About

Held annually since 2019, the Global StopCyberbullying Telesummit is the largest event on bullying and cyberbullying in Portugal.

It’s an event held during the month of October (European Cybersecurity Month and Bullying Prevention and Combat Month), organized and promoted by Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas, and Tito de Morais.

More than just talking about the problem, we talk about solutions.

With online sessions and many hours of learning, we hear several national and international experts who talk about how to prevent, identify, intervene, and combat bullying and cyberbullying.

We’re sure you won’t want to miss out.

The sessions will be conducted in Portuguese, English, or another language, depending on the specialist guest. Sessions in foreign languages will have simultaneous translation into Portuguese.

Check out the program* below, register, and come make a difference with us!

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Organizers

Cristiane Miranda
Co-Founder, Agarrados à Net, Portugal
Sónia Seixas
Psychologist, Higher Education Teacher, Portugal
Tito de Morais
Founder, MiudosSegurosNa.Net, Portugal

Speakers

Candice Toprek
Underwriting Lead: Personal Cyber at iTOO Special Risks (South Africa)
Eszter Salamon
Diretor at Parents International (Netherlands)
Joana Martins
Coordinator of the UMAR Nucleus of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Portugal)
João Dias da Silva
President of the Board of Directors at AFIET – Association for Training and Research in Education and Work (Portugal)
Karla Sanders
Co Founder & CEO, Sticks ‘n Stones (New Zealand)
Kjerstin Owren
Former Anti-Bullying Ombudsman (Norway)
Laura Lundy
Professor of Children's Rights, University College Cork (Ireland)
Luca Laszlo
Project manager in Parents International (Hungria/ EUA)
Rodrigo Nejm
Digital Education Specialist, Alana Institute (Brazil)

Agenda

This program is subject to change. All dates and times indicated refer to Mainland Portugal. All sessions take place from 09:30pm to 11pm. Check the time in your location or time zone here. The sessions in English will take place with simultaneous translation. Sessions in Portuguese will not have translation. Last Update: 07/09/2025.

Title: Opening Session: Smartphone Ban in Schools: Impact on Bullying and Cyberbullying

Summary: In this session, the organizers of the Global StopCyberbullying Telesummit will discuss research on the topic, the advantages and disadvantages of banning smartphones in schools, and recommendations for schools, families, and professionals working with children and young people.

Speakers/Hosts:  Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Children’s Participation and Cyberbullying: A Child Rights Approach

Summary: This session will look at the role that children’s right to be heard in decision-making plays in preventing cyberbullying.

Speaker: Laura Lundy (Ireland)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Teacher Bullyingullying

Summary: In this session participants will learn about why teacher bullying is a difficult to research phenomenon, and how Luca Laszlo and her research team has developed their questionnaire to gain empirical evidence in Hungary and the Netherlands, including the results of the questionnaire.

Speaker: Luca Laszlo (Hungary/ EUA)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Peer Violence: Knowing the Local Situation to Know How to Intervene

Summary:

Peer violence (bullying and cyberbullying) in schools in the Autonomous Region of Madeira: risk factors, protective factors, case examples, and local specificities.

Knowledge to intervene: reflection on the results of the study characterizing young people and families in the municipality of Funchal.

Speaker: Joana Martins (Portugal)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Perpetrator and Protector Roles of Parents and Teachers

Summary:

There is a growing pressure on school leaders to address cyberbullying incidents. They are mostly forced by some vocal parents to intervene in situations that happen outside of their “jurisdiction”. This session will aim to find a framework that does not overstep the authority, duties, and rights of each stakeholder, with special focus on cyberbullying incidents in which the perpetrator is not a student. It is built on recent research done by IPA and its partners in Europe.

Orador: Eszter Salamon (Netherlands)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: The Observatory of School Coexistence

Summary: The session will serve to present the initiative of establishing the Observatory of School Coexistence: partners, origin, objectives, actions developed.

Speakerr: João Dias da Silva (Portugal)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Experiences From Working as an Anti-bullying Ombudsman

Summary: This session is about how schools can create truly inclusive learning environments by focusing on community-building didactics. Drawing on experience as Oslo’s first Anti-Bullying Ombudsman and contributor to Bullying Prevention from a Community Perspective (2021), it highlights how policy, training, and systemic change can foster safety, belonging, and student engagement.

Speaker: Kjerstin Owren (Norway)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Reality of Cyberbullying in South Africa

Summary: Cyberbullying affects 1 in 4 South African teens – this is not just ‘online drama’. It has profound mental health, social, and even legal consequences. In this session, we’ll look at the South African reality: how widespread it is, the real impact on young people, the laws that apply, real-life cases, and most importantly, the practical steps parents, educators, and professionals can take to protect and support children.

Speaker: Candice Toprek (South Africa)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Tackling Cyberbullying with Law by Design

Summary: The myth of “digital natives” hides an essential reality: all generations need critical digital education to develop ethical digital skills, which cannot be achieved simply by scrolling through an endless feed. The business model of most platforms used by children and adolescents is focused on capturing attention, rewarding extreme content and harmful practices such as cyberbullying. Critical digital education is vital, but insufficient without proactive action by technology companies to align platform design with the guarantee of children’s and adolescents’ human rights, as already provided for in General Comment No. 25 on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The risks of algorithmic discrimination are also highlighted in UNESCO’s frameworks on the use of AI in education. We emphasize the centrality of a commitment to a rights-by-design approach in combating cyberbullying and other forms of online violence. We need to examine the children’s rights agenda in digital education in schools and families, questioning what the available “digital diet” is? What menu do schools offer? What quality digital products do digital companies offer? We believe it’s necessary to encourage healthy content, positive digital experiences, and, above all, to diversify experiences unmediated by screens, strengthening social bonds, pluralistic coexistence, and contact with nature. The design of AI platforms and applications will play an increasingly decisive role in inhibiting or intensifying digital violence and promoting or restricting the diversity of experiences. Educators, childhood experts, families, and children themselves need to have more agency in the design and selection of both digital platforms and the policies and programs we create to promote healthy and safe use.

Speaker: Rodrigo Nejm (Brazil)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Building Active Bystanders: Co-Designed Bullying Prevention With New Zealand Students

Summary: This workshop offers practice-based research insights into the implementation of co-designed bullying prevention programmes developed with hundreds of Year 5-8 students across New Zealand schools. By centering meaningful student involvement, these programmes empower young people to deepen their understanding of active bystander strategies and transform this learning into creative activities, games, and concepts that they can share with peers and younger students.

Speaker: Karla Sanders (New Zealand)

Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)

Title: Closing Session: Youth Participation in Preventing and Tackling Bullying.

Speakers/Hosts: To be defined.

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