Internet Conference: Protecting and working with children and young people
Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) Ten Year Anniversary Road Show
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Marriott Hotel, Northampton
This day conference is a joint initiative by COPCA, CES & CYS.
Purpose:
How people in the Catholic Church in England & Wales protect children and young people information over the internet?
Can the Catholic Church in England & Wales ensure the saftey of young people & children interacting with our websites?
Listen to key speakers from organisations who advise on strategies that will assist the Catholic Church in England & Wales in developing National guidelines to help protect children, and young people who use the COPCA, CES and CYS websites.
Key Speakers:
Sarah Robertson, Internet Watch Foundation
Jim Gamble, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
Stephen Carrick-Davies, Childnet International
For more information click here.
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Child Sexual Abuse and New Technologies: The Future Challenges for Child Protection
Thursday 14 June 2007
ORT House Conference Centre, London
Fast changing technologies are changing the nature of the risks faced by children and young people. What are the implications for professionals working with children and their families? How do different professionals work together?
New technology enables children and young people to locate and interact with others more readily than ever before as well as offering them opportunities to create content and express themselves in new ways. However, the advancement of mobile and internet technology leaves children at greater risk from inappropriate contact from others and from exposure to harmful content.
Aims of the conference
The aims of the conference are to raise awareness of the new and emerging ways in which child sexual abuse may be facilitated by new technologies and to look at some of the new difficulties and challenges we face in protecting children in this context. It will offer practitioners working with children an understanding of risks and look at ways that they can help to protect and empower children and young people to keep themselves safe.
Confirmed speakers:
Vernon Coaker MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Policing, Security and Community Safety, Home Office
Tink Palmer, Director, Stop It Now
Jim Gamble, Chief Executive, The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
Mark Ivory, Executive Editor, Community Care
Christopher Cloke, Head of Child Protection Awareness and Diversity, NSPCC
Kamaljit Matharu, Head of Children and Technology, NCH
Tony Eccleston, Director of Research, Cyberspace Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire
Kevin Gibbs, Area Children's Services Manager, NSPCC
Liz Woolford, Policy and Development Manager for Looked After Children and Young People, Surrey County Council
Roger Feltham, Area Team Leader, Traveller Education Support Service, Surrey County Council
Jon Davis, Assistant Head, Royal Alexandra and Albert School, Surrey
Sally-Ann Griffiths, Education and Child Protection Advisor, SECURUS Software
Mary Louise Morris, Education Manager, Childnet International
Donald Findlater, Director of Research and Development, Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Alice Newman, Principal Therapist, Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Graham Tilby, Head of Safeguarding and Review and Co-ordinator, Dudley Safeguarding Children Board
Jackie Jennings, Safeguarding Development Manager, Dudley Primary Care Trust
Shirley Hackett, Schools Development Advisor, Dudley MBC
Helen Penn, Education Co-ordinator, CEOP
Sue Graham, There4me Practitioner, There4me, NSPCC
Kevin Boyle, Assistant Children's Services Manager, There4me, NSPCC
Baroness Howarth of Breckland OBE
Who should attend?
- Staff in statutory, voluntary and commercial agencies.
- Practitioners working with children including teachers, care workers, social workers, youth workers, police officers, probations officers, family support workers, child and adolescent mental health workers and resident care staff.
- Policy-makers and opinion formers.
For more information and to book a place click here.
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Cyber Security KTN Annual Conference
Tuesday 12th June 2007
One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA
An invitation to Small and Medium Enterprises
SMEs are invited to participate and exhibit at the Cyber Security KTN Annual Conference, and invite you to participate and exhibit. A limited number of free exhibition spaces (3m x 2m) will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
For more information click here.
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Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) Ten Year Anniversary Road ShowLondon, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol
To mark the IWF’s ten year anniversary and to raise awareness of it’s work combating online child abuse images, the organisation is launching a UK road show at 9.30am on Tuesday, 24 October 2006 at Westminster’s Central Hall.
Home Office Minister, Vernon Coaker MP will be speaking at the launch. Each of the following events, which begin at 11.00am, will be hosted by a local parliamentarian, feature an in-depth presentation by the IWF and lead into a panel discussion inviting comment and questions from delegates. Refreshments and a buffet will be available and the event should finish at around 1.30pm. Full details will be sent following registration.
