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SUMMARY:FOSI 2020 Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Building Resilience\nOn November 18th\, FOSI hosted its live\, virtual 2020 Annual Conference\, entitled “Building Resilience.” This event convened leaders across industry\, government\, academia\, and the nonprofit sector to discuss a wide variety of topics within the areas of best practices in technology policy\, digital parenting\, privacy\, education\, and innovation. \nPatricia Vance\, President of the Entertainment Software Rating Board and Chair of the FOSI Board\, provided a welcome from FOSI\, and andStephen Balkam\, CEO\, gave opening remarks. \nThe first presentation of the day was the launch of FOSI’s new research\, Tools for Today’s Digital Parents\, made possible in partnership with Verizon and conducted by Magid\, a media research firm. Findings from the report were presented by researchers Molly Ludwig and Rich McGuire\, who outlined the key takeaways from the report\, specifically how online safety tools like parental controls serve parents and their children\, and what can be done by industry to optimally support families navigating the online world. \nThese ideas sparked the first plenary panel discussion of the day\, a further examination of Tools for Today’s Digital Parents\, moderated by Elizabeth Milovidov from  the Council of Europe & e-Enfance\, and featuring Ethan Arenson from Verizon\, Alexa Hasse of Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center\, and Molly Ludwig from Magid. The panelists reflected on the takeaways from the report and analyzed how these findings might be integrated into consumer outreach to parents. They also compared how these findings may reflect in their own work within industry\, research\, and parenting. \nAmy Joyce of The Washington Post moderated the ‘Building Resilience for our Kids’ panel\, with Tessy Ojo from the Diana Award\, Lenore Skanazy of Let Grow\, Catherine Steiner- Adair a clinical psychologist and Patricia Vance from the  Entertainment Software Rating Board.. The panelists explored ways in which parents and educators can appropriately support children in this unprecedented year by building and maintaining resilience\, encouraging healthy media consumption\, and being intentional with technology use for school\, entertainment\, and socializing. \nStephen Balkam conducted a one-on-one fireside chat with global public speaker and anti-bullying advocate Monica Lewinsky\, entitled “Creating a More Compassionate Internet.” The discussion focused on Monica’s path to the field of online safety and digital citizenship advocacy work\, the impacts of losing one’s digital reputation\, and the urgent need to cultivate online compassion\, especially during this tumultuous year. \nThe first set of breakout sessions explored a wide variety of topics. The privacy panel explored the current legislative landscape and potential advancements needed to keep users of all ages safe online. Panelists from the education space discussed how industry and educators have adapted to virtual learning\, the importance of students having access to technology\, and the ways in which education might be changed forever due to the pandemic. The International Trends and Policy panel assessed the different approaches taken to online safety in the UK\, Australia\, and the European Union. Finally\, Streaming Quality Kids’ Content convened experts to share insights into the process behind developing content for kids that is both educational and engaging\, as well as appealing to a wide variety of families. They also touched on the responsibility of networks and streaming platforms to instill healthy routines and media consumption habits for young viewers. \nDuring the second fireside chat Facebook’s Antigone Davis spoke with Mary Madden\, of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. The two discussed the ways in which young people and their parents can maintain and evaluate their own digital wellbeing in the time of COVID-19. \nAfternoon breakout sessions featured a youth panel led by Tami Bhaumik of Roblox\, in which a panel of young people discussed the ways in which kids can stay safe and have fun while gaming and using social media. Illegal Content: Prevention\, Detection\, and Enforcement considered the latest trends in online criminal activity and how global stakeholders can confront these challenges. Online Activism: Social Justice Meets Social Media brought together industry and youth activists to talk about how social media has created change through digital movements and taking organized activity from social platforms into the real world. Finally\, Tech Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities brought together expert voices from leading companies to share their newest technical and strategic innovations that are informing industry best practice and keeping kids safe online. \nThe highlighted session of the afternoon was a conversation between leaders from Amazon Kids and Alexa. Karen Ressmeyer spoke with Miriam Daniel and Toni Reid to share insights into how families are using Alexa\, Echo\, and Amazon Kids during the pandemic. They also discussed Amazon’s approaches into designing thoughtful new Alexa features for kids and their parents. \nTech Policies in 2021 & Beyond was the final panel of the day. Sara Fischer of Axios moderated the discussion with Richard Downing of the US Department of Justice\, Alexandra Givens from the Center for Democracy & Technology\, and Nicol Turner-Lee from The Brookings Institution who shared their expertise and insights into areas of focus for the next US Administration and Congress. \nThe event closed with a conversation with Sonia Livingstone and John Palfrey who shared insights into ways that parents can adapt their parenting style to this new normal\, and allow their children to participate online in healthy\, helpful\, and engaged ways. They also discussed the motivation behind their recently published books (Parenting for a Digital Future and The Connected Parent\, respectively). \nFull videos of all plenary and breakout sessions are available on FOSI’s YouTube channel. \nClick to view our online commemorative photobook.
URL:https://fosi.org/event/2020-annual-conference/
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