Imagine a social media platform truly safe and beneficial for everyone, especially those most at risk. In this event, we will talk about the ideal features and built-in protections it would have, but also take an honest look at why it is so challenging to create such a platform.

In this event, Deanna, Josh, and Femi will talk about their views of what can we do globally to reduce harm from human trafficking and online exploitation, what their main takeaways from the collaboration jam on this topic were, and what concrete steps they suggest that we can work to put into action to improve collaboration and coordination across generations and borders!

In this event, Genevieve and Theresa will talk about their views of what can we do globally to make children and youth safer from online sexual predators, what their main takeaways from the collaboration jam on this topic were, and what concrete steps they suggest that we can work to put into action to improve collaboration and coordination across generations and borders!

In this event, Sue and Evelyn will talk about what can we do globally to help support communities in guiding children and youth towards healthier digital habits, what their main takeaways from the conference were, and what concrete steps they suggest that we can work to put into action to improve collaboration and coordination across generations and borders!

In this session, we will hear from teen media wellbeing ambassadors who are youth changemakers for a safer digital world.

This speech will address the urgent need to protect children from the dangers of unregulated social media platforms. It will focus on the KIDS: Keep It Digitally Safe Campaign Contest, a global initiative aimed at raising awareness and finding creative solutions to safeguard youth.

This talk explores interdisciplinary perspectives on designing ethical and developmentally appropriate AI interactions for children.

This session will be about showing the importance of AI application for security

Megan Garcia will tell the story of how she was blindsided by a risk that she had previously been unaware of, and provide insights into what her experience teaches us about how dangerous AI chatbots really are.

During this session, we will discuss how children, as experts in play and creativity, can drive their own learning process about the online world.

In this session, we share the results of more than five years of research and development of Safety Labels for mobile apps and share information about a new training and certification program that teaches anyone how to look “inside” the app to see firsthand where your data is going.

The panel will emphasize the importance of including Gen-Z in conversations about online safety by discussing why their unique perspectives are crucial for effective solutions.