Ten years after the IWF was founded by the internet industry just 0.2 per cent of child abuse images online are hosted in the UK, down from 18% in 1997. Membership has risen to 70 organisations including major ISPs, mobile operators, software companies and search engines. 2006 is an important year for the IWF and combating child abuse on the internet remains one of society’s most serious challenges.
Delegates in the following areas are warmly invited to the free IWF events:
- Parliamentarians
- Councillors
- Teachers
- Child protection workers
- Police
- Local authorities – LEA’s, Children’s Services etc
- IT professionals
- Other industry representatives
- Associated charities/organisations
- IWF members and those interested in joining the IWF
- IWF Board members
There is no charge to attend the events but places are limited so it is advisable to book as soon as possible.
2006 Road Show dates and venues are as follows:
- London, Tuesday, 24th October, Aldersgate Room, Central Hall, Westminster, Storey's Gate, London, SW1H 9NH
- Birmingham, Friday, 27th October, Copthorne Hotel Birmingham, Paradise Circus, Birmingham, B3 3HJ
- Manchester, Friday, 3rd November, Copthorne Hotel Manchester, Clippers Quay, Salford Quays, Manchester, M50 3SN
- Newcastle, Friday, 10th November, Copthorne Hotel Newcastle, The Close, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3RT
- Bristol, Friday, 17th November, Jurys Bristol Hotel, Prince Street, Bristol, BS1 4QF
The IWF is planning to visit Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh in early 2007.
For more information email roadshow@iwf.org.uk.
IWF would like to express its gratitude to Central Hall Westminster, Millennium Copthorne Hotels and Jurys Bristol Hotel for their generous support in providing the venues free of charge for the Road Show events.
To read about the conferences click here.
To see photos of the event click here.
Child Protection and the Internet
Wednesday 28th June 2006 – Central London
Capita Conferences is bringing together industry, social services and the police in a unique conference on Child Protection and the Internet to examine the best means of eradicating the threat to the UK’s children and helping children abroad who are mistreated for the edification of paedophiles.
The rapid development of internet technology has provided abusers and paedophiles with new and varied ways of disseminating material and grooming potential victims; and all too few parents are fully aware of the extent of the threat.
High profile initiatives such as Operation Ore and the Virtual Global Taskforce have placed the campaign against paedophilia on the internet firmly on the media and government agenda. This April saw the launch of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, which will coordinate action against abusive material, and provide a focus for all those who are working to protect children.
Speakers include:
Jim Gamble, Chief Executive, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
Peter Robbins, Chief Executive, Internet Watch Foundation
Camille de Stempel, Director of Policy, AOL
Paul Clark, Lead on Child Protection, Association of Directors of Social Services
Neil Hunter, Child Protection Officer, Lancashire Police
Book now as places are limited.
For more information call (020) 7808 5278, or download the programme by clicking here.
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IWF Parliamentary Reception Wednesday 8th March 2006
House of Commons
Invitation only
The IWF are excited to launch our 2005 Annual Report and at the same time introduce our new Chair, Amanda Jordan, OBE to key stakeholders at this Parliamentary Reception.
The reception will be kindly hosted by Andrew Lansley MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and speakers will include Department of Trade and Industry Minister Alun Michael MP and Amanda Jordan OBE, Chair of IWF.
This is an ideal opportunity to meet senior Government and Police officials along with the vast array of stakeholders involved in many aspects of internet provision, policy and regulation as well as those who work to combat illegal online content.
Click here to see the post event press release.
The ISPAs Thursday 23rd February 2006
Central London
The ISPAs - the UK Internet industry awards - are unique as they are awarded to people and organisations in the industry by their peers and reflect the broad nature of the service provider sector.
The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) has been organising the UK Internet Industry Awards since 1999 to herald the best of the Internet industry and to celebrate innovation and best practice. In 2002 the awards were dubbed The ISPAs.
The nominations for this year's IWF ISPA Award for 'Developments in Online Safety' were given to any scheme or initiative in the UK which has significantly contributed towards the progress of online safety in 2005.
