Conference Presentations Amsterdam 2015

Ms. Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children- " Accelerating progress toward a world free from violence against children"
Mr. Marc Dullaert, The Netherlands' Ombudsman for Children and Ms. Mariëlle Dekker, Director of Augeo Foundation for Prevention of Child Abuse- "Tackling violence against children in Europe: The way forward"
Ms. Marga Haagmans, Head of the Policy and Innovation Department of Augeo Foundation - "The lifelong impact of child abuse: the hidden epidemic"
Mr. Marcel Mannens, Professor of Genome Diagnostics, University of Amsterdam - "The lifelong impact of child abuse: the impact of early life stress"
Ms. Bernet Elzinga, Professor of Stress related Psychopathology, Leiden University - "The lifelong impact of child abuse: neurobiological consequences childhood abuse and neglect"
Ms. Maaike Pekelharing, Senior staff member of the hotline Combating Child Pornography on the Internet - "Online sexual abuse of children"

Ms. Astrid Podsiadlowski, Head of Sector Rights of the Child, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)- " Violence against Children: FRA's research"
Ms. Regina Jensdottir, Head of Children's Rights Division, Council of Europe- "The Council of Europe Strategy on the Rights of the Child: update, progress and key challenges"
Mr. Howard Dubowitz, Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Center for Families, University of Maryland - "Neglected Children: A Role for Ombudspersons in Europe"