TASM 2026 at Swansea University
#TASMConf 2026 took place on 16-18 June. The conference assembled 293 registered delegates from 30 countries worldwide, from as far as Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Somalia, Nigeria, Benin, the UAE and Brazil, as well as the UK, Ireland, Europe and North America. The delegates included researchers from a range of academic disciplines and a large number of non-academic stakeholders, including representatives from TikTok, Google, Open AI, GIFCT, the Christchurch Call Foundation, Hedayah and numerous national governments, law enforcement, online harms regulators and NGOs.
On days 1 and 2, participants were able to select from 41 different breakout sessions, featuring over 100 speakers, covering a wide range of different topics. Copies of the abstracts are available below.
The opening keynote session featured a presentation from Paul Gill, Professor of Security and Crime Science at University College London. The second keynote was delivered by Vidhya Ramalingam, Founder and CEO of Moonshot. You can watch Vidhya’s presentation here.
On day 3, participants were able to choose between the TASM sandpit and four half-day stakeholder-led workshops.