The Global StopCyberbullying Telesummit is the largest bullying and cyberbullying event held worldwide. We are already in the 6th edition!
More than talking about the problem, we’ll talk about solutions.
During the month of October (European Cybersecurity Month and the Month of Preventing and Tackling Bullying), Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais organize and promote the 6th Edition of the Global StopCyberbullying Telesummit.
This year, with sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will hear from several experts who come to talk to us about how to prevent, identify, intervene and tackle bullying and cyberbullying.
During the month of October, we’ll hear 14 speakers for 21 hours of learning that will bring us different topics related to bullying and cyberbullying.
We’re sure you won’t want to miss out.
The sessions will be conducted in Portuguese or English, depending on the guest. .
Check out the program, register and come with us to make a difference!
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Depois de 20 anos no mundo empresarial, em 2016 enveredou por áreas distintas, que lhe trouxeram uma visão do trabalho direto com as pessoas, o que a levou a encontrar o seu propósito de vida e fazer o que a preenche: ajudar os outros, através do coaching, tendo criado um programa específico, o Teen On Top - Coaching para Jovens, onde ajuda jovens a atingir o seu verdadeiro potencial, dando apoio aos pais na sua tarefa de educar os seus filhos. De referir que tem mais de 20 anos de experiência de voluntariado com crianças e jovens. Criou ainda o Teen On Top - School Edition um programa para escolas, onde ajuda os alunos a definirem os seus objetivos e através do qual trabalha também a sua autoestima e autoconfiança. Em 2021, juntamente com Tito de Morais, criou o projeto “Agarrados à Net – Como Gerir o Tempo Online dos Teus Filhos”, que tem como missão ajudar os pais e educadores a gerirem melhor o tempo que os seus filhos passam atrás de um ecrã, assim como os próprios miúdos a gerirem melhor o seu tempo online, de uma forma prática, simples e descontraída. Entre outros programas, desenvolveram o “217 Challenge - 7 Passos para a Parentalidade Digital Positiva”, o “Que Tipo de Pais Digitais Somos” e o “Faz-te Ouvir! Dá a Volta ao [Cyber]Bullying”. Foi, ainda, co-organizadora e co-anfitriã da IV Global StopCyberbullying Telesummit (2022). Estruturaram e ministraram para a Plátano Editora os cursos de formação de professores "Educação para a Cidadania e Bem-Estar Digital" e "Bullying & Cyberbullying - Como Identificar, Prevenir, Intervir e Combater", promovidos pela Direção Regional de Educação e Secretaria Regional de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Região Autónoma da Madeira (2022). Foram ainda os criadores da Semana do Bem-Estar Digital e organizadores da I Conferência Internacional de Promoção do Bem-Estar Digital (2023).
Nascida em Lisboa, Portugal, em 1970, tem uma Licenciatura em Antropologia Social pelo ISCTE e uma Licenciatura em Psicologia Educacional pelo ISPA. Tem um Doutoramento em Psicologia Pedagógica, pela Universidade de Coimbra, com uma tese sobre saúde e comportamentos de bullying. É professora do Ensino Superior desde 1998, lecionando sobretudo em cursos de educação formal e não formal, conteúdos de psicologia do desenvolvimento e da aprendizagem. É presentemente Vice-presidente do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém. É investigadora, formadora e autora de livros e de artigos no âmbito do bullying e do cyberbullying, nomeadamente co-autora dos livros "Plano Bullying - Como Apagar o Bullying da Escola", "Diz não ao Bullying - Não deixes que te façam mal!" e "Cyberbullying - Um Guia Para Pais e Educadores".
Além de fundar o Projecto MiudosSegurosNa.Net em 2003, foi avaliador externo do projeto “Cyber Training – Taking Action Against Cyberbullying”, uma iniciativa financiada pela Comissão Europeia que produziu um manual de formação para formadores no domínio do cyberbullying. É coautor do livro "Cyberbullying - Um Guia Para Pais e Educadores" (Portugal, 2016) e de um capítulo do livro "Bullying: Perspectives, Practices and Insights" publicado pelo Conselho da Europa em 2017. Foi formador no Curso Avançado em Cyberbullying [E.learning] (1ª edição - 2017; 2ª edição - 2018; 3ª edição - 2019; 4ª edição - 2020) promovido pelo Instituto CRIAP (Portugal). É coorganizador e coanfitrião das Cyberbullying Talks (2019, 2020 e 2021) e coorganizador e coanfitrião da Global StopCyberbullying Telesummit (2019 a 2022), com oradores de vários países, representando todos os Continentes. Foi também especialista no MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) 'Bullying & Ciberbullying: Prevenir e Agir' (1ª edição - 2019; 2ª edição - 2020; 3ª edição - 2022) promovido pela Direção Geral de Educação (DGE) no âmbito do Centro de Sensibilização SeguraNet e da equipa de Educação para a Saúde, e consultor do grupo de trabalho da DGE para o plano "Escola Sem Bullying. Escola Sem Violência" (2019). Juntamente com Cristiane Miranda é co-fundador do projeto Agarrados à Net e co-criador do programa “Faz-te Ouvir! Dá a Volta ao [Cyber]Bullying!”. Estruturaram e ministraram para a Plátano Editora os cursos de formação de professores "Educação para a Cidadania e Bem-Estar Digital" e "Bullying & Cyberbullying - Como Identificar, Prevenir, Intervir e Combater", promovidos pela Direção Regional de Educação e Secretaria Regional de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Região Autónoma da Madeira (2022). Foram ainda os criadores da Semana do Bem-Estar Digital e organizadores da I Conferência Internacional de Promoção do Bem-Estar Digital (2023).
