Overview:
As part of Milton Keynes Tech Week 2025, the Centre for Protecting Women Online (CPWO - https://university.open.ac.uk/centres/protecting-women-online/) proposes an engaging and interdisciplinary event focused on the development of responsible technologies and artificial intelligence to safeguard women and girls in online spaces. The event will be held at The Open University and is designed to connect students, researchers, tech professionals, educators and members of the public.
Event Description:
This event will explore how we can harness innovation to tackle gendered online harms through an integrated lens of law, human behaviour, technology, ethics and policing. Drawing on the work of the Centre for Protecting Women Online, the event will feature short talks, panels, and interactive discussions with researchers, partners and the audience. The event will showcase interdisciplinary research, current challenges in the online environment and real-world efforst to create safer, more inclusive digitial platforms.
For further enquiries please contact: protecting-women-online@open.ac.uk
Agenda:
09:30 – 10:30
Keynote - Emily Darlington MP, Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes Central.
10:30 – 11:00
Panel:
Professor Olga Jurasz, Director, Centre for Protecting Women Online
Professor Rose Capdevila, Stream Lead, Human Behaviour, Centre for Protecting Women Online
Professor Arosha Bandara, Stream Lead, The Future of Responsible Tech, Centre for Protecting Women Online
Dr Keely Duddin, Stream Lead, Policing, Centre for Protecting Women Online
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:00
Activity with participants
12:00 - 12:30
Lunch
