Internet Privacy & Security Lawyer, Author, Award-Winning Columnist, Consultant, Public Speaker, Child Advocate

Parry Aftab was one of the first lawyers in the world to practice Internet law. Over the years, she has represented many of the leaders from the entertainment, Internet and consumer brand industries. Known for her ability to “think outside of the box,” she quickly became a leader in the emerging field of Internet law and policy and helped establish standards within the Internet industry.

Co-Author of the book, Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age with Robin Kowalski

Dr. Patricia Agatston is co-author of the book, Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age with Robin Kowalski, Ph.D., and Susan Limber, Ph.D. that was recently published by Wiley - Blackwell Publishers.  She is also co-author of the Cyber Bullying Curriculum for Grades 6 – 12 and the Cyber Bullying Prevention Curriculum for Grades 3 - 5.

Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer, AT&T

Dorothy Attwood leads the development and implementation of AT&T’s strategic international, federal and state public policy initiatives across all AT&T lines of business – including wireless, Internet, video and wireline services.  As Chief Privacy Officer, Attwood has oversight responsibility for the development and implementation of enterprise-wide policies governing the privacy of customer information. Previously she served as senior vice president-federal regulatory strategy and integration, where she was responsible for developing federal regulatory strategies and ensuring that key federal policy initiatives were effectively integrated within the company’s business and regulatory groups.

Chief Executive Officer
Family Online Safety Institute

For the past 30 years, Stephen Balkam has had a wide range of leadership roles in the nonprofit sector in the both the US and UK.  He is currently the Founder and CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), an international, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC.  FOSI’s mission is to make the online world safer for kids and their families.  FOSI convenes the top thinkers and practitioners in government, industry and the nonprofit sectors to collaborate and innovate and to create a “culture of responsibility” in the online world.

Co-founder and Executive Director
CyberSmart!

Mala Bawer is the Co-founder and Executive Director of the CyberSmart! Education Company and a veteran information industry executive and entrepreneur. She was part of the senior management launch team for the earliest field trials for North America's first consumer online service, a joint venture of AT&T and Knight-Ridder. She also played a pivotal role, as head of the New York office, in the introduction of the first networked interactive public video kiosk service, a partnership of Southam Inc.(the oldest and largest cross-media group in Canada) and Times-Mirror Corporation.

President
Consumer Policy Solutions

Debra Berlyn is President of Consumer Policy Solutions, a consulting firm centered on developing public policies addressing the interests of consumers and the marketplace. Immediately prior to launching Consumer Policy Solutions, Ms. Berlyn was Senior Legislative Representative in the Federal Affairs Department of AARP, responsible for all communications and energy matters. Ms. Berlyn currently serves AARP on a consulting basis, and led their activities related to the digital television transition issue.  Consumer Policy Solutions other clients include consumer organizations and industry.

CEO
KidZui

As one of Silicon Valley's most influential thought leaders, Cliff Boro is currently building KidZui into one of the most powerful Internet offerings for kids on the marketplace.  Cliff has an extensive background building and marketing world class consumer tech platforms and products for global media partners. Cliff sold his last company to AOL and his current investors in KidZui include Maveron (Howard Schultz's investment group), Emergence Capital Partners, First Round Capital and Scholastic.

Social Media Researcher
Microsoft Research and Harvard Berkman Center

danah boyd is a Social Media Researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. danah recently completed her PhD at the School of Information (iSchool) at the University of California (Berkeley). danah’s research examines social media, youth practices, tensions between public and private, social network sites, and other intersections between technology and society.

Director of Public Affairs
AT&T

Andrea Brands joined AT&T (then SBC) in 2003 overseeing public relations for SBC-Illinois.  Since that time she has been fortunate to hold a variety of positions in Public Affairs group, currently working on the constituency relations team where she is the company’s representative for women’s and senior’s organizations, as well as organizations that work on emerging issues, including environment, education and online safety, where she has developed educational outreach programs for students, parents, communities and seniors. 

