Our 2025 conference
will take place on
Wednesday, 5 November and Thursday, 6 November 2025
at the
Trent Conference Centre in Nottingham
This year’s theme is
Smoothing the journey
About our conferences
Each autumn we hold a conference where we bring together criminal justice, health service and third sector professionals with academic criminologists and psychologists. We believe that forging strong links between practitioners and academics is vital in order to improve strategies for protecting stalking victims and managing perpetrators.
Our annual conferences have become a highlight in the stalking calendar for many people—an opportunity to network, learn from others and explore partnership opportunities. Each year’s programme is designed to ensure there are plenty of choices to improve people’s own work and deepen their understanding of different topics.
Our aim is to provide plenty of space and time to connect with others working in similar and complementary roles.
Pictures: The first conference in 2019 (top) and the most recent one in 2024
In addition to our main speakers, discussion groups and panels take place across both days giving attendees the chance to explore topics in more depth, have open discussions, and listen to conversations between experts.
Attendees (both in-person and online) also have a choice of workshops on both days.
Our speakers, workshop chairs and discussants provide examples of best practice across the board, in education, safeguarding, and criminal justice.
Last year, for example, Claire Waxman OBE, Victims’ Commissioner for London, and Dr Adrian Scott, who is leading the evaluation of our school assemblies project in the north-east, delivered inspirational keynote talks, as did the government’s Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips MP, who joined us on the second day (see picture).
This year’s conference
The theme this year is Smoothing the journey. At every stage in a stalking victim’s journey there is potential to improve how we support and protect victims themselves and for more effective interventions with perpetrators. In this year’s conference we will share best practice at every stage in this process from the early development of stalking behaviours through to the most serious cases.
The programme will include
- Keynote talks by Dr Chris Rosenbrier (Forensic CAHMS, Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust) on the development and prevalence of stalking behaviours amongst children and young people, and by Jess Phillips MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls.
- Whole-conference seminars on the Stalking Super Complaint 3 years on, presented by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, and on Recognising and Managing Risks, by Prof. Troy McEwan, Swinburne University, Melbourne.
- Workshops on Primary Prevention RSE School Assemblies; a community approach to safety on University campuses; the Home Office development of stalking legislation; using digital capabilities to detect and evidence stalking; cyberstalking perpetrators and their methods; the Hollie Guard app for logging and reporting; the Early Awareness Stalking Intervention (EASI) project; the importance of specialist input to pre-sentence reporting; and challenges around prosecuting and sentencing stalkers.
- Panel discussions/ Q&A sessions on perpetrator intervention—the need for a strong evidence base; and on multi-agency approaches where funding is limited.
Over the coming days and weeks we will be announcing further details of our programme.
Book today, Friday 15 August, for your last opportunity to take advantage of our “early-bird” rate (£20 reduction per ticket)
Last year we were full to capacity, so this year for the first time we have moved to Nottingham, to a larger venue. This enables us not only to welcome more in-person delegates but also to have more breakout sessions running in parallel.
The Trent Conference Centre is conveniently located a short tram-ride from Nottingham station, and there is plenty of free parking space if you prefer to come by car.
The Alice Ruggles Trust Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Alice Ruggles Trust awards!
Last year we introduced Alice Ruggles Trust Awards, which recognise and celebrate people and projects doing exceptional work to help bring stalking to an end.
We presented the various awards at the 2024 conference dinner and this year we will be doing the same.
Here are the 2025 awards categories. Click on the button below to make a nomination.
