Please Vote for Our SXSW 2023 Panel!

It’s August—which means it’s SXSW PanelPicker time! We are looking forward to sharing ideas and learning together with friends and colleagues in Austin in March 2023.

The SXSW panel selection process relies on input from the community, and we’ve got a PanelPicker proposal we’re incredibly excited to share. To vote, please visit panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote before Sunday, August 21st and log in or create a free account. It’s super easy! You can find our proposal here.

Designing Tech for Children’s Well-Being

There has been a great deal of conversation about technology’s potential harms for children. But what does well-being for children in the digital age look like? Can we design digital experiences that allow children to learn emotional regulation, develop competence and creativity, feel empowered and self-actualized, and connect with others in a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, while also keeping them safe? We will discuss the Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children (RITEC) project—a global, multi-stakeholder and cross-sectoral initiative that aims (1) to create a framework that maps how the design of children’s digital experiences affects their well-being, and (2) to provide guidance as to how informed design choices can promote positive well-being outcomes.

Takeaways:

1. Participants will walk away thinking about children’s engagement with the digital world in new ways.
2. Attendees will be inspired to consider the importance of designing tech experiences with children’s rights and well-being in mind.
3. Attendees will be inspired to build tech that empowers children and equips them with the skills they need to thrive in a digital age.

Speakers:

• Michael Preston, Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop (moderator)
• Elizabeth Milovidov, Senior Manager, Digital Child Safety, LEGO Group
• Jan L. Plass, Paulette Goddard Chair and Professor, Digital Media and Learning Sciences, New York University
• Jennifer Kotler Clarke, Research & Content Strategy Lead for the Kids & Family Team, Google Inc

Please spread the word! And please let us know if you’ve got a panel proposal that we can support too—we look forward to sharing some tacos with you in Austin in 2023!