A workshop to to discuss children’s digital rights, platform responsibility, AI and digital governance
The Brussels Privacy Hub (an academic research centre with a global focus), in collaboration with Bocconi University, organise the workshop “Building Youth Digital Futures: Regulation, Design and Governance”, taking place on Thursday, 12 November 2026, from 09:00 to 17:45, at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
Bringing together academics, researchers and experts, the workshop will explore key legal and regulatory challenges, including:
- Platform responsibility, age assurance and recommender systems;
- Digital education and socio-technical governance;
- AI products, harmful design and emerging forms of abuse;
- Children's autonomy, identity and family governance.
The programme will feature an opening keynote by Giuseppe Abbamonte (European Commission) on the future of children's online protection and EU regulatory initiatives, as well as a closing keynote conversation with Michael Veale (UCL Faculty of Laws) and Leanda Barrington-Leach (5Rights Foundation) on the future of children's digital rights beyond age-based protection.
The workshop is organised by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Federica Paolucci and Henry Pearce.
Here is the agenda of the event
For attendance enquiries, please contact BrusselsPrivacyHub@vub.be