Conference Agenda

RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY: Child Protection in a Web 2.0 World

Date:Thursday 6th December 2007
Venue:Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Washington, DC 20004
8:15 amRegistration & coffee
9:00 Welcome - Stephen Balkam, CEO, Family Online Safety Institute

Video Address - Commissioner Viviane Reding, EU

9:45Aspen Institute Roundtable

Charlie Firestone, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, moderator

Panelists

11:15Coffee break
11:30U.S. Ambassador David A. Gross in Conversation with Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
12:00What the research is telling us

Debra Berlyn, President, Consumer Policy Solutions, moderator

Panelists

  • Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist, Pew Internet & American Life Project [slides]
  • Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science [slides]
12:45 Lunch & exhibition
2 pmBreakout Sessions

Companies or government - which should do more to protect children online?

Larry Magid, CBS News On-Air Technology Analyst, moderator

Panelists

  • Dorothy Attwood, Senior Vice-President, Policy, AT&T
  • Holly Hawkins, CIPP, Director, Policy & Regulatory, AOL
  • John Carr, Internet Adviser, Children's Charities Coalition for Internet Safety & Chair, Home Office Task Force on Filtering
  • Joe Waz, Public Policy Counsel and VP for External Affairs, Comcast Corp
  • Roger Cochetti, Group Director, U.S. Public Policy, CompTIA

Education - What methods and messages do we need to effectively reach parents, teachers and children?

Tim Lordan, Executive Director, Internet Education Foundation, moderator

Panelists

Technology - What are the latest trends in online safety technology?

Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow, PFF, moderator

Panelists

New Challenges - How do we protect kids in a world of social networking sites and the mobile web?

David Diggs, Executive Director, The Wireless Foundation, moderator

Panelists

4:00Break
4:30Plenary and Conclusions - Stephen Balkam, moderator

Bringing it all back home

  • Greg Smith, Author — 'How to Protect Your Children on the Internet - a Road Map for Parents and Teachers'
  • Linda Criddle, Author — 'Look Both Ways'
  • Andrew Keen, Author — The Cult of the Amateur: 'How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture'
6:00Evening Reception
8:00Close
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