During our 2025 Shield Global Online Safety Conference, Genevieve Bartuski, Theresa Ryan-Rouger, and Rebecca Taylor hosted a collaboration jam to discuss the question:
What can we do globally to make children and youth safer from online sexual predators?
In this event, Genevieve and Theresa will talk about how the conference session went, what their main takeaways were, and what concrete steps they suggest that we can work to put into action to improve collaboration and coordination across generations and borders!
Dr. Genevieve Bartuski is a clinical forensic psychologist, former hostage negotiator, and accomplished business owner with a unique and diverse background. With most of her career dedicated to forensic settings, collaborating closely with law enforcement, and working on death row, Dr. Bartuski has developed a profound understanding of human behavior in high-stakes environments. Her experience includes serving as a crisis (hostage) negotiator and she continues to consult and train with her former negotiation team, sharing her expertise to prepare others for critical situations.
Theresa Ryan-Rouger is a qualified human rights lawyer (Solicitor of England & Wales). Theresa has a bachelor’s in Political Science, law and has a Masters in international human rights, specialising in the Rights of the Child. She has been working in this field for many years, and has been focusing very specifically on how to combat online child sexuality abuse and exploitation through project management and advocacy at EU level.