocktails! 🥳🍸 See you soon!

We are incredibly grateful for our Visionary sponsors, Genpact, Google, and Wipro! 🌟 Thank you for your unwavering support and commitment to making TrustCon a success. Your partnership drives innovation for the T&S community. Be sure to follow them and check them out at TrustCon next week!

🎤 TrustCon 2024 is less than a week away. If you're speaking at TrustCon, take a look at these tips from past speakers to help with putting the final touches on your presentation and ease any nerves. From practical tips to boost your confidence to strategies for engaging your audience, don't miss out on their valuable advice. If you have tips of your own, share them below! (Thank you, Alice Goguen Hunsberger , Marie M., Alicia Blum-Ross!)

Even with 150 sessions to choose from this year, TrustCon attendees always start the day together in our morning plenaries. For each day, TSPA invites leaders from the trust and safety community to inform, challenge, and inspire our attendees before they head into a full day of learning and connecting. This year, we are honored to hear from these keynote speakers: Monday, July 22 Dr. Rumman Chowdhury CEO, Humane Intelligence Dr. Rumman Chowdhury is a data scientist and social scientist. After stints at Accenture and Twitter, she is now the CEO of the tech nonprofit Humane Intelligence, which builds a community of practice around evaluations of AI models, as well as the United States Science Envoy for Artificial Intelligence and Responsible AI Fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Rumman will be sharing her thoughts about the role of AI in trust and safety and in society. Tuesday, July 23 Catherine Teitelbaum Head of Family Trust, Amazon Kids Catherine Teitelbaum is the Head of Family Trust for Amazon Kids. She is a former educator, industry veteran and recognized pioneer in online safety and privacy, as well as age-appropriate design, policy development, and product guidance. From her early days at Yahoo! to her most recent post at Twitch, Catherine has worked in trust and safety for over two decades and will be sharing her perspective on navigating change as our field continues to evolve. Wednesday, July 24 Sean Litton, President & CEO of Tech Coalition, will moderate a panel discussion on the latest advancements and challenges in child safety, highlighting the importance of collaboration between trust and safety professionals. Panelists include: Camille François, Professor, Columbia University Courtney Gregoire, VP Digital Safety, Microsoft Jeffrey S. Collins, Director, Trust & Safety, Amazon Web Services Nell McCarthy, Vice President, Trust & Safety, Meta

Thank you to our Friend Sponsors — Checkr, Inc., Deep Media AI, Discord, Firstsource, Meta, Prove, Save the Children US, Tech Mahindra, Tremau, and Vaco! Your support of TrustCon means so much to TSPA and our community as a whole. As a “friend” in our community, you are paving the way for T&S professionals to meet, connect, and create a safer digital environment for us all.

It’s happening! We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the highly anticipated 2024 APAC Summit, set to take place at the stunning PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay in Singapore on 7 October 2024. This year's summit theme is “Glocalization of Trust & Safety,” and this promises to be an extraordinary event, bringing together thought leaders, industry experts, and innovators from across the APAC region. Join us for a series of insightful sessions, interactive panels and workshops, and unparalleled networking opportunities designed to inspire and empower our community. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gSJuRSys As a reminder, the CFP is still open and we encourage you to submit your proposals. We welcome proposals from all levels in T&S. Submissions are due by 11:59 PM SGT on 29 July 2024, For more information on the CFP and to submit, check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gjS7_-Sp

We want to extend a heartfelt thanks to our Champion Sponsors: Cinder, Concentrix, and Resolver, a Kroll Business! Your generous support is instrumental in making TrustCon an outstanding event. We appreciate your commitment to fostering excellence in the T&S community!