e-Youth: an international conference on youth and ICT

Promotion video for e-Youth: balancing between opportunities and risks.

Multi-disciplinary confrerence on youth and ICT
To be held in Antwerp, Belgium on 27 and 28 May 2010
Please check our conference website:

http://www.ucsia.org/eyouth


UCSIA and the University of Antwerp are pleased to announce the organisation of a two-day international, multidisciplinary conference on children, adolescents & ICT. We welcome a broad audience including researchers, educators, students, policy makers, NGO and industry representatives to share research results and discuss policy and educational issues regarding childrens and adolescents use of information and communication technologies.




The conference will focus on national and international research dealing with social, cultural, economic, legal, psychological and ethical issues regarding youngsters uses of different internet applications and mobile telephony. Contributions on both the multiple opportunities offered by technologies and on the (new) risks youngsters are confronted with are welcomed. Research and initiatives concerning the educational and mediating role of parents and educators will be discussed too. The conference will also provide a forum for good practices of sensitizing or educational campaigns.

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