On 4 December 2024, the Institute of the Information Society will organise an expert workshop entitled Protection of minors vs protection of data - the challenges of age verification and age appropriate designs, on the challenges and opportunities of protecting minors in the online space. The workshop is organized by telecom and audiovisual media teams of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the University of Public Service in collaboration with CULLEN International.
The aim of the event is to discuss how to use technology to protect children from unwanted content online, as part of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. With the entry into force of the rules on the European digital identity wallet in the European Union, the possibility of using the wallet for age verification has been created. However, this has a number of risks, in particular data protection risks. The event will seek to strike a balance between the application of child protection and data protection rules by involving different actors in the value chain.
The conference is free to attend but registration is required.
Date: 4 December 2024, 9:30-15:30
Venue: Ludovika University of Public Service, Ludovika Side Building, John Lukács Lounge (1 Ludovika tér, 1083 Budapest)
Registration: https://ludevent.uni-nke.hu/event/4502/
Program
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Registration and welcome coffee |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome speech – Pier Pigozzi, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, University of Public Service |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Opening remarks from the Hungarian Presidency |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Introductory thoughts for the morning session – age verification and the European Commission’s approach − June Lowery-Kingston – Head of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission |
| 10:30 – 11:45 | Panel discussion I. on the challenges of age verification, the potential of the EUDI Wallet in age verification − Jeremy Bonan – Deputy Director, Directorate for Online Platform, ARCOM, France − Flóra Stock-Kondrát – Legal expert, NMHH Hungary − George Billinge – Founder, Illuminate tech − Marisa Jimenez Martin – Director Public Policy and Deputy Head of EU Affairs, Meta − June Lowery-Kingston – Head of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission Moderator: Michèle Ledger – Head of practice, Cullen International |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Q&A (Discussion) |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Introductory thoughts for the afternoon session – Age-appropriate design on online platforms − June Lowery-Kingston – Head of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission |
| 13:50 – 15:10 | Panel discussion II. − Katalin Baracsi – lawyer specialised in Family Law and Infocommunication, internetlawyer, social media trainer − Jeremy West – Head, Digital Security and Safety Unit, OECD − Manon Baert – EU Advocacy & Policy Officer, 5RightsFoundation − June Lowery-Kingston – Head of Unit, Accessibility, Multilingualism and Safer Internet Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission Moderator: Michèle Ledger – Head of practice, Cullen International |
| 15:10 – 15:25 | Q&A (Discussion) |
| 15:30 | Closing remarks, End of event |
