President Obama plans an anti-extremism summit in Washington D.C. for Feb. 18 following the attack on Charlie Hebdo in France last week.
KTIC, an ABC News radio affiliate, reported that the summit will focus on efforts to prevent and decrease violent extremists along with their supporters from radicalizing, recruiting or inspiring individuals or groups to commit acts of violence.
The summit will center on the domestic and international fronts, and is expected to build on the White House's strategy from August 2011, Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States.
According to the International Business Times, the White House has called the summit the "Summit on Countering Violent Extremism."
Representatives from "partner nations" around the world, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, will come together to create guidelines for dealing with extremist groups.
The meeting will educate world leaders on how to integrate law enforcement, mental health and religious leaders to curb violent extremist behavior.
In addition, representatives from Boston, Los Angeles and Minneapolis-St. Paul will demonstrate how they have used counter terrorism and extremist tactics to prevent violence in their cities.
Obama announced the summit Sunday in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks last week, the Sydney hostage situation and the attack on Canadian Parliament.
The announcement came days after Boko Haram killed more than 2,000 people in Nigeria.
