BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20251005T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20260405T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260306T034734Z UID:0C36A2C4-B6FA-466A-977F-F33D3BF35469 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260109T104500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260109T114500 DESCRIPTION:Online digital services have changed the way that people intera ct. Companies provide apps for download allowing users of any age to exper ience them through smartphones and tablets among other devices. To date\, company policies have acted as pseudo-guidelines for recommended use. But what happens when apps that were never designed for children are acquired and used by them? To mitigate potential risks the IEEE 2089–2021 standar d was developed- an age appropriate digital services framework for childre n. The standard stipulates the need for a risk-based age appropriate regis ter by which developers can do away with potential intolerable harms on ch ildren during the design phase\, and keep track of unintended hazards\, in order to counteract ongoing negative impacts on children\, allowing them to thrive and flourish. Supplementing international law\, state regulation s\, and company policies related to acceptable use\, IEEE 2089–2021 prov ides a benchmark for how children’s apps should be designed based on the 5Rights Principles. Technical standards can be considered a type of soft law\, supplementing hard law like treaties or acts\, and even non-legally binding instruments like declarations and policies. Together this panoply of safeguards can mitigate the potential for flaws in product development\ , ranging from data privacy breaches\, location tracking default features\ , nudging toward in-gaming purchases and auto scrolling\, child labor towa rd data annotation\, and adverse metaverse experiences. But given the rapi dity of product development cycles\, it is technical standards that can ha ve the most immediate effect on the pacing problem ensuring that child rig hts impact assessments (CRIA) are implemented in practice.\n\nBiographies: Prof. Dr. Katina Michael (Senior Member\, IEEE) is the inaugural program director of the MBA (Technology and Digital Strategy) at The University of Sydney Business School. She is professor of Strategy\, Innovation and Tec hnology. She connects technical\, policy\, and public audiences\, raising awareness of sociotechnical challenges and how to address them through hum an-centered design. She was the IEEE 2089–2021 Working Group Chair for t he Age Appropriate Digital Services Framework Based on the 5Rights Princip les for Children from 2019 to 2021. She was also involved in the developme nt of the European Reference Document for Children’s Protection and Well -being Online. The CWA published by CEN/CENELEC localized the IEEE 2089 st andard within the European context\, where it addressed specific needs ide ntified in various EU policies and regulations.\n\nAssoc. Prof. Dr. Thao H a is a developmental psychologist and director of the @HEART Lab (Healthy Experiences Across Relationships and Transitions Lab) at Arizona State Uni versity. Her NIH- and foundation-funded research investigates how emerging technologies\, including social media\, AI\, and VR\, are impacting adole scent romantic relationships and mental health during a developmentally vu lnerable period. By examining how teens navigate love\, breakups\, and rel ationship dynamics within their broader social worlds (including peers\, p arents\, and educators)\, Dr. Ha identifies key risk and resilience factor s that influence long-term mental health. She conducts culturally grounded \, community-engaged research with youth and families\, providing critical insights for designing technology\, policies\, and interventions that fos ter emotionally healthy relationships in both digital and physical spaces. \n\nDr. Taren McGray is a behavioral and social health scientist and the p ost-doctoral researcher in the @HEART lab (Healthy Experiences Across Rela tionships and Transitions Lab) at Arizona State University. Her research e xamines the epidemiology and measurement of interpersonal violence in unde rrepresented global communities\, with a particular emphasis on emerging t echnology-facilitated forms of violence. Grounded in community-engaged\, s ocio-ecological\, and intersectional frameworks\, Dr. McGray’s research serves to translate the lived experiences of survivor-victims and at-risk individuals into actionable advocacy\, policy\, and prevention efforts to foster healthy and safe digital spaces\, reduce digital and in-person viol ence\, and improve mental health outcomes.\n\nMs Ruth Lewis: Director of T echnology Foresight Consulting\, Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)\, Gr aduate Diploma Digital Communications\, Master of Strategic Foresight\, Na tional Engineering Register. Ruth is Vice President (Standards) and the Ch air of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Standa rds Committee.