Safety and Responsibility 2025

09:00 – 10:00 Participant Registration 

10:00 – 11:00 Opening of the Conference: Welcome Remarks

11:00 – 12:30 “The Dark Side of Technology: How AI Empowers Abusers?”

Topics:

• How AI models contribute to the creation of CSAM, deepfakes and generated images.
• Who the offenders are, how they obtain material, and how children become targets.
• How algorithms assist predators in identifying and reaching victims.
• AI as a weapon in the hands of abusers – real-life case studies.

Speakers:

• Anton Toni Klančnik, EUROPOL, Netherlands – Emerging and Current Trends Against Children (Sexual) Integrity Observed by Law Enforcement
• Olivije Zimonja, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Abuse of AI for the Sexual Exploitation of Children – The Role of Institutions and Practical Examples
• Nikola Čučilović, Deputy Head of the Directorate for Technology, Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia

12:30 – 13:00 Coffee Break 

13:00 – 13:45 Panel Discussion: “A Regional Approach to Child Protection in the Digital Space through Stronger Legislation and Institutional Response”

Topics:

• Introduction: Overview of the European Commission’s proposed Regulation to combat child sexual abuse online, with a focus on its impact on non-EU countries.
  
• National responses to online threats in the Western Balkans and how the regulation affects the region.
  
•  Changes in institutional practices.
• Opportunities for regional cooperation in the Western Balkans.
•  Is there political will for proactive child protection?

Panelists:

• Aleksandar Karov, Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Serbia
• Altin Hazizaj, Child Right Center, Albania
• Damjan Nikolovski, The First Children’s Embassy in the World MEGJASHI, North Macedonia
• Moderator: Mieke Schurman, Eurochild, Belgium

13:50 – 14:50 “The Bright Side of Technology: Tools for Protection and Prevention – Innovations for a Safer Internet”

Topics:

• How AI can help prevent violence and cyberbullying.
• Tools that detect risky behavior in children online.
• Technologies that identify and remove inappropriate content.
• How AI supports parents, teachers, and children.

Speakers:

• Gregorio López López and Constança Brito– Preventing cybercrime among minors using a videogame: The RAYUELA and Missão Cibersegura success story
• Jelena Bratić, Microsoft Serbia – Our approach to online child safety
• Igor Jurić, Center for Missing and Exploited Children  – AMIGO – Digital friend in education
• Anastasija Tomić, Center for Safer Internet, Serbia –  Take it Down – When intimacy becomes public

14:50 – 15:50 Lunch Break

15:50 – 16:30 Panel Discussion: “Are AI Tools Our Children’s Teachers or Threats? The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Development, and Mental Health”

Topics:

• Where is the line between assistance and manipulation?
• AI in classrooms: benefits vs. student passivation.
• Can AI replace professionals working with children?
• Mental health impacts: algorithmic comparison, AI influencers, digital addiction.

Panelists:

• Maja Radoman Cvetićanin, Director of a Vožd Karađorđe Primary School, Aleksinac, Serbia
• Predrag Momčilović, President of the Managing Board of the Association of Social Work Centers of Serbia
• Aleksandra Petrovski, Founder of the “Two 37” Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia
• Tatjana Macura, Minister without portfolio in charge of gender equality, prevention of violence against women, and economic and political empowerment of women.
• Moderator: Miljan Prljeta

16:30 – 17:00 Closing and Evaluation