Below is the shortlist for the IWF ISPA Award:
For more details about the nominees please clik here
Click here to read about the IWF ISPA Award winner.
Every Child Matters: Safeguarding Children in a Digital World Becta Strategy and Planning Day for Directors of Children Services
Wednesday 8th February 2006
National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham
An opportunity for an invited audience of Director's of Children's Services and/or Chief Education Officer's of all Local Authorities in England and their senior staff, to consider:
- The changing risks to children as a result of an increased use of information and communications technology
- The challenges and solutions offered by ICT when safeguarding children in their care
Whilst the focus will be on education, the principles and issues to be discussed will apply equally across all services with children at the focus.
For more information about the event click here.
Safer Internet Day UK 2006 Tuesday 7th February 2006
Museum of London, 150 London Wall, London
Safer Internet Day represents an effort by a global community of awareness-raising partners to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people.
The Cyberspace Research Unit (CRU) and the Crime Solutions Team, based at the University of Central Lancashire has organized this one day UK conference entitled: ‘CHILDREN AND USER GENERATED CONTENT: Implications For The Roles and Responsibilities of Different Stakeholders’. The event will run in conjunction with the Public Awareness Group of The Home Office Internet Task Force on Child Protection.
The event marks European Safer Internet Day, funded through the European Commission’s Safer Internet Action Plan and supported by OFCOM.
Participating organisation include members of the Home Office Internet Task Force, IWF, Microsoft, AOL, NCH, UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOPC), Vodafone, Wisekids Wales, OFCOM, Samaritans, ICRA, Papyrus.
For more information about event and registration form click here.
ISPA Conference 2005: A beginner’s practical guide to policy issues affecting ISPs Thursday 1st December 2005
Central London
ISPA is launching an exciting new series of conferences for their Members.
The first conference will be held on the 1st December in London, and is aimed at giving regulatory background and clarity for ISPs, particularly those who are seeking to get more involved in ISPA's subgroups.
The conference includes:
- A full day’s informative training
- Understand OFCOM’s role more clearly – is it a threat to ISPs or a white knight?
- Learn how to reduce liabilities for ISPs
- Discover the Industry’s Options for the future – 21 Century Networks or Local Loop Unbundling?
- Small group workshops to learn and share knowledge and experiences
- Cutting-edge issues with people at the heart of the internet industry
For booking form click here.
For more information contact admin@ispa.org.uk
Protecting Children On-line: Public/Private Partnerships to make the Internet Safer 15/16 November 2005
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Virtual Global Taskforce is an international partnership of law enforcement and industry working together to empower and protect children on-line. Law enforcement partners include the National Crime Squad for England and Wales, the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the US Department of Homeland Security and Interpol. Current VGT industry partners include Microsoft, MSN, AOL, BT, Vodafone and Lycos. Collectively the Taskforce delivers a range of initiatives to prevent and deter individuals from committing on-line child abuse.
The aims for the conference are to develop partnership approaches to tackling on-line child abuse and to foster a sense of shared responsibility between government, law enforcement, industry and child protection organisations across the globe. In particular, it is hoped to identify and share good practice, information on current and future threats, and to develop solutions in relation to prevention, awareness, and investigation. The conference will conclude with an agreed programme of action with roles allocated, where appropriate, to stakeholders. The conference will also identify future partners for full or associate membership of the Virtual Global Taskforce.
Paul Goggins, the UK Home Office Minister with responsibility for Internet crime and child protection on the Internet will deliver the keynote address. Other speakers and the full agenda will be confirmed shortly.
IWF CEO, Peter Robbins, has been invited to speak at this conference.
Teen Works 2005: Young People and the Internet 15th November 2005
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
WISE KIDS and IT Wales are co-organising a one day conference . The conference is one of the events held as part of ict forum wales 2005.
The conference aims to explore young people's awareness and use of the Internet and mobile phones, and look at current and coming trends in this area. It also aims to look at current research and guidelines in this area, and provide relevant examples and strategies that young people and adults can use to take advantage of the Internet and mobile phone technologies, whilst ensuring their personal safety.
