The Safer Internet Forum (SIF) is a key annual international conference in Europe where policymakers, researchers, law enforcement bodies, youth, parents and caregivers, teachers, NGOs, industry representatives, experts and other relevant actors come together to discuss the latest trends, opportunities, risks and solutions related to child online safety and making the internet a better place. The Forum will take place in a hybrid* format on Thursday, 4 December 2025, with a theme of Why age matters: Protecting and empowering youth in the digital age.
The Forum will discuss how to ensure age-appropriate online experiences through a proportionate and children’s rights-centric approach. The discussion will include age assurance methods, as well as other complementary tools, to support parents in making responsible choices, with some focus on video games. The discussions will contribute to the priority of the European Commission, as expressed by President von der Leyen, to further strengthen the protection of minors online. SIF will bring together a variety of public and private stakeholders, including children and young people, to discuss the current state of play across and beyond the European Union, and look forward to future developments.
As in previous editions, SIF will enjoy a youth-led format: the event is organised with the support of a Youth Advisory Group (YAG), which will work alongside EUN’s BIK Coordination Team and the European Commission to prepare the SIF programme, and the role of children and young people in particular. During the Forum, the sessions will be animated by the SIF Youth Panel, composed of young people from the national youth panels of European Safer Internet Centres and children from the EU Children’s Participation Platform. Young people will express their views and share their positive experiences online, as well as their challenges, when using digital services with many other stakeholders, such as policymakers, industry, civil society, academics, parents and educators.
As last year, due to capacity restrictions at the venue and in line with the EC’s green agenda, we need to limit in-person attendance at the Safer Internet Forum to TWO colleagues from each Safer Internet Centre* (this will typically be the SIC Coordinator (or their designate) and the youth chaperone (if this is someone from your SIC)). Online participation is available for those colleagues who are unable to attend in person.
Please register for SIF attendance via this link, selecting from onsite or online participation as appropriate.
Specific queries can be addressed to the SIF mailbox.
* Please note that we are unable to deviate from the allocation of two in-person places per SIC across all categories of participation. Therefore, if your SIC is involved in any of the governance mechanisms (e.g. the BIK Advisory Board, the MS Expert Group on a Safer Internet for Children, etc.), it will not be possible to allocate additional onsite places on this occasion.
The Safer Internet Forum (SIF) is a key annual international conference in Europe where policymakers, researchers, law enforcement bodies, youth, parents and caregivers, teachers, NGOs, industry representatives, experts and other relevant actors come together to discuss the latest trends, opportunities, risks and solutions related to child online safety and making the internet a better place. The Forum will take place in a hybrid* format on Thursday, 4 December 2025, with a theme of Why age matters: Protecting and empowering youth in the digital age.
The Forum will discuss how to ensure age-appropriate online experiences through a proportionate and children’s rights-centric approach. The discussion will include age assurance methods, as well as other complementary tools, to support parents in making responsible choices, with some focus on video games. The discussions will contribute to the priority of the European Commission, as expressed by President von der Leyen, to further strengthen the protection of minors online. SIF will bring together a variety of public and private stakeholders, including children and young people, to discuss the current state of play across and beyond the European Union, and look forward to future developments.
As in previous editions, SIF will enjoy a youth-led format: the event is organised with the support of a Youth Advisory Group (YAG), which will work alongside EUN’s BIK Coordination Team and the European Commission to prepare the SIF programme, and the role of children and young people in particular. During the Forum, the sessions will be animated by the SIF Youth Panel, composed of young people from the national youth panels of European Safer Internet Centres and children from the EU Children’s Participation Platform. Young people will express their views and share their positive experiences online, as well as their challenges, when using digital services with many other stakeholders, such as policymakers, industry, civil society, academics, parents and educators.
As last year, due to capacity restrictions at the venue and in line with the EC’s green agenda, we need to limit in-person attendance at the Safer Internet Forum to TWO colleagues from each Safer Internet Centre* (this will typically be the SIC Coordinator (or their designate) and the youth chaperone (if this is someone from your SIC)). Online participation is available for those colleagues who are unable to attend in person.
Please register for SIF attendance via this link, selecting from onsite or online participation as appropriate.
Specific queries can be addressed to the SIF mailbox.
* Please note that we are unable to deviate from the allocation of two in-person places per SIC across all categories of participation. Therefore, if your SIC is involved in any of the governance mechanisms (e.g. the BIK Advisory Board, the MS Expert Group on a Safer Internet for Children, etc.), it will not be possible to allocate additional onsite places on this occasion.
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