The third annual 2008 Project Safe Childhood (PSC) National Conference was held in Columbus, OH, September 23–26. The conference provided Federal, State, and local law enforcement investigators, forensic experts, and prosecutors an opportunity to participate in workshops and lectures to further their knowledge while providing them with the tools necessary to combat online exploitation of children. Attendees included members of all PSC and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. The training sessions focused on how to increase collaboration and cooperation among law enforcement agencies and Federal prosecutors on child pornography cases, forensics methods, and the legal and technical aspects of child exploitation cases, among other topics. PSC and ICAC previously held separate conferences; this year's joint conference allowed the two groups to conduct joint training and sharing of best practices while continuing to build relationships across agencies and jurisdictions. Approximately 1,300 participants attended.
National AMBER Alert Conference
The 2008 National AMBER Alert Conference will take place October 14–16 in Garden Grove (Orange County), CA. This conference is by invitation only. The agenda for the conference includes special tracks for law enforcement, media/broadcasters, AMBER Alert Coordinators, tribal communities, and Child Abduction Response Teams. Additionally, the conference will feature a family-victims roundtable, an AMBER in Indian Country Cluster Meeting, a special session with AMBER Alert Coordinators from Mexico and Canada, and a 1-day workshop for Child Abduction Response Teams. Speakers will include Erin Runnion, a mother from Orange County whose daughter, Samantha, was abducted and murdered, and who now operates a nonprofit organization advocating for missing children; Mark Simpson, original investigator in the Amber Hagerman case; Charles Bierbauer, former CNN news anchor; Sheriff Sandra Hutchens of Orange County; Bob Hoever from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; David Diggs from CTIA, the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry; and Ron Laney, Associate Administrator of OJJDP's Child Protection Division.
The third annual 2008 Project Safe Childhood (PSC) National Conference was held in Columbus, OH, September 23–26. The conference provided Federal, State, and local law enforcement investigators, forensic experts, and prosecutors an opportunity to participate in workshops and lectures to further their knowledge while providing them with the tools necessary to combat online exploitation of children. Attendees included members of all PSC and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces. The training sessions focused on how to increase collaboration and cooperation among law enforcement agencies and Federal prosecutors on child pornography cases, forensics methods, and the legal and technical aspects of child exploitation cases, among other topics. PSC and ICAC previously held separate conferences; this year's joint conference allowed the two groups to conduct joint training and sharing of best practices while continuing to build relationships across agencies and jurisdictions. Approximately 1,300 participants attended. 
The 2008 National AMBER Alert Conference will take place October 14–16 in Garden Grove (Orange County), CA. This conference is by invitation only. The agenda for the conference includes special tracks for law enforcement, media/broadcasters, AMBER Alert Coordinators, tribal communities, and Child Abduction Response Teams. Additionally, the conference will feature a family-victims roundtable, an AMBER in Indian Country Cluster Meeting, a special session with AMBER Alert Coordinators from Mexico and Canada, and a 1-day workshop for Child Abduction Response Teams. Speakers will include Erin Runnion, a mother from Orange County whose daughter, Samantha, was abducted and murdered, and who now operates a nonprofit organization advocating for missing children; Mark Simpson, original investigator in the Amber Hagerman case; Charles Bierbauer, former CNN news anchor; Sheriff Sandra Hutchens of Orange County; Bob Hoever from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; David Diggs from CTIA, the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry; and Ron Laney, Associate Administrator of OJJDP's Child Protection Division.