Through the specialist seminars in the afternoon, topics like child protection issues and moderating online communities will also be covered.
The speakers for the event will include Rhian Davies, Assistant Children's Commissioner for Wales, Josh Dhaliwal, Director of Mobile Youth, Angus Cormie, Director of The Digital Business, Bill Westhead from the Cyberspace Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire and Tamara Littleton, CEO of eModeration.
Young people will also be invited to attend and participate in the event.
Media@lse Lunchtime Seminar Proposed date 27th October 2005
London School of Economics and Polical Science
IWF Chair, Roger Darlington has been invited to speak at a Media@lse Lunchtime Seminar
Media@lse offers interdisciplinary graduate training to an international body of student through its programmes at Master level and through graduate research training. With over 150 Masters students and 30 PhD students from around the world, their programmes build on their international repoutations for leading-edge research. Their teaching programmes are grounded in interdisciplinary approaches that offer students a critical edge in the analysis of the latest and most significant developments in media and information and communication technologies in the digital age. On completion of the their studies, students go on to make major contributions to media and communications management, administration, policy or research.
Westminster Media Forum Keynote Seminar: Implementing Media Literacy - Empowerment, participation and responsibility Thursday 27th October 2005
Lewis Media Centre - London
This seminar looks at latest thinking and policy initiatives across media literacy, including the launch of the Charter for Media Literacy with a keynote address by Heather Rabbatts, Chair of the Media Literacy Task Force and Head of Learning, Channel 4.
The focus is on inclusion as well as issues of protection. Sessions will look at new opportunities for access, participation and learning, and at the challenges to established forms of news reporting from the new breed of ‘citizen reporters’ engaging in ‘camera phone journalism’ and blogging.
Robin Blake, Media Literacy Manager at Ofcom, is giving a keynote address on Ofcom’s strategy and latest thinking on Media Literacy.
The event will be chaired by Danny Alexander MP and Roger Gale MP
This event is sponsored by the partners of the Media Literacy Task Force – the BBC, Channel 4, Skillset, the UK Film Council and the British Film Institute.
Delegates include Members of both Houses of Parliament; officials from, DCMS, DTI, Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence and as well as representatives from the media, local government; educationalists; interest groups; academia and the national media.
IWF Chair, Roger Darlington is speaking at the seminar
For more information click here.
To book places phone 01344 875551.
Child pornography on the internet: investigation and prosecution 19 October 2005
The British Library - London
The CPS and 3 Raymond Buildings are hosting a one day conference aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the police and prosecuting authorities in dealing with child pornography on the internet. The conference will attract 6 hours CPD.
With key note speeches from the Solicitor General the Rt. Hon. Mike O'Brien QC MP and Mr Philip Geering, the Director of the CPS Policy Directorate, the conference promises to be a high profile event. For more information please download the conference programme by viewing the PDF file or contact Jane Cozens, Development Manager on 020 7400 6490 or email: jane.cozens@3raymondbuildings.com
The International Children’s Safety Service and ORTT (National Radio and Television Board) hold their 3rd International Media Conference under the title “Impact of Media on the Children and the Youth” in 2005. 29th September - 1st October 2005
Hungary
The earlier two similar conferences took place in Dobogókõ in 1998 and 2000.
All these conferences are based upon a representative survey/research conducted by a research team retained by the International Children’s Safety Service. The psychologist, sociologists and media experts participating in the research related to the conference this year analysed the media use habits, the parental control, advertisements and their influencing effects, the impact of media on the perception of values and the acceptance of the news programmes and violent contents in the age group (0 to 18 years) being the target of the conference.
The first major block of the media conference is constituted by the presentation of this research and its results.
In addition to the plenary sessions, there will be four special sessions held during the three days of the Media Conference (September 29 to October 1, 2005):
1 Media genres and media impact
2 Media – Moral – Violence
3 Interactive media
4 Media regulation in Hungary and in the EU
74 speakers are expected at the Conference, who will deliver a total of 88 presentations. Eight experts will come from abroad: Great Britain, the United States of America, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
The Conference will be concluded with the joint final Communiqué of the participants, which will make recommendations to the Parliament, the Government, the national authorities, local governments, the National Radio and Television Commission, the leaders of the electronic and written media, the contents providers, the NGOs, parents, children and teachers and to the regulatory authorities supervising the operation of the broadcasting organisations in Hungary.
