Held in Moscow 12-13 November 2009, participants to the conference included 120 Russian experts and 50 experts from the region and from EU member states who presented and discussed research, legislative approaches, preventive work making the Internet safer for children. The aim of the conference was to create an interface, a platform for exchange of research, programmes, actions and projects all contributing to making the online world a safe experience for children.
The conference conclusions included the following topics: legislation, child protection services and child rehabilitation services, industry involvement in safer internet initiatives, law enforcement cooperation, and research.
The conference was organised by the CBSS Expert Group on Children at Risk with full funding from the European Commission Safer Internet Programme.