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INHOPE Summit Speakers 2025 - Day Two

Day two of the INHOPE Summit is an in-person event dedicated to in-depth discussions through smaller group sessions, interactive breakouts, and Q&As. Meet the expert speakers and attendees joining us on-site in Washington, D.C., for this collaborative and focused day.

Get to know all speakers on day two (in person only) below. Find out more about the hybrid, first day of the Summit here.

Speaker Biographies

Abby Roberts, INHOPE
Project Manager at INHOPE, where she has spent six years advancing online safety through capacity building, advocacy, and legislative harmonisation. She leads hotline development under the Better Internet for Kids programme and manages the Global Standard Project. Previously, she worked in international law and advocacy with a pro-bono law firm, a refugee non-profit, and a litigation firm. She holds an LL.M. from VU Amsterdam and a B.A. from Carthage College.


Jacqueline Beauchere, Snap
Jacqueline Beauchere is the Global Head of Platform Safety at Snap Inc. She represents the technology industry on the WeProtect Global Alliance’s international Policy Board, serves as Snap’s representative on both INHOPE's Advisory Board and the Funding Council of the Internet Watch Foundation, and is a member of Power of Zero's Steering Committee. Prior to Snap, she spent nearly 22 years at Microsoft, serving as that company's and industry's first Chief Online Safety Officer.


Maleena Paal, TikTok
Maleena is the Policy Counsel at TikTok, where she focuses on youth safety, platform accountability, and emerging tech policy. Prior to TikTok, she led governance initiatives at Meta to design scalable safety and user redress mechanisms. Maleena began her legal career as an intellectual property attorney, advising on complex patent and trade matters, after working in management consulting. With a BSE from the University of Michigan and a JD from George Washington University, she brings a multidisciplinary perspective to her work.


Lauren Coffren, NCMEC
Executive Director of the Exploited Children Division at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Alexandria, Virginia, and has been with NCMEC since 2006. Ms. Coffren oversees the daily operations of the CyberTipline, the Child Victim Identification Program and the Notice Tracking Program. In addition, Ms. Coffren started the CSAM Survivor Services Program working to improve the response to survivors of CSAM.


Emily Cashman-Kirstein, Google
Emily leads child safety public policy at Google, working to ensure that children have safer and more enriching online experiences. Before joining Google, she led the policy team at Thorn, a tech-focused nonprofit committed to ending online child sexual abuse, establishing the organisation as a sought-after policy partner and thought leader both in the United States and globally.


Caroline Humer, STISA
Caroline is an international digital safety expert with over 20 years of experience in child protection. She is the co-founder of the Trust & Safety Festival, which fosters greater collaboration among trust and safety professionals. Caroline is also the co-founder of STISA, a survivor-centric NGO dedicated to combating image-based sexual abuse.


Bertrand de la Chappelle, Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network
Bertrand de la chapelle is the Executive Director for the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network and Chief Vision Officer for the Datasphere Initiative. With a diversified experience as a French career diplomat, civil society actor and tech entrepreneur, Bertrand has been a determined promoter and pioneering implementer of multi-stakeholder governance processes for more than 25 years. He was previously a Director on the ICANN Board (2010-2013), France’s Thematic Ambassador and Special Envoy for the Information Society (2006-2010) and an active participant in the World Summit on the Information Society (2002-2005).


Brian Cimbolic, Public Interest Registry
Brian is the Chief Legal and Policy Officer for Public Interest Registry (the non-profit registry operator for .ORG) and oversees its legal affairs and Anti-Abuse Program. Brian helped develop the PIR partnership with the Internet Watch Foundation in which any domain registry can receive IWF services at no cost to them. More than 50 top-level domains receive these sponsored services, and the program covers nearly 45M domain names so far.


Nadia Jung Pedersen, Save the Children Denmark
Nadia Jung is specialised in human trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation of women and children. She started her career doing outreach social work in the red-light district of Copenhagen, she has done research for Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation in the UK and worked several years in Cambodia on anti-trafficking issues for a local NGO and the UN. Nadia has moved with time into a more strategic behind-the-desk position. And now works for Save the Children Denmark, where she works with online issues of child sexual abuse.


Mick Moran, Hotline.ie
Mick Moran is the CEO of the Irish Internet Hotline. He took this role after over 30 years in law enforcement at local, national and international level. He is also a teacher in Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) at the CSI University College Dublin.


Jacqueline Beauchere, Snap
Jacqueline Beauchere is the Global Head of Platform Safety at Snap Inc. She represents the technology industry on the WeProtect Global Alliance’s international Policy Board, serves as Snap’s representative on both INHOPE's Advisory Board and the Funding Council of the Internet Watch Foundation, and is a member of Power of Zero's Steering Committee. Prior to Snap, she spent nearly 22 years at Microsoft, serving as that company's and industry's first Chief Online Safety Officer.


Bjorn Ihler, Revontulet
Bjørn Ihler is the co-founder and director of the Khalifa Ihler Institute and founder and CEO of Revontulet. Ihler is an internationally renowned researcher and expert in countering and preventing radicalisation into violent extremism by building healthier communities on and off-line. The key focus of his research and work in recent years has been on transnational extremist movements and their modes of communication. This work has been vital in developing a shared understanding of the global threat landscape and informing national and international policy and practice regulating technology, online content and harms while focusing on the impact this may have on human rights.


George Vlasto, Resolver
As the Head of Trust and Safety Division at Resolver, George spearheads efforts to create a safer online environment for users and platforms globally. With over 15 years of experience as a UK government diplomat, George brings a unique global perspective on risk intelligence and collaboration to his current role. George is particularly passionate about cross-sector partnerships, believing that collaboration is essential to effectively address pervasive issues like Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).


Robbert Hoving, INHOPE
President of the Board of INHOPE, as well as the President of Offlimits, an organisation that not only includes the hotline and helpline of the Safer Internet Center in the Netherlands but also works to prevent child sexual abuse with Stop it Now. Before this, he worked for the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children, the Public Prosecutor's Service, and started his career in the international hospitality industry.


All of the speakers listed above will be presenting in person on Day two of the INHOPE Summit. If you’re unable to attend in Washington, D.C., you can still join us online for the Day one hybrid program. Explore the Day one speakers here and register to join us online.

INHOPE Summit Speakers 2025 - Day Two
14.08.2025
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