All Things in Moderation (ATiM), a global gathering for people working in moderation across different contexts and cultures, dedicated to creating safe, comfortable, and enjoyable event experiences for everyone, is inviting submissions from individuals and groups involved in moderation, community management, trust and safety, and related fields, for the fourth edition of its Global Moderation Conference scheduled to hold from June 25 to 26, 2026.
Organised by Australian Community Managers, ATiM is an annual virtual conference that brings together moderators, community managers, social media managers, trust and safety professionals, policymakers, technologists, and researchers to share insights, experiences, and practical knowledge. The event will run over two days, with sessions accessible both live and on demand to ensure global participation.
The theme for the 2026 edition is CARE, highlighting moderation as a form of care work that involves protecting people, setting boundaries, responding to harm, and sustaining participation, while also navigating enforcement, risk management, compliance, and organisational or platform demands.
The conference aims to explore how different interpretations of care interact across policy, product design, moderation, and community labour, including where tensions and gaps may arise.
The conference emphasises global inclusion and actively encourages perspectives beyond dominant Global North frameworks, particularly from contributors in the Global South or those working in low-resource or high-risk environments, as well as initiatives that challenge mainstream platform assumptions and policies.
ATiM 2026 examines the interactions, tensions, and responsibilities in these layers and welcomes work at the intersection of community, governance, safety, policy, tooling, or compliance.
ATiM sessions emphasise practical experience over formal expertise. Submissions based on lessons learned from moderation work are welcome, and selected speakers will receive support to develop their sessions, including mentorship for contributors with less experience.
ATiM 2026 invites submissions exploring the practice of moderation with care at its core and power shaping decision-making. The conference focuses on how diverse experiences of care intersect with policy, product design, moderation, and community work, from high-level rules to everyday judgment calls.
Topics of interest include community or social media governance and moderation in practice, balancing enforcement with organisational demands, the role of AI in supporting or challenging care in trust and safety, mitigating online harms such as misogyny and racial hate, compliance and regulatory pressures, care-informed regulation, how care is translated across policy and frontline work, moderation across diverse cultural and regional contexts, and sustainable approaches to workload and responsibility.
Submissions are not required to strictly follow the CARE theme, as all ideas will be reviewed.
Submissions are open to a wide range of participants, including professionals and non-professionals such as volunteers, peer moderators, community organisers, activists, product operators, policy workers, and anyone with lived experience in managing or supporting online spaces. ATiM welcomes anyone contributing to making online communities functional, fair, and safe.
Proposals can be submitted in various formats, including case studies, practical walkthroughs, experience-led talks, panels, facilitated discussions, workshops, research presentations at any stage, and other creative session ideas, provided they are suitable for an online setting.
The organisers also offer mentorship and support to selected speakers, especially those with less experience, to help shape their sessions.
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For more information, please visit https://www.allthingsinmoderation.org/.