IWF Chair, Roger Darlington, will be speaking at the conference
Safety and Security in a Networked World: Balancing Cyber-Rights and Responsibilities
Thursday 8th - Saturday 10th September 2005Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is organizing a major conference, in collaboration with the University of Auckland, NetSafe (the New Zealand government backed Internet Safety Group), EURIM and others, to address the value choices and conflicts surrounding cybersafety in a converging world. The conference will feature leading international authorities from government, industry, NGOs and academia, including the computer sciences, humanities, law and the social sciences. It will be held in September 2005 at the University of Oxford.
The conference will address a wide range of topics around the central theme of improving online safety and security. Other key themes of the conference will include:
- A recognition of the trade-offs involved in addressing online risks. Measures which may help to address current concerns about online safety and security are often portrayed as unproblematic improvements when in some cases, they may involve significant trade-offs, for example in terms of freedom of information or privacy.
- Exploration of the legal and national differences which will shape attempts to define international standards or regulations. Co-operation on such a scale will need to embrace groups with different legal codes, cultural attitudes, moral values and priorities: including with regard to privacy, free speech, civil liberties and the roles and duties of government, law enforcement, private sector, family and individual.
- Consideration of the speed of change and the implications of technological convergence. The technologies used, the ways in which they are used and the business models and priorities of suppliers and users are changing. What is said to be impractical this year may be commonplace within a couple of years and vice versa.
The registration process for this event will open in the spring.
If you would like to be notified when the registration opens, or have any further questions, please email cybersafety@oii.ox.ac.uk.
If you would like to be notified when the registration opens, or have any further questions, please email cybersafety@oii.ox.ac.uk.
For more information please click here
Fraud Advisory Panel - Cybercrime Working Group meeting
5pm Tuesday 12th JulyLondon
The Fraud Advisory Panel is an independent body of volunteers drawn from the public and private sectors which aims to raise awareness of the immense social and economic damage that is cause by fraud. Much of the Panel's work is undertaken by its three multi-disciplinary working groups. The Cybercrime Working Group specialises in issues relating to e-crime and has pblished a number of reports on the subject including "Identity Theft: Do you know the signs", "Cybercrime and the Proceeds of Crime Act" and more recetnly "Have you been Scammed? Identifying Internet & Email Scams". Members of the Working Group specialise in the detction, prosecution and prevention of fraud and have a special interest in e-crime.
Peter Robbins, IWF CEO, will be giving a presentation on the role and the work of the IWF in reducing the availability of illegal content on the internet.
For more information please speak to Mia Campbell, Executive, The Fraud Advisory Panel, on 020 7920 8721.
Alternatively you can email her: info@fraudadvisorypanel.org.
Places will be strictly limited.
Child Safety Conference: Protecting children from the potential dangers of modern communications
Monday 27th June 2005
Edinburgh
The Minister for Justice, Cathy Jamieson, introduced the Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill in Parliament on the 29 October 2004.
The key areas covered by the Bill are as follows:
- Preventing an adult sexually abusing a child following some earlier communication between the two i.e. internet/telephone grooming
- Introduction of the Risk of Sexual Harm Order (RSHO) which would allow a court to prohibit an adult from doing certain things as set out in the order
- Extension of the Sexual Offences Prevention Order
Holyrood Events has organised this major conference dedicated to examining the issues surrounding the legislation and the impacts expected across different sectors, organisations and individuals.
The conference will use the Bill as a starting point to discuss the broader issues surrounding child protection. It will examine the private sector’s responsibilities, including ISPs, mobile phone operators and software companies. In addition, the problem of managing safe and responsible usage in locations such as schools and libraries will be addressed.
Key Issues
- What is the Executive's vision for ensuring the protection of children?
- What is the role for the police? Will the new legislation help them to do their job more effectively?
- How much responsibility is borne by the private sector?
