Family Online Safety Institute

Every year, FOSI hosts a number of domestic and international events to discuss the evolving challenges facing the online safety community, and solutions that stakeholders around the world are developing to combat these issues. This year our events will include conferences in Brussels and our annual conference in Washington, D.C. Please check back here often for more information about these and other upcoming events.

Safety and Privacy in a Digital Europe

15th May 2012

Brussels, Belgium

European Parliament Building, Room P7050

This event will allow an informal, off the record discussion to take place between the EU institutions, industry and the non-profit sector. It will be an opportunity for industry to demonstrate the steps that they are taking to ensure that children remain safe and private online, whilst the Commission and Parliament are able to outline their concerns, and aims, of some of their work. The forum also allows for vital input from civil society.

This constructive dialogue will encompass a wide range of issues including the current EU initiatives, global nature of the problems and current international responses. It would also focus on industry self-regulation and the important role that effective legislation can play in this field.

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2012 Annual Conference

November 14th-15th, 2012

Washington, DC

Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium

This year's annual conference will focus on the concept of creating a "Safer Internet for All." We hope to replicate the success of previous years in bringing together another top tier group of participants from throughout the online safety space. Please continue to check the website for updates in the upcoming months.

For a review of last year's conference, please click here.

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