Category: B4U-ACT News

Save The Date – 2026 Professional Conference

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B4U-ACT is pleased to announce our 2026 conference, Toward a Shared Goal: Uniting Researchers, Providers, and Community to Promote a Better Understanding of MAPs. This year’s event will bring together researchers, mental health professionals, and community members who are committed to advancing ethical, research-informed approaches to supporting minor-attracted people (MAPs).

The conference will take place June 12–14, 2026, in the American Southwest. We invite you to join us for three days of connection, collaboration, and forward-thinking discussion.

Our keynote speakers will be Ian McPhail, PhD, CPsych (Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University) and David Ortmann, MSW, LCSW (author of Sexual Outsiders). Sessions will include presentations, panels, roundtables, and interactive workshops that highlight new insights, emerging research, and shared goals for progress.

Registration details will be available soon. For now, please feel free to reach out to conference@b4uact.org with any questions.

We hope to see you there.

Warm regards,
B4U-ACT

B4QR Volume 5, Issue 4 Out Now

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Volume 5, Issue 4 of the B4U-ACT Quarterly Review has just been released and is available here.

This issue concludes the fifth volume of B4QR, and includes short critical summaries of five studies published between late 2024 and 2025. The featured scholar in the “Meet The New Generation” section of this issue is Laura Sibret, a PhD Student in Criminology at the University of Portsmouth. The full text is available to read for free on our site.

Issue 4

Call for Proposals: 2026 B4U-ACT Conference

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B4U-ACT invites proposals for contributed sessions and posters for our 2026 conference, Toward a Shared Goal: Uniting Researchers, Providers, and Community to Promote a Better Understanding of MAPs. This event brings together professionals and community members to advance ethical, research-informed approaches to supporting minor-attracted people (MAPs). The conference will be held Friday-Sunday, June 12–14, 2026.

Keynote speakers will be Ian McPhail, PhD, CPsych (Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University) and David Ortmann, MSW, LCSW (author of Sexual Outsiders). We welcome proposals from researchers, scholars, practitioners, and minor-attracted persons (MAPs). Graduate students are especially encouraged to submit posters.

Sessions are 50 minutes and may take the form of presentations, panels, roundtables, or interactive workshops. Posters may be submitted in physical or electronic form.

Submission Deadlines:
 • Contributed sessions: January 15, 2026
 • Posters: April 15, 2026

More information and submission guidelines are available at:
 • Contributed session proposals
 • Poster proposals

Questions? Contact proposals@b4uact.org.