The IWF's General Manager, Tony Fagelman, will be speaking at the conference.
Who should attend?
Children and young people’s charities and representative organisations
Police officers
Local authorities
Youth groups
Community groups
Children’s panel
Higher and Further Education Institutes
Teaching staff
Faith groups
Pre-school groups
Libraries
For more information click here.
‘Wipe It Out’
Combating indecent images of children in the workplaceFree half day conference and networking event
Wednesday 15th June 2005, 9.30am - 1.15pm
Tower 42, 25 Old Broad St, London EC2N 1HQ
As part of the recently launched 'Wipe it Out' campaign the IWF is hosting an event in order to highlight the importance of dealing with child pornography which might be accessed in the workplace & via electronic corporate equipment.
This event addresses the practical, legal, ethical and corporate social responsibility issues around this topic and provides access to expert speakers who will be able to give advice and guidance in accordance with UK law. This includes an opening address from Home Office Minister Paul Goggins, who has responsibility for internet crime & child pornography within his remit.
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 which became law last year, changes the responsibilities and conditions for dealing with indecent images of children which might be found on company networks.
There is now reassurance in the form of a limited defence, for downloading or making copies of such images when such action is taken in order to stop offences being committed and to stop the creation and distribution of these illegal images which depict real life abuse of children.
The IWF works in partnership to combat the availability of child abuse images online. By reporting websites which contain such images which have been accessed by an employee you help the IWF in its work to have the websites taken down and/or reported to the hosting country so their authorities can take action.
The UK self regulatory model is very successful with UK hosted illegal content online being reduced from 18% in 1997 to less than 1% in 2004.
Information and advice given at this free half day conference is primarily relevant to and aimed at: CIO's, CTO's, CEO's, IT Managers, HR Directors & Managers and Legal & Regulatory Professionals.
For more information please press release
Please register your interest by sending an email to wipeitout@iwf.org.uk
Event kindly sponsored by:
An IPTAC Conference
Child Protection & The Internet: 10 Years On
Wednesday 8th June 2005
Lancashire Constabulary Police Headquarters, Preston
In 1995 the West Midlands Police launched Operation Starburst and the Greater Manchester Police began ad hoc monitoring of online Newsgroups.
The Aim of this conference will be to take stock of what has occurred over the past ten years. In particular it will explore the notion of 'ownership' of child protection issues on the Internet. The global make-up of the Internet and the proliferation of digital photography dictate that, to meet this challenge, knowledge, intelligence and evidence recovered from a local setting, needs to be shared worldwide. This is a post Internet concept - previously child protection was almost exclusively a local event: however now a child abuse image recovered from a suspect's computer in Manchester UK may hold vital clues to trace a real child in Manchester (New Hampshire) USA and vice versa.
Confirmed speakers for the event include:
Roger Darlington: Chair, Internet Watch Foundation
Bernard Gallagher: Senior Research Fellow, Centre Applied Childhood Studies, Huddersfield University - New Research findings (May 2005) Extent/Nature of Known Internet Related Child Sexual Abuse Cases & their Implications for Policy & Practice.
Paul Griffiths: National Crime Squad POLIT (Paedophile On-Line Investigation Team) - ChildBase Identification, Managing International Intelligence, information on the new Virtual Global Task Force.
Dr. Ethel Quayle: BSc; MSc; PsychD, Lecturer Department of Applied Psychology, University College, Cork and researcher with the COPINE project, a clinical psychologist and co-author of 'Child Pornography: An Internet Crime' (2003).
W.D. (Dave) Meadows: Assistant Attache United States Department of Homeland Security, Investigations & Criminal Enforcement (ICE).
Tink Palmer: Director of Stop it Now! UK & Ireland, and previously Barnado's Principal Policy and Practice Officer on Child Sexual Exploitation.
For further information and to register please click here or contact and IPTAC representative on:
Tel: 0161 661 0275
Fax: 0870 762 5561
Email: conference@iptac.com
The 7th Fraud Detection & Prevention Leadership Forum: Taking the fight to the fraudsters
Thursday 26th May 2005Hilton Paddington Hotel, London
As fraud and abuse continue their unrelenting rise, it has never been more critical to build effective strategies and policies that protect our organisations' people, assets and reputations. There are a lot of them and few of us; so working together is not optional.
