Five takeaways from the Safety Tech workshop at Leeds Digital Festival 2021
Network hosted a sector-focused session in partnership with Crisp and the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) at Leeds Digital Festival 2021.
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Relevant Safety Tech event write-ups and previews.
Expert groups to boost UK safety tech skills and capability
Three new cross-sector expert groups have been established to lead the UK safety tech sector’s response to the challenges identified in recent DCMS skills and capabilities research.
Safety Tech 2021: Insights from the world’s first safety tech expo
In March 2021, the safety tech industry convened for the world’s first expo dedicated to the sector and discussed how the industry can achieve its mission of creating a safer internet for all.
Safety Tech 2021 Expo: keeping connected
Thank you for joining the world’s first safety tech expo, Safety Tech 2021: Unleashing the Potential for a Safer Internet. Listed within this article is information to help you stay connected with the community, so that you can work towards delivering safer online experiences for users.
Behind the scenes of the world’s first safety tech expo
In the lead-up to Safety Tech 2021: Unleashing the Potential for a Safer Internet, the organisers discuss their plans and visions for the expo.
Consequence Scanning: How to build responsibility into product development
Sam Brown of Consequential discussed the agile business practice, Consequence Scanning, as an innovative tool that provides opportunities within product development to mitigate or address potential harms and disasters before they happen.
Building better online communities: Resilience in 2021 and beyond
Expert panellists shed light on the online community management sector and discussed how to create a peer support network and provide access to the tools needed in the field, at our latest event.
Privacy, data and legal issues: challenges the BBC faced in developing its Own It app
The BBC’s Jon Howard discussed the research and development that went into creating their app to help children navigate the online world.
Safety tech – how do we design for audience needs?
Our expert panel debate how we might deliver safer user experiences through better understanding the end-to-end experience of vulnerable user groups.
Diversity, inclusion and fairness in safety tech: expert panel provides key insights
Turing Institute, FutureGov and SafeToNet inspire attendees and provide practical advice in the first themed event held by the Safety Tech Innovation Network.
DCMS Online Harms Data Transformation £2.4m tender launches with two engagement events
Lightning talks and a bid clarification event were held on 10/11 November.
Safety Tech Unconference 2020: what we learned, what’s next
On 22 September 2020, we held what was perhaps the first ever event dedicated to people working in or around safety tech – the Safety Tech Unconference. In this blog we wanted to share key threads that ran through our conversations, and next steps.
