Immerse yourself in a unique one-day innovation event at the iconic C-mine in Genk, a creative hotspot, where industrial heritage meets cutting-edge ideas. Join innovators, victim support professionals, law enforcement experts, policymakers, researchers, technology developers, and civil society for a day of collaboration, inspiration, and practical solutions that are shaping the future of victim support.

Tech4Victims explores how technology and innovation can transform the entire victim journey—from the first moment of reporting and seeking help, through access to support and justice, to long-term recovery and empowerment. As digital technologies reshape our societies, innovation is no longer simply about creating new tools; it is about ensuring that technology protects rights, strengthens trust, and delivers better outcomes for victims. 

The event will explore three interconnected dimensions of innovation: 

1. Technology Empowering Victims: From Reporting to Recovery
   Solutions that make it easier for victims to access information, report incidents, receive protection, and connect with support services—while improving accessibility, safety, inclusion, and empowerment.
2. Technology Building Awareness and Understanding
   Innovative approaches that strengthen education, training, professional development, and public awareness, ensuring that victims’ rights, experiences, and needs are better understood across society.
3. Technology Strengthening Victim Support and Justice Systems
   Responsible and ethical AI applications, digital tools, and emerging technologies that enhance referral pathways, victim support services, justice processes, and access to remedies, including compensation and recovery mechanisms.

Innovation is not technology alone.
Innovation is better support. 

Rather than relying on conventional conference formats, Tech4Victims is designed as a living laboratory for experimentation, participation, and challenge. The programme replaces passive listening with dynamic engagement through reverse pitches, where institutions present their needs before innovators showcase solutions; flipped keynotes that transform presentations into debates; battleground sessions that pressure-test technologies through vicitms-advocates and expert scrutiny; and audience-driven challenges that place stakeholders at the centre of decision-making. Even the conversations are reimagined through the use of a catchable microphone, creating fast-moving, peer-to-peer exchanges that encourage spontaneity, diverse perspectives, and genuine dialogue. The result is an event that not only showcases innovation but also embodies it—creating the conditions for new ideas, unexpected partnerships, and practical solutions to emerge. 

Together, we are shaping the next generation of victim support—where technology serves people, collaboration creates lasting partnerships, and innovation contributes to a safer and healthier world.