Nordic Safe Digital Childhood Conference 2024
Save the Children, Sweden, Finland and Denmark would like to welcome you to the second annual Safe Digital Childhood Conference hosted by Save the Children Nordics!
This time, we welcome you to Malmö, Sweden, where civil society organizations, industry leaders from Nordic gaming and tech companies, academia, and decision makers and professionals working with children will join forces. The aims of the conference to learn, inspire each other, and discuss how we can promote children’s wellbeing and a positive digital childhood in a Nordic context.
Register for the conference
Date: November 13th 2024
Time: 09.00-16.30 (CET)
Place: Malmö, Sweden: Slagthuset, Jörgen Kocksgatan 7
Attendance to the conference is limited. Click here to register for the conference and receive updates. The conference is free of charge.
We believe that a cross-sector approach is the best way to promote children’s rights and safety in the digital world and the aims of the conference are to tackle some of the biggest challenges children are facing in their digital lives today. Join us with your expertise and engage in industry-cutting dialogue with a wide range of actors sharing a common goal: to increase children’s wellbeing and promote children’s rights in the digital world.
The main themes for the conference include designing technologies for children’s rights, creating safe and nourishing gaming environments, and the potential risks and benefits for children with the advancements with AI.
The conference is organized as part of Digital Citizenship, a Google Foundation-funded pan-Nordic program that aims to provide every child with safe and non-discriminatory access to digital opportunities. It also seeks to explore opportunities for Nordic collaboration, engage ecosystem stakeholders for mutual learning, and establish new strategic partnerships to advance children’s rights in the digital world. The conference is organized in collaboration with Google.org and Google.
Practical details
The conference will be held at Slagthuset, a 5 minute walk from the central station in Malmö. Snacks and lunch will be served at the conference, please contact the arrangers if you have any allergies or food preferences. All the food served at the conference will be vegetarian.
Save the Children Sweden has a collaboration with Scandic Hotels and are able to provide a discount if you use the code D000042149 when booking. Scandic S:t Jörgen is located a 10-minute walk from the conference venue.
Malmö is located 20 minutes on the train from Copenhagen central station.
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Please note that some parts of the conference will be live streamed and/or photographed to spread information about the event. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed please contact the event organizer.
Agenda for the conference
More details to be released and updated prior to the conference
09.00-09.30 Check in and mingle
09.30-10.00 Welcome to the conference and introduction
09.30-10.15 Opening keynotes on children’s online behavior and what risks children are facing and what potentials
10.15-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-10.45 Keynote speakers on AI and the risks and benefits associated with the technology
10.45-11.00 AI and its impact on children panel discussion
11.05-11.45 AI workshops
- Risks and need for regulations
- Potential benefits
- CSAM specific workshop
12.50-12.00 Summary from workshops
12.00-13.00 Lunch and mingle
13.00-13.45 Keynote speakers on Gaming and designing safe and playful gaming environments
13.45-14.00 Safe end nourishing spaces in gaming panel discussion
14.00-14.30 Coffee break
14.30- 15.30 Gaming workshops:
- Beyond parental controls and age restrictions: how can parents take a more active role in their child’s digital lives?
- Creating safe gaming spaces for girls
- Radicalization and mobbing in gaming, how can we make it safer for children?
15.30 - 15.45 Summary from workshops
15.45-16.00 Wrap up and conclusions from the conference
16.00-16.30 Mingle