National Safer Internet Day, February 8 2005
Safer Internet Day represents an effort by a global community of awareness-raising partners to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people.The Cyberspace Research Unit (CRU) in partnership with the Home Secretary's Internet Task Force has organised a one day UK conference entitled: ‘Children and Young People's Use of Mobile Phones' which will be hosted in London.
The one day conference will focus on a number of themes that will be discussed in various Panel sessions that will include:
- Research relating to young people’s experiences and concerns, regarding use of mobile phones and related technologies
- Overviews from each of the UK Mobile Operators, of strategies implemented to date, to enhance young people's safety
- The role of the education system in empowering children will be explored by members of the Education Panel.
- Age verification in online environments
- Existing and future initiatives designed to combat both illegal content and contact on mobile devices and issues surrounding harmful content
- ‘Combating Child Abuse on the Internet' and the proposal for a National Centre for Internet Safety.
- "Combating Child Abuse On-Line: Global crime prevention and crime reduction strategies designed to combat child abuse and to make the on-line environment safer"
- The training needs for law enforcement agents in the area of mobile phone evidence collection and examination.
- Issues surrounding phone theft
IWF CEO, Peter Robbins will be speaking at this event on the subject of illegal internet images and content on mobile devices and mechanisms designed to deal with this issue.
It is hoped that following this event, a plan of action will be devised which will include a set of policy recommendations.
Date:
Tuesday 8th February 2005
Venue:
76 Portland Place
London
W1B 1NT
United Kingdom
London
W1B 1NT
United Kingdom
Registration time:
Delegates should register at 9.15am
Who should attend?
The event will provide a valuable opportunity to network and share knowledge for anyone who works directly or indirectly in/with any of the following:
- Internet Service Providers
- Mobile phone service providers and carriers
- Content providers
- Law enforcement
- Teachers
- Teacher Trainers
- Academics
- Child welfare
- Online child protection services
- Software and hardware developers
- Regulatory bodies
- Government representatives and agencies
- Senior LEA managers and advisors
- Regional Broadband Consortia
- Children’s youth groups and organisations
- Consumer organisations
For the provisional agenda & booking form see 'Related Media' at the top right of this page.
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
This event offers the opportunity to meet and do business with some of the key players in the area of child internet safety. If you have a service or product you feel might be of interest to those attending, you may be interested in booking an exhibition space or advertising in the delegate pack.
For more information contact Emma Tweedie at the Cyberspace Research Unit on +44 (0) 1772 894378 or email: etweedie@uclan.ac.uk
ABOUT THE CYBERSPACE RESEARCH UNIT
The Cyberspace research Unit was established in 2000, and the work of the Unit covers 2 main areas:
- Researching how children and young people use the Internet and other communication technologies, and developing programs of education to empower them with the knowledge, tools and skills they need to navigate the Internet safely (see www.fkbko.net). This began with the ONCE Project (see www.once.uclan.ac.uk) funded by the European Commission and continues with the Safer Internet campaign, also funded by the EC.
- Exploring how criminals, particularly paedophiles, use the Internet as a vehicle for abuse, and examine the implications of this for investigative strategies.
The Cyberspace Research Team are in a unique position in relation to the development, delivery and evaluation of Internet safety training courses and the Unit has experience of tailoring education programmes to suit different audiences.
Members of the Cyberspace Research Team currently sit on the Home office Internet Task Force and the Department for Education and Skills Schools Internet Safety Strategy Group, and have conducted research for a variety or organisations, including the European Commission, the Home Office and BECTa (British Educational Communications and Technology agency. The For Kids By Kids Online website was recently nominated for the New Statesman New Media Awards 2003 where it reached the Finalist stage.
Created: Thu, January 20th, 2005 | Last Modified: Mon, August 14th, 2006
