the event is non-profit making with the objective of leading to positive change
London (PRWEB) May 31, 2009
The Digital Safety Conference has published its The final programme with an astounding line-up featuring leading government, industry and legal professionals in what has shaped up to be a unique international debate that examines the health, reputation and environment of the digital world. The event takes place in London on June 19th.
Lead speakers include Tom Watson, UK Cabinet Minister, Tanya Byron, television presenter and government consultant, Ed Mayo, Chief Executive, Consumer Focus, Hamish Brown MBE, the UK's leading expert on stalking and Dr Richard Clayton, Security Research, Cambridge University.
Discussions will cover cyberbullying, cyberstalking, identity theft, fraud and other abuses that are increasing rapidly as more people, via initiatives such as "Digital Britain", enjoy the benefits of digital technologies including the Internet, social media, online gaming, e-commerce, mobile phones and location based services.
The 2008 statistics* for cybercrime make grim reading:
*source: Garlik
More concerning is that 92% of UK Internet time is spent on non-UK sites. The absence of a global legal framework allowing for interoperability between governments, law enforcement agencies and service providers means that many acts of serious cybercrime, particularly those against individuals, are not being prosecuted. Quite simply this means that national laws are inadequate for a borderless cyberspace.
Conference director, Graham Brown-Martin, himself a victim of cybercrime, said "for people to engage in today's society it has become increasingly necessary to be digitally fluent and to participate with new media in what is a shrinking world. This timely conference is pro-digital but seeks to engage a cross-section of interested parties to explore how individuals privacy and civil liberties may be protected whilst also curtailing a currently uncontained growth of crime and abuse facilitated by new technologies". He added, "the event is non-profit making with the objective of leading to positive change".
Stephen Carrick-Davies, advisory board member, said "there's a lot of talk in the
UK and other nations about online safety for children - but users of all ages need to feel secure in using new digital services. There needs to be more than talk, there needs to be action especially as new untried services and applications come on the market."
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About Learning Without Frontiers
The Digital Safety Conference is being hosted by Learning Without Frontiers (LWF). LWF aggregates global thought leaders, innovators and practitioners from the education, technology and entertainment sectors and engages them in continuous dialogue about entirely new ways to improve learning and communication. The company hosts a number of large online communities and conferences including those dedicated to learning, teaching and mobile computing as well as gaming.
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