Digital inclusion is critical for young people in terms of providing them with future skills, access to education and enabling them to socially connect. However, in order to do this children’s online safety is an issue of global importance. This event will bring together speakers with a variety of expertise and knowledge to explore how children’s rights can be protected online and explore the challenges that are faced by all relevant stakeholders to do this successfully.

The EIF and our host, MEP Sippel, anticipate a collaborative discussion during which participants will explore new ideas, tools, and opportunities for potential common solutions that prioritise children’s rights within a free, open, and secure Internet.

• Programme

  Opening remarks

  Birgit Sippel MEP and EIF Member

  Speakers

  Ansgar Koene, Member of the 2089-2021 Standard for Age Appropriate Digital Services Framework Working Group and Chair of the  P7003 Standard for Algorithmic Bias Considerations Working Group, IEEE

  Victoria de Posson, Secretary General, European Tech Alliance

  Janine Patricia Santos, Policy Advisor, EDRi

  Kelyan, BIK Youth Ambassador

  Markus Hartmann, Chief Prosecutor, Special Cybercrime Unit in Germany

  Exchange of views with the participants under the Chatham House rule