Contemporary children and their parents are inventing what it is to have a digital childhood, and in doing so are introducing families, schools and policy makers to new ways of thinking, doing and being. This conference discusses and expands research trajectories through these uncertainties and also aims to build bridges across the different discipline interests and many strands of research in this area. It will forge a new way forward and consolidate the base of what we already know, revealing what we have yet to investigate and address, and what important insights are emerging that must be taken seriously. Paper abstracts (350 words) and panel proposals (90 minutes) should be sent to digitisingearlychildhood@ecu.edu.au prior to 16th March 2018. This conference welcomes papers that address the broadest possible construction of early childhood and the digital. There will be publication opportunities and selected papers will be invites as chapters for an edited collection; papers from the 2017 Conference resulted in a forthcoming volume published by Cambridge Scholars. Topics may include, but are by no means restricted to, the following: Digitisation of early childhood education Literacies at home and school Research methods with very young children Policies, regulations and guidelines Children and their data Children’s online presence(s) Parenting the digital child Children’s culture Cultural difference and digital children Risks and benefits Digital health Changing discourses of childhood Privacy, security and children’s rights Designing digital experiences for children The child in the digital public sphere Online activism and children Gendering (or not) the digital child Conference Location: Perth, Western Australia; 9th-13th July 2018 For full details, please visit: http://www.digitisingearlychildhood.com/