The event is hosted by the International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute (IPPPRI), formerly PIER, part of Anglia Ruskin University. IPPPRI’s team of academics lead world-class research to improve policing and public protection practice.

Now in its ninth year, the IPPPRI conference provides an opportunity for practitioners, policymakers, academia and subject matter experts to come together to look at how multi agency responses can be improved, using evidence and insight based on evidence and academic research.

Known worldwide as one the most important conferences focussing on online harms, IPPPRI26 will bring together leading international and national speakers, in the fields of academia and public protection, to demonstrate the influence of academic research in informing real world change.

The conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, 8 – 10 June 2026.

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.
IPPPRI26 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 IPPPRI26 are helping us to share this, and to further build our network against online abuse.
I look forward to welcoming you to IPPPRI26.

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