At SAS we believe that to win the war against financial crime, you have to take the fight to the criminal, and so the Fraud Detection and Prevention Leadership Forums are unique opportunities to discover how to maximise the effectiveness of your anti-fraud measures.
SAS' commitment to obtaining world-class presenters for these forums continues with a range of eight speakers at this event, including IWF CEO, Peter Robbins.
The forum will be chaired by Nicholas Owen, broadcaster and journalist.
Each speaker is a recognised authority in their area, and will be able to share a powerful blend of strategic insights with practical experience and lessons learnt that you will be able to apply in your own organisation.
This forum will be covering a diverse range of subjects in the public and commercial sectors, as well as policing priorities and what to expect if you ever have to act as a witness.
As well as meeting other senior executives, the Fraud Detection and Prevention Leadership Forum is also an opportunity to meet independent experts and find out what is so special about the most successful organisations in this field.
The Struggle over Internet Governance: Searching for Common Ground
Thursday 5th - Friday 6th May 2005
Thursday evening open public lecture: Saïd Business School. Friday Private forum: OII, 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS
Thursday 5th - Friday 6th May 2005 Thursday evening open public lecture: Saïd Business School. Friday Private forum: OII, 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS
Organised by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), in collaboration with The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School.
An invited group of international experts with differing perspectives on internet research, policy and practice, including the Chairman and Secretariat of the United Nation’s recently created Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), will be invited to contribute to this OII–Berkman Center forum. The aim is to help inform negotiations and debates shaping the future governance, regulation and use of the internet. The event will start in the late afternoon of 5th May with a panel discussion, followed by a reception. Invited participants will convene on 6th May for a day-long roundtable discussion, which will be followed by a closing dinner.
This event will comprise of an open public lecture (Thursday 5th May) and an invite only forum (Friday 6th May). The Thursday evening lecture only will be open to the public. If you are interested in attending please email your name and affiliation, if any, to events@oii.ox.ac.uk
The OII is also pleased to acknowledge the sponsorship of Afilias, the Economist and Nominet UK :
For more information and to register please click here
Annual e-Crime Congress
Tuesday 5th & Wednesday 6th April 2005
London
AKJ Associates and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit are pleased to present the third annual e-Crime Congress.
The Congress is supported by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and the Home Office for the third year and this year we are delighted to welcome the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) and Information Security Forum (ISF) as endorsing partners.
The theme of the 2005 Congress is securing business reputation – sustaining consumer confidence and is explored through five structured sessions:
Uniquely, the Congress provides an opportunity for delegates representing government, law enforcement and business to develop effective partnerships. The Congress affords delegates the chance to work with senior representatives from national and international government as well as law enforcement agencies and corporations. Their mission: to create policies and strategies that will effectively combat the threat of hi-tech crime.
Delegates play a crucial role by participating in focused workshops debating and developing recommendations. These are discussed in plenary sessions. The aim of these workshops is to provide an interactive arena for experts from business, government and law enforcement to meet, identify and explore the necessary steps needed to ensure that organisational policies and procedures are available and implemented.
Delegates play a crucial role by participating in focused workshops debating and developing recommendations. These are discussed in plenary sessions. The aim of these workshops is to provide an interactive arena for experts from business, government and law enforcement to meet, identify and explore the necessary steps needed to ensure that organisational policies and procedures are available and implemented.
For more information please see:
Half day conference
Thursday 17th March 2005
Ofcom, Riverside House, London
Media literacy has become the ‘catch all’ term for solving society’s problems involving the Internet. From child safety to copyright to general ICT proficiency, the educational ‘gaps’ media literacy is intended to cover vary widely in context and scope. A clear agreed definition of what media literacy is is therefore hard to come by. But as communications move steadily from a linear broadcasting model to on-demand services, the understanding and use of new technologies and the wealth of information they provide becomes ever more crucial to developing the skills necessary to enable citizens to become media ‘creators’ as well as consumers.