Senior Director of External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel
Comcast

Computing Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland College Park, Human Computer Interaction Lab

Quincy Brown is a Computing Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland College Park, Human Computer Interaction Lab.  Quincy recently completed her PhD in Computer Science at Drexel University.  Quincy's research examines the use of mobile devices in educational contexts and educational technology development to narrow the Digital Divide.

Co-founder and Chief Education and Strategy Officer
Common Sense Media

Linda is a co-founder and Chief Education and Strategy Officer of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the media lives of kids and families.  She leads Common Sense Media’s digital media strategy, program development, and education efforts, including its digital literacy and citizenship initiatives.  Previously, she was Senior Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Planning at SyStemix, a biotechnology company that she helped build and then sold to Novartis. From 1985 to 1990 she was a strategic management consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York from, where she served healthcare and consumer-products companies.

Managing Director
Hector’s World™ Ltd

Liz Butterfield is the Managing Director of Hector’s World Limited (HWL), a New Zealand charitable venture that uses high quality animation to educate very young children and their families about digital citizenship.  Prior to developing Hector’s World, Liz managed NetSafe, New Zealand’s cybersafety organisation, from its inception in 1998 until 2006 when she became the MD of its new subsidiary Hector’s World Ltd.  In 2003, Liz was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (Queen’s Birthday Honours) for her work in the field of internet safety, and was also awarded the NZ NetGuide ‘Living Legend’ Web Award for her contribution to the internet industry.  In 2006, she was made the first female ‘Internet Fellow’ by InternetNZ, the body that oversees the internet in New Zealand.  In 2007 she became a Councillor of that organisation.

Clinical Psychologist

Tanya did her first degree in psychology at York, her clinical psychology Masters training at UCL, and her doctorate (on the treatment of cocaine, amphetamine and ecstasy misuse) between University College Hospital and Surrey. She has worked in the NHS for 18 years, in Drug Dependency, HIV/AIDS and sexual health, adult mental health and eating disorders services. She was the Consultant of an in-patient unit for 12 - 16 year olds with severe mental health problems and child protection issues. Tanya now works one clinical day a week as a Consultant in child and adolescent mental health.

Corporate Responsibility Manager 
Telefonica

María José Cantarino joined Telefonica in 1997, developing her career in areas directly related and focused on the international projection and expansion of Telefonica. In 2005, she joined Telefonica Móviles España, where she was in charge of projects directly designed to reduce the digital divide in least favoured groups such as battered women and immigration and to promote the safer use of ICTs among children and younger users. Since 2008, she is Corporate Responsibility Manager at Telefonica, S.A., with special focus on new technologies and youth’s online behaviour, experiences and rights of young users.

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Attorneys At Law
Managing Director

Dan Caprio brings nearly 25 years of practical policy experience to technology issues involving the convergence of internet, telecommunications and technology policy.

Internet Consultant

John Carr is one of the world’s leading authorities on children and young people’s use of the internet and associated new technologies. He is currently a Senior Expert Adviser to the International Telecommunication Union and has previously been an Expert Adviser to the European Union. John is also a former member of Microsoft’s Policy Advisory Board for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In addition John has been engaged professionally to advise several, major high tech companies.

Managing Public Policy Counsel
Google

Pablo Chavez is a policy counsel to Google on various issues including privacy, content regulation, and internet censorship.  Prior to joining Google, Pablo worked in the U.S. Senate for four years.  Most recently, Pablo served as Chief Counsel to the Office of Senator John McCain.  In that capacity, Pablo had a broad portfolio of issues and responsibilities including several internet-focused matters such as the regulation of spyware, online content regulation, internet censorship, internet taxation, and privacy.

Author,e-Parenting: Keeping Up With Your Tech Savvy Kids

Sharon Miller Cindrich is an author, columnist and speaker with a focus on parenting, kids and family technology. Her work has been published in dozens of publications, including The Chicago Tribune, Parents Magazine and Scholastic's Parent & Child Magazine and she is a Contributing Editor at FamilyFun Magazine. Her book E-Parenting: Keeping Up With Your Tech-Savvy Kids (Random House) hit shelves in 2007 and her new book A Smart Girl’s Guide to the Internet (American Girl) debuted this fall.

