[ecrea] Invitation: Net Children 2020 – Growing up with Media, April 16-17, 2015 in Berlin

INVITATION

*Net Children 2020 – Growing up with Media*

European Expert Conference on Media Education and Child Protection

16-17 April 2015 in Berlin

hosted by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior
Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and the Hans-Bredow-Institut for
Media Research

For more information, programme and registration see
www.netchildren2020.eu


Dear Colleagues,

Digital media pose new challenges to children in their roles as users
needing protection, as media consumers and as responsible citizens of
the future. This European expert conference will be held on how they can
be supported in their range of roles.

The aim of the conference is to develop a “Net Children 2020 – Growing
up with Media” roadmap proposing specific future actions to foster media
education and the protection of children and youths at the national and
European levels. The participants are called upon to play an active part
in drafting this roadmap and to contribute their individual skills and
standpoints.

Besides the two keynote speeches, the conference consists primarily of
workshops in the form of World Cafés and Future Search. In thematically
focussed working groups, representatives from the academy, associations,
media companies, educational institutions and politics will discuss
recent research findings, experience with actions for media education
and the protection of children and youths, and current needs for action
and potential solutions. The results of the individual sessions will be
shared and in the last part reviewed by representatives of the various
stakeholder groups with respect to the planned roadmap.

Thus the format of this expert conference is results-oriented and
systematically integrates participants’ expertise. Before the
conference, participating experts will receive a proposed structure and
the most important issues that a roadmap for future actions to improve
media conditions for children as they grow up is to contain. This
proposal will be based on recent research results and existing political
recommendations.

On the basis of these discussions the “Net Children 2020 – Growing up
with Media” roadmap will be finalised and made available to the European
Commission and the member states. In this way the roadmap will become a
sound basis for the political debates and implementation initiatives
ahead at the European level.

The event will take place in the English and German languages. The
plenary sessions and the keynote speeches will be translated
simultaneously. In the workshops, the language is English.

We would be pleased to welcome you to the conference. You will find
further information on the programme and on registration at
netchildren2020.eu <http://www.netchildren2020.eu>.

Yours sincerely
on behalf of

Bettina Bundszus
Department Head Children and Youth
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink
Director Hans Bredow Institut
Coordinator EU Kids Online

In collaboration with klicksafe, the EU Initiative for Safer Internet


   Programme / Programm

*Day 1, 16 April 2015**/ Tag 1, 16. April*

13:00



*Coffee and Registration / Kaffee und Registrierung*

13:30



*Welcome and Introduction / Begrüßung und inhaltliche Einführung*

/Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink, Hans-Bredow-Institut/

13:40



*Welcome Address of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior
Citizens, Women and Youth / Willkommen im Namen des Bundesministeriums
für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend*

13:50



*Keynote: Current Changes in Media & Society: Implications for Children
as Media Consumers, Citizens and Users in Need of Protection /
Veränderungen in Medien und Gesellschaft: Vor welchen neuen
Herausforderungen stehen Kinder in ihrer Rolle als schutzbedürftige
Nutzer, als Konsumenten und als zukünftige mündige Bürger?*

/Prof. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics and Political
Science///

14:30



*Parallel Workshops I (World cafés): Identifying Relevant Challenges
Concerning European Children’s Online Experiences*

/Workshop structure: Impulse talks, world café discussions (several
group tables, 2x30 minutes, coffee in room), presentation and collection
of results for plenary session, identification of tasks and issues for
next day’s workshops ///



*Workshop Ia Children as Media Users – Learning, Creativity,
Entertainment (Provision)*

Table 1 Topic: Coping with Different Interests During Different Age Groups

Table 2 Topic: Learning in Digital Environments

Table 3 Topic: Encouraging Creative Media Use

Table 4 Topic: Positive Content – Provision and Access

Table 5 Topic: Identity and Social Relations



*Workshop Ib Children as Media Users in Need of Protection – Avoiding
Risk, Reducing Harm (Protection)*

Table 1 Topic: Risk-based and Future-proof Approaches in Child Safety
Policies

Table 2 Topic: Role and Limits of Self-protectionand Education

Table 3 Topic: Internalisation & Protection by Design

Table 4 Topic: Empowering Parents as the Central Agency in Child Safety

Table 5 Topic: Child-specific Consumer Protection (contracts, terms of
service, advertising)



*Workshop Ic Children as Digital Citizens – Democratic, Social, Cultural
Values (Participation)*

Table 1 Topic: Children’s Rights

Table 2 Topic: Participatory Approaches to Research on Children’s
Media-related Interests

Table 3 Topic: Factors Encouraging Children’s Engagement in
Participatory Media Practices

Table 4 Topic: Focus on Media Potentials for Children

16:30



/Coffee break / Kaffeepause/

16:50



*Reporting back from the workshops, identifying key challenges to be
addressed by next day’s workshops **/ Berichterstattung aus den
Workhops, Identifizierung der größten Herausforderungen, die in den
Workshops II am Folgetag behandelt werden sollen*

18:00



/End of day 1 / Ende Tag 1/

19:30



/Conference Get together / Abendessen/

*Day 2, 17 April 2015/**Tag 2, 17. April*

09:30



*Welcome and outline of Workshop session II / Willkommen und Aufgaben
der Workshops II*

09:45



*Keynote: Relevant Stakeholders and their Options to Improve Children’s
Media Experiences / Relevante Stakeholder und ihre Möglichkeiten zur
Verbesserung kindlicher Medienerfahrungen*

/Dr. Brian O’Neill, Dublin Institute of Technology /

10:15



/Coffee break / /Kaffeepause

10:45



*Parallel Workshops II (Future Search): Options to Improve Children’s
Online Experiences – European Initiatives and Best Practices*

/The workshops are organised along a “Future Search” format. After two
impulse statements stakeholder-oriented groups will discuss best
practice examples, their future role and expectations towards other
stakeholders; presentation of group discussion outcome & collecting
links to the other stakeholder perspectives///



*Workshop IIa Evidence: How can Stakeholders Contribute to Knowledge and
Empirical Evidence in order to Support Media Education and Youth
Protection?*

Group 1: Companies

Group 2: NGOs & Users

Group 3: Research

Group 4: Policy



*Workshop IIb Action: How can Future Instruments be Implemented in order
to Support Media Education and Youth Protection?*

Group 1: Companies

Group 2: Policy players

Group 3: NGOs & Users

Group 4: Educational institutions



*Workshop IIc **Contexts: How can Social, Political and Regulatory
Frameworks Contribute to Media Education and Youth Protection?*

Group 1: Educational institutions

Group 2: Policy

Group 3: NGOs & Users

Group 4: Companies

12:45



/Lunch / Mittagessen/

14:00



*"How to Improve Digital Media Environments for European Children? **A
Vision for "Net Children 2020" / **Wie verbessern wir den Rahmen, in dem
Kinder in der EU gut mit digitalen Medien aufwachsen können? Eine Vision
für die „Net Children 2020“***

Options to Improve Children’s Online Experiences – European Experiences
and Best Practices. /Synthesis of results of the conference /
Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse der Konferenz/

Towards a Political Agenda: Discussion of the Roadmap “Net Children
2020”. /Panel discussion/ with representatives of Member States the EC,
media industry, and NGOs / /Panel Diskussion/mit Vertretern der
Mitgliedstaaten der EU, Medienindustrie und NGOs

16:00



/End of conference / Ende der Konferenz/









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