This joint Ofcom-ippr half day conference will look at current media literacy initiatives, including Ofcom’s media literacy strategy, and consider the key themes to creating a media literate population.
For more information please contact:
Kay Withers
Institute for Public Policy Research
Digital Society Team
T:020 7339 0006
Safer Internet Day UK
Tuesday 8th February 2005
76 Portland Place, London
Safer Internet Day represents an effort by a global community of awareness-raising partners to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people.The Cyberspace Research Unit (CRU) in partnership with the Home Secretary's Internet Task Force has organised a one day UK conference entitled: ‘Children and Young People's Use of Mobile Phones' which will be hosted in London.
For further details on the sessions and presenters please click here.
To register please contact Emma Tweedie at the Cyberspace Research Unit on +44 (0) 1772 894378 or email: etweedie@uclan.ac.uk
IWF 'Achievements & Champions' Lunch Reception
Wednesday 2nd February 2005
Marquee Terrace, House of Commons
Invitation only
The event has been designed and organised to acknowledge the many individuals and organisations that have contributed to a massive reduction in child abuse images online in the UK.
Representatives from the internet industry, Law Enforcement Agencies, the Government, Children’s Charities and the IWF will come together to celebrate the achievements of the partnerships which have led to the UK being a leader in combating potentially illegal images of children online and working together for a safer internet.
Home Office Minister Paul Goggins will open the event and Roger Darlington, IWF Chair, will present 3 special awards.
This event is kindly hosted by Richard Allan, MP and is generously sponsored by IWF member, Wanadoo.
Please click here to see the press release.
IWF House of Commons Corridor Exhibition
Monday 31st January - Friday 4th February 2005 inclusive
Upper Waiting Hall, House of Commons
Certain types of organisations are allowed to have exhibitions in the Upper Waiting Hall corridor space which Ministers & MPs pass through to reach chambers & committee rooms.
The idea is to provide non-commercial organisations access to these Government officials in order to deliver key messages and raise awareness of the work they do, or around certain issues and topics.
The IWF has been granted permission for a corridor exhibition for the week beginning 31st January 2005.
The exhibiton is kindly sponsored by Brian White, MP, a keen supporter of the IWF.
This purpose of our exhibition is to promote the work of the IWF and the key role of IWF members in the funding & support of the organisation, to Parliamentarians: Ministers, MPs and senior political representatives.
To effectively discuss the successful partnerships between the IWF and the UK internet industry, IWF Members have been invited to take part in the exhibition in order to discuss their own Corporate Social Responsibility work in combating illegal images online, in conjunction with the IWF remit and their membership.
ISPs, Mobile Operators, Content Providers and Filtering companies will be available to talk about how they work with the IWF and explain some of the potential risks when using the internet, how to combat them and what they are doing to make the web safer for all of us online in the UK, including the mechanisms they employ to protect the UK internet consumers who use their services and products.
Please click here to see the press release
For more information please contact :
Fay MacDonald
Communications Co-ordinator, IWF
Tackling Sexual Grooming: Protecting Children from Net Paedophiles
London, 9th December 2004
Venue tbc
The speed and the anonymity of the internet has undoubtedly made it quicker and easier for perpetrators of sexual grooming to build a relationship with a child with a view to abusing them. It is six months since the ‘Sexual Offences Act’ was formally implemented in the UK, which put in place key legislation to recognise sexual grooming as a crime even before any abuse has taken place. Whilst this is certainly a step in the right direction with regards to prosecuting offenders, such ‘behavioural’ or even ‘thought’ crime remains one of the most easily eluded offences for authorities to identify.
This conference has been specifically designed to provide a platform for all agencies involved in the fight against sexual grooming to discuss how we can progress in the support and advice we give to parents and children, how to regulate the internet and mobile industry and how we can successfully investigate and prosecute those who groom children.
For further details and to register please contact:
Jasmin Matharu
Conference Producer
Capita Learning & Development
Tel: 0870 165 9304 Fax: 0870 165 9399
Email: jasmin.matharu@capita.co.uk
Conference Producer
Capita Learning & Development
Tel: 0870 165 9304 Fax: 0870 165 9399
Email: jasmin.matharu@capita.co.uk
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