Founder & CEO
Circle 1 Network

Circle 1 Network specializes in reaching kids, tweens and parents around the globe through its unique and innovative virtual world, KidsCom.com and other properties. The company launched the first Web site for kids in 1995. Since that time our work has evolved from cyberzine communities to virtual worlds and other platforms.  Jori is responsible for the company's vision of creating and maintaining safe, fun community experiences.  The company has worked with the NFL, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Kellogg’s, Kimberly-Clark, Roche Diagnostics and others.

Senior Advisor for Comcast Corporation and consultant for ABC

Now a Senior Advisor for Comcast Corporation and consultant for ABC, Clarke served most recently in the public sector as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. In her book, Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game, Clarke offers a complete guide to the age of transparency.  Entertaining, approachable and full of crucial insight and practical guidance, Lipstick on a Pig is indispensable for business leaders, public figures and anyone in the public eye.  

Director of Marketing Communications
Blue Coat Systems

Laurie Coffin, Director of Marketing Communications for Blue Coat Systems, focuses on brand and awareness for Blue Coat. Blue Coat believes children's safety on the Internet is a worldwide social issue that takes local community action and parental involvement. For our part, we make K9 Web Protection free to all parents.

Editor & Executive Director, NetFamilyNews.org 
Co-director, ConnectSafely.org

Anne Collier's NetFamilyNews.org is the digital "community newspaper" of the tech-parenting and online-safety community - the only news service of its kind on the Web. Its "kid-tech news for parents" is designed to empower and educate grownups with the latest information on children's tech interests and practices, as well as their online safety. Anne is also co-director of ConnectSafely.org and co-author of MySpace Unraveled: A Parent's Guide to Teen Social Networking (Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA, August 2006).

Founder and President
LOOKBOTHWAYS, Inc.

Linda Criddle is founder and President of LOOKBOTHWAYS, Inc., a company that develops internet safety technologies and products, provides product design, safety reviews, and other consulting services to leading technology companies, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement, and provides practical assistance to consumers navigating the online world.

Presidente
Asociación Civil Chicos.net

Marcela Czarny is a pioneer in the promotion of responsible use of the ICTs by Spanish speaking children and teenagers. She specializes in creating, designing and developing educational and entertainment programs, and works as a pedagogical advisor for the Children Museum of Buenos Aires and the University of Buenos Aires.

Program Director, Adoption and Usage, National Broadband Task Force, FCC

Mr. David has been a senior executive at several entrepreneurial technology and communications companies, and has also covered media and telecom clients as a strategy consultant and investment banker.  He ran business development and sales for Visage Mobile, led consumer marketing and worked in strategy and business development for data services provider NorthPoint Communications, and handled strategic business development for Moxi Digital.  Prior to his operating experience, he was a media banker at Goldman Sachs and a consultant to telecommunications clients at Bain & Company.  He earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A., cum laude, from Duke University.


Media Literacy Educator & Teaching Professor
Drexel University

Dr. Belinha De Abreu is a media literacy educator and teaching professor at Drexel University. As a middle school educator, Belinha’s work focused on new literacies which encompass media, visual, and information literacy. The results of her work have shown that media impacts every part of a student’s life from body image, viewing habits, and media choices. Her goal is to provide students with viable, real-life opportunities for learning in various technological environments which in turn would encourage students to be critical, creative and conscious learners of technology and media.

Senior Director
PBS KIDS Interactive

Managing Director Audience and Brand Strategy
PBS

Judy Diaz is managing director audience and brand strategy at PBS. She's led the launches of many PBS brands and programs including series such as History Detectives and Curious George, specials such as Ken Burns THE WAR, and brands such as PBS KIDS and PBS KIDS GO!. She is also a member of PBS's core planning and strategy team that determines the organization's direction, focus and content.

Vice President of Operations and Managing Member
RuleSpace, LLC.

James serves on the board of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), and advises on child Internet protection strategies for industry, regulators, and law enforcement worldwide.  At RuleSpace he is responsible for strategy and partnerships.  He has been at RuleSpace since 1999, where he works with government agencies, ISPs, Mobile Data Network providers, and Corporate and Retail Security companies to protect over 240 million users worldwide.