ACTIVITIES :: Safer Internet Programme :: Safer Internet Forum :: 2008

Safer Internet Forum 2008

The 2008 edition of Safer Internet Forum took place in Luxembourg on September 25 and 26. The Forum was open for stakeholders from NGOs, governments, researchers, industry representatives, including Internet Service Providers, mobile network operators, social networking sites, software developers.

On this occasion, Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, gave a keynote speech on social networking. See also memo.

The European Commission organized 4 different experts’ panels on the following topics:

Social Networking and Children
Age verification
What do we know about Children's use of online technologies?
Media Rating – towards pan-European cross media rating and classification schemes

Agenda and presentations

You can consult the agenda of the event which includes the presentations that were given during Safer Internet Forum 2008.

Public consultation

In order to prepare the Safer Internet Forum discussions, the European Commission has launched in June 2008 a public consultation on the above mentioned topics to get input from all relevant stakeholders.