It is with real pleasure that we make plans to welcome colleagues, partners and experts from around the world to our conference once again.
Over the past decade I have seen firsthand, the exponential growth and impact of online child
sexual abuse. With colleagues in a number of sectors, I have been doing all I can to influence progress to fight this.
My role as Chair of IPPPRI gives me a privileged position to become part of the academic network dedicated to using data and evidence to help us tackle what has become the biggest and most harmful threat to children right across the globe.
IPPPRI25 lets us bring this network together, alongside experts in sectors including public protection, policing, victim support and many others, to learn from the research underway and how this has been used to make real change.
Research is incredibly powerful and our institute is committed to using it for the power of good. Brands and organisations who support our work through sponsorship of IPPPRI25 are helping us to share this, and to further build our network against online abuse.
I look forward to welcoming you to IPPPRI25.

Simon Bailey CBE, QPM, DL, MSt (Cantab)
Chair, International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute