Welcome to our next IATSO Conference in Poznań, Poland!
August 26th to August 29th, 2025
Successes and failures in preventing sexual violence – Empirical findings, new concepts, and intercultural perspectives
On behalf of the Scientific and Logal Organizing Committees, we would like to invice you to the 18th conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO) in Poznań. The conference takes place from August 26th to August 29th, 2025 at the Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM).
This time, we would like to highlight that the assessment, treatment and research about individuals who have committed sexual offenses are highly impacted by various context variables. One layer of the context is public policy. Our actions are often criticized by policy makers or the general public and they may be under heavy pressure. Public policies related to sexual violence require our participation but they are also evaluated by research efforts. Other layers of the context include cultural differences, knowledge gathered in various academic fields (such as psychology, law, medicine or general sexology) and requirements of the organizations within which we operate (eg. prison service or university).
Taking these and other layers of the context into consideration, it becomes visible how complex the task of preventing sexual violence is. However, we believe that facing this complexity is a away to undersand our successes and failures and make our work more effective.
Filip Szumski, Chair of the Local Organizing Committee
Natalia Andrzejczyk, Local Organizing Committee
Dominika Bartoszak, Local Organizing Committee
Sabrina Eberhaut, Conference Organizing Committee
Martin Rettenberger, IATSO president elect
Reinhard Eher, IATSO president