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/541968 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/541968 ORGANIZER:katina_michael@uow.edu.au SEQUENCE:12 SUMMARY: IEEE 2089 Age Appropriate Digital Services for Children by Katina Michael\, Tao Ha\, Taren McGray\, Ruth Lewis URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/541968 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Online digital services have changed the w ay that people interact. Companies provide apps for download allowing user s of any age to experience them through smartphones and tablets among othe r devices. To date\, company policies have acted as pseudo-guidelines for recommended use. But what happens when apps that were never designed for c hildren are acquired and used by them? To mitigate potential risks the IEE E 2089&ndash\;2021 standard was developed- an age appropriate digital serv ices framework for children. The standard stipulates the need for a risk-b ased age appropriate register by which developers can do away with potenti al intolerable harms on children during the design phase\, and keep track of unintended hazards\, in order to counteract ongoing negative impacts on children\, allowing them to thrive and flourish. Supplementing internatio nal law\, state regulations\, and company policies related to acceptable u se\, IEEE 2089&ndash\;2021 provides a benchmark for how children&rsquo\;s apps should be designed based on the 5Rights Principles. Technical standar ds can be considered a type of soft law\, supplementing hard law like trea ties or acts\, and even non-legally binding instruments like declarations and policies. Together this panoply of safeguards can mitigate the potenti al for flaws in product development\, ranging from data privacy breaches\, location tracking default features\, nudging toward in-gaming purchases a nd auto scrolling\, child labor toward data annotation\, and adverse metav erse experiences. But given the rapidity of product development cycles\, i t is technical standards that can have the most immediate effect on the pa cing problem ensuring that child rights impact assessments (CRIA) are impl emented in practice.</p>\n<p>Biographies: Prof. Dr. Katina Michael (Senior Member\, IEEE) is the inaugural program director of the MBA (Technology a nd Digital Strategy) at The University of Sydney Business School. She is p rofessor of Strategy\, Innovation and Technology. She connects technical\, policy\, and public audiences\, raising awareness of sociotechnical chall enges and how to address them through human-centered design. She was the I EEE 2089&ndash\;2021 Working Group Chair for the Age Appropriate Digital S ervices Framework Based on the 5Rights Principles for Children from 2019 t o 2021. She was also involved in the development of the European Reference Document for Children&rsquo\;s Protection and Well-being Online. The CWA published by CEN/CENELEC localized the IEEE 2089 standard within the Europ ean context\, where it addressed specific needs identified in various EU p olicies and regulations.</p>\n<p>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thao Ha is a development al psychologist and director of the @HEART Lab (Healthy Experiences Across Relationships and Transitions Lab) at Arizona State University. Her NIH- and foundation-funded research investigates how emerging technologies\, in cluding social media\, AI\, and VR\, are impacting adolescent romantic rel ationships and mental health during a developmentally vulnerable period. B y examining how teens navigate love\, breakups\, and relationship dynamics within their broader social worlds (including peers\, parents\, and educa tors)\, Dr. Ha identifies key risk and resilience factors that influence l ong-term mental health. She conducts culturally grounded\, community-engag ed research with youth and families\, providing critical insights for desi gning technology\, policies\, and interventions that foster emotionally he althy relationships in both digital and physical spaces.</p>\n<p>Dr. Taren McGray is a behavioral and social health scientist and the post-doctoral researcher in the @HEART lab (Healthy Experiences Across Relationships and Transitions Lab) at Arizona State University. Her research examines the e pidemiology and measurement of interpersonal violence in underrepresented global communities\, with a particular emphasis on emerging technology-fac ilitated forms of violence. Grounded in community-engaged\, socio-ecologic al\, and intersectional frameworks\, Dr. McGray&rsquo\;s research serves t o translate the lived experiences of survivor-victims and at-risk individu als into actionable advocacy\, policy\, and prevention efforts to foster h ealthy and safe digital spaces\, reduce digital and in-person violence\, a nd improve mental health outcomes.</p>\n<p>Ms Ruth Lewis: Director of Tech nology Foresight Consulting\, Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)\, Gradu ate Diploma Digital Communications\, Master of Strategic Foresight\, Natio nal Engineering Register. Ruth is Vice President (Standards) and the Chair of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) Standards Committee.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR