25 January, 2027
Geneva, Switzerland
The
International Telecommunication (ITU) is organizing a workshop on “Child Online Protection: Standards, technology and emerging challenges in the age of AI” taking place from the
25 January 2027, from
09h00-17h00 hours CET at ITU Headquarters, in
Geneva, Switzerland.
This workshop will bring together relevant stakeholders to take stock of the current state of child online protection (COP), consider its future direction and explore how standards can best support it. The workshop will:
- Foster a shared understanding of the evolving COP landscape and the role of standards in supporting it, drawing on practical use cases;
- Review the state of COP standardization, the gaps identified to date and emerging issues requiring further study;
- Assess the operational impact of encrypted transport and Encrypted Client Hello on existing COP mechanisms and how standards could respond;
- Lay the foundation for a child-specific behavioural reference for benchmarking AI models;
- Consider, in coordination with
ITU-T FG-TIDA, how identity and delegated-authority frameworks for agentic AI should apply when the human principal is a child; and
- Produce actionable recommendations that
ITU-T Study Group 17 and other relevant groups can carry forward.
Target audience
Participation in the workshop is free-of-charge and open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions and to any individual from a country that is a member of ITU who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations.
See detailed steps to register here
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