PhD in Educational Psychology, researcher interested in the areas of well-being and happiness in school, community and work contexts. President of the Beginner's Mind Association. Author of intervention programs: “Do Respirar ao Ser®” (mindfulness program), “Calmamente – Aprendindo a Aprendir-se®” (program to promote socio-emotional skills) and “Oficina do Ser®” (well-being program and self-care). Author of two books and scientific and opinion articles.
Anil Raghuvanshi is the founder and president of ChildSafeNet, a leading organisation in Nepal working to protect children and young people online. He is a child protection specialist and a leading expert on child online protection. He has led several research studies on issues related to the protection of children in the digital age. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Group of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative and has been leading research studies on child online protection. He has been promoting a safer and better internet for children. He played a key role in promoting and coordinating the Safer Internet Day campaign and curating the Stop.Think.Connect movement in Nepal. He has developed technical and programmatic resources for advocacy, awareness, and capacity building to promote a safer and better internet for children and young people. He has worked for over thirty years in nine countries as a child protection professional with UNICEF, ILO, UN DPKO, Save the Children, ECPAT International, and Plan International. Before founding ChildSafeNet, he worked with UNICEF in Nigeria as the Child Protection in Emergencies Manager and was responsible for responding to Boko Haram-related child protection emergencies.
Born in Coimbra and raised in Aveiro. In 2018, she began his academic career at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra, where she studied Journalism and Communication. In 2022, a curricular internship took her to Gerador, where she has worked as a journalist ever since. Her works mainly focus on themes related to social causes.
Fergal Browne is an Outreach and Partnerships Manager at TikTok with a focus on combatting Hate Speech, Harassment and Bullying. He is responsible for managing and cultivating external partnerships for TikTok's Trust & Safety team to support in building out principled polices for TikTok's Community Guidelines, connect TikTok users to information and resources that will help keep them safe online, and garner insights from experts on new trends and issues as they arise. He has worked in Safety for over a decade at a number of tech platforms and previously worked as a journalist.
Helen Cowie, Professor Emerita at the University of Surrey, is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered Counselling Psychologist. She received a Lifetime Achievement award from the European Network for Socia and Emotional Competence (ENSEC) in 2020. She has researched and published internationally in the field of anti-bullying interventions at school and university, and on the emotional health and wellbeing of children. Recent publications include From Birth to Sixteen (2019), Peer Support in Schools (2020), a book of children’s stories on diversity and inclusion with Harriet Tenenbaum and Ffion Jones entitled A School for Everyone (2021), as well as her latest book, co-edited with Carrie-Anne Myers, Cyberbullying and Online Harms (2023).
Ivelise Fortin is Chairman of the Child at Play Institute. Co-Founder and Partner of Homo Ludens - Innovation and Knowledge. She serves as a professor of Psychology and Bachelor of courses in PUC-SP Digital Games, where she coordinates Janus - Laboratory of Psychology and Information Technology and Communication Studies. She coordinates extension courses at PUC-SP in the field of psychology and e-sports, interactive media and professional guidance.
James leads DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, a University designated research centre which investigates bullying and digital safety in educational and organisational contexts. His research on bullying and digital safety has been funded by the European Commission, the Government of Ireland, the Irish Research Council, Enterprise Ireland, Rethink Ireland and several industry based foundations including Vodafone Foundation Ireland, Meta, and the Equinix Foundation. As a Clinical Sociologist, James is committed to the application of theory and research to real world challenges. He holds several positions of responsibility related to bullying and digital safety including as a Chair of UNESCO's Scientific Committee on Bullying and Cyberbullying, the World Anti-