SVRI Forum 2026
Programme at a Glance
Thailand
5 – 9 October 2026 • Centara Grand Convention Centre, Bangkok
Connect • Share • Learn
Plenary / Opening
Parallel session
Pre-conference workshops
Participant-driven / Evening
Coffee / Lunch
Plenary Hall closed (Gala setup)
Monday5 October
Tuesday6 October
Wednesday7 October
Thursday8 October
Friday9 October
07:00 – 09:00
Registration
08:00 – 17:00 (all days)
Participant-driven events- Lotus 1–4
- Lotus 5–7
- Lotus 11
- Ballroom A
- Ballroom B
- Ballroom C
Participant-driven events- Lotus 1–4
- Lotus 5–7
- Lotus 11
- Ballroom A
- Ballroom B
- Ballroom C
Participant-driven events- Lotus 1–4
- Lotus 5–7
- Lotus 11
- Ballroom A
- Ballroom B
- Ballroom C
09:00 – 10:30
Pre-conference morning workshops09:00 – 12:00- Lotus 1–2
- Lotus 3–4
- Lotus 5–6
- Lotus 7
- Lotus 10
- Lotus 11
- Lotus 12
- Ballroom A
- Ballroom B
- Ballroom C
Plenary I: OpeningPlenary Hall
Still Here: Evidence, Solidarity, and the Long Game
Plenary IIPlenary Hall
Taking Proven Programmes to Scale: Lessons from the Field
Parallel Session 7- 7.1 Inside the Digital Threat: Research on Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration Online
- 7.2 Stronger Families, Safer Children: Evidence on Parenting Interventions
- 7.3 Scaling What Works: Evidence-Based Prevention across Education, Families, and Communities
- 7.4 TFGBV, Power, and Political Participation
- 7.5 How We Measure Violence: Validation and Innovation in IPV Tools
- 7.6 Violence Against LGBTIQ+ Communities: Evidence from Asia and Beyond
- 7.7 Violence Across Generations: Longitudinal Evidence from LMICs
Participant-driven events- Lotus 1–2
- Lotus 3–4
- Lotus 5–6
- Lotus 7
- Lotus 8
- Lotus 9
- Lotus 10
- Lotus 11
- Lotus 12
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Parallel Session 1- 1.1 The Climate-Violence Nexus
- 1.2 Understanding and Responding to Perpetration
- 1.3 From Proof to Practice: Scaling What Works
- 1.4 When Violence Kills: Research on Femicide and Lethality
- 1.5 A Decade of Change: Rugby in the Pacific as a Platform for Prevention
- 1.6 Children, Sexual Violence, and the Path to Response
- 1.7 Community, Systems, and Scale: Practical Approaches to IPV and Beyond
Parallel Session 4- 4.1 The Missing Risk Factor: Men’s Drinking, Gendered Harm and Policy Pathways
- 4.2 Who Funds the Field, and How: Reimagining Finance for GBV Work
- 4.3 Why Men Use Violence: Perspectives on Male Perpetration
- 4.4 Schools as Sites of Prevention: Evidence on Education-Based Interventions
- 4.5 When Climate Hits: GBV Response in Pacific Island Communities
- 4.6 Violence Against Children: Prevalence, Patterns, and Structural Drivers
- 4.7 Norms, Rights, and Girls’ Lives: Research on Harmful Practices
FMP Session 8- 8.1 Foundations – Strengthening the Evidence Base
- 8.2 Systems Under Strain: Funding, Conflict and Humanitarian Settings
- 8.3 Children, Adolescents and Educational Settings
- 8.4 Mixed Forms of Violence and Harmful Practices
- 8.5 Marginalised Groups and Intersecting Harms
- 8.6 Prevention and Tech-Enabled Violence
- 8.7 Survivor-Centred Response
12:30 – 15:00
Lunch break
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch
+ Participant-driven events & Posters
Lunch
+ Participant-driven events & Posters
Lunch
+ Participant-driven events & Posters
15:00 – 16:30
Pre-conference afternoon workshops14:00 – 17:00- Lotus 1–2
- Lotus 3–4
- Lotus 5–6
- Lotus 7
- Lotus 10
- Lotus 11
- Lotus 12
- Ballroom A
- Ballroom B
- Ballroom C
Parallel Session 2- 2.1 Designing, Testing, and Refining IPV Prevention Programmes
- 2.2 Violence Within Violence: GBV in Conflict and Crisis Settings
- 2.3 Beyond the Application: Donor Insights on Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking
- 2.4 Research With, Not On: Methods and Ethics in Violence Research
- 2.5 Review of Research Trends in Science across SVRI Forums
- 2.6 Responding in Crisis: GBV Programming in Humanitarian Settings
- 2.7 From Policy to Practice: National Strategies to Address VAW
Parallel Session 5- 5.1 Plenary Hall closed – Gala setup
- 5.2 Holding Ground: Feminist Responses to Anti-Gender Backlash
- 5.3 Rigour and Responsibility: Methods in Violence Prevention Research and Practice
- 5.4 Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: Harms, Responses, and Engagement
- 5.5 From Shelter to State: Building Systems That Support Survivors
- 5.6 Law in Practice: Evidence on Justice Responses to VAW
- 5.7 GBV, Harassment, and Accountability in the Workplace
Plenary IIIPlenary Hall
When the Climate Changes, Who Gets Hurt: GBV and Environmental Stress
16:30 – 17:00
Coffee break
Coffee break
Plenary IV: Closing & Prize-giving16:30 – 17:30 · Plenary Hall
17:00 – 18:30
Parallel Session 3- 3.1 Accountability on Trial: How Justice Systems Respond to Sexual Violence
- 3.2 Understanding and Preventing Sexual Violence: Evidence Across Settings
- 3.3 Campus Under Scrutiny: GBV in Higher Education Institutions
- 3.4 Disability, Violence, and the Right to Be Heard
- 3.5 Reaching Survivors: Innovations in Support and Care
- 3.6 Over Time: Tracking IPV Across Populations and Contexts
- 3.7 Accountable to Survivors: Safeguarding in Practice
Parallel Session 6- 6.1 Plenary Hall closed – Gala setup
- 6.2 Stopping Child Sexual Abuse before it Happens: Working with Adults and Adolescents at Risk
- 6.3 Does Economic Empowerment Reduce IPV? Evidence from the Field
- 6.4 Beyond Punishment: Survivor-Centred Justice and Alternatives to Carceral Responses
- 6.5 TFGBV in China: Law, Platforms, Advocacy, and Survivor-Centred Responses
- 6.6 Violence, Health, and the Long-Term Consequences of GBV
- 6.7 Violence, Identity, and Survival: GBV and LGBTQ+ Communities
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19:00 – 21:00
Welcome & Cocktail EventPlenary Hall
Participant-driven events
Conference Gala Dinner
Participant-driven events
