Apologies for cross-posting. *Formal Registration Now Open* - see <http://www.wisekids.org.uk/conf> http://www.wisekids.org.uk/conf Dear Colleagues, WISE KIDS and the Wales Internet Safety Partnership (WISP), are organising a National Conference entitled: Young People, Mobile and Internet Technologies 2008 - Maximising Opportunities, Addressing Challenges which will be held at the Richard Ley Development Centre in Swansea on the 20th of October 2008. The conference will focus on raising awareness of young people's use of Internet and mobile technologies, and will examine what issues educators, youth professionals and policy makers need to address to ensure that young people have the necessary skills and knowledge to use these media confidently, and explore the opportunities these present. Challenges and risks associated with these media will also be discussed, and the conference will explore the legal and safeguarding issues that schools and other organisations need to address to minimise risk caused by misuse of these media. The key strands will be around innovative use of technology in education, children's experiences in virtual worlds, digital literacy, e-safety - legal and good practice guidelines. It is hoped that this conference will stimulate discussion, ideas and concrete action points that can help the sector move forward as a whole, in a way that truly supports young people, and those who work with them. Target Audience and Speakers This is an exciting, cross sector conference aimed at training officers, policy makers, opinion formers, educators, researchers, ICT co-ordinators, youth organisations, community groups, media companies and other professionals interested in young people's use of technology in formal and non-formal settings. Speakers/facilitators will include the Children's Commissioner for Wales, John Davitt, Bebo, Josh Dhaliwal, Mark Blois, BECTA, Ofcom, WISE KIDS and MediaSnackers. It is also intended that young people will be involved in presentations and a panel session. Key sponsors for the event are BT, Ofcom and Fujitsu. Register To find out more/ to register for this conference, please visit: <http://www.wisekids.org.uk/conf> http://www.wisekids.org.uk/conf Also, please feel free to circulate this notice to any of your colleagues who may be interested to attend. Best wishes, Sangeet Bhullar Sangeet Bhullar, PhD. Executive Director WISE KIDS Company No. 4572181 WISE KIDS: Promoting Innovative, Positive and Safe Internet Use Tel: 44 (0)1633-673339/ 44 (0)7900911940 email: sangeet@wisekids.org.uk skype id: sangeetbhullar <http://www.wisekids.org.uk> http://www.wisekids.org.uk This email and any file attachments sent with it may have confidential or privileged information. These are intended solely for the individual(s) to whom the email is addressed. If you have received this in error, you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. Instead, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify Sangeet Bhullar immediately by sending an email to sangeet@wisekids.org.uk or calling +44 (0)7900 911940. Thank you. This email has been scanned for viruses by Norton AntiVirus.