Telefono Azzurro | Safer Internet Day 2023

Not just data.

The value of children and adolescents in the digital world

PROGRAM

Safer Internet Day is the European occasion to raise awareness among the public about the conscious and responsible use of the Internet. But what is the network today and what is it becoming? In recent years, there has been more and more talk about the Metaverse, multiverse, and new methods of interaction through rapidly evolving technological platforms. This new technological paradigm poses a challenge: the identification of greater protections for children and adolescents, placing their value and dignity at the center of the debate.

The event on February 6, 2023 will take place at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, which will host a debate on general issues concerning the future of children in the digital age and how children and adolescents are now active data providers.

Experts and academics will offer an overview of the digital world in economic, social, psychological, ethical, legal, and technological contexts. This cross-disciplinary discussion will be an important moment for delving into the complexity of the topic and evaluating to what extent the digital experience has a quantitative and qualitative impact on the lives of children and adolescents. In this session, the report that Telefono Azzurro has developed with Doxa Kids will also be presented, with the aim of shedding light on the various issues addressed with the children and their parents.

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Program

Institutional Greetings:
Raffaella Iafrate, Delegate of the Rector for Equal Opportunities - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan

Introduction:
Ernesto Caffo, President of the S.O.S. Foundation - Il Telefono Azzurro Onlus

Moderator:
Martina Pennisi, Journalist at Corriere della Sera

"Children and adolescents in the digital world: the scenarios"

• Milena Santerini, Full Professor of General Pedagogy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.
• Maurizio Sibilio, Vice Rector of the University of Salerno
• Anna Maria Tarantola, President of the Centesimus Annus Foundation
• Ginevra Cerrina Feroni, Vice President of the Italian Data Protection Authority
• Gianmario Verona, President of the Human Technopole Foundation
• Maurizio Ferraris, Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy - University of Turin
• Silvia Castagna, Head of Institutional Relations and Key Clients, BVA - Doxa
• Michele Colajanni, Full Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Bologna
• Gabriele Della Morte, Full Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Milan
• Alfonso Fuggetta, CEO and Scientific Director of CEFRIEL

"Children and adolescents in the digital world: challenges and opportunities"

• Giovanna Mascheroni, Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Performing Arts at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.
• Tommaso Fabbri, Full Professor of Business Organization
• Gianna Martinengo , Entrepreneur, President and founder of Women&Tech® - Women and Technology Association - ETS
• Oreste Pollicino, Full Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of the LLM in Law of Internet Technology at Bocconi University.
• Roberto Bedani, General Director of Confindustria Digitale
• Emilio Puccio, General Secretary of the Inter-Group on Children's Rights at the European Parliament
• Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, President of Missing Children Europe
• Joanna Rubinstein, President and CEO of the World Childhood Foundation USA

Conclusions:
Giuseppe Riva, Full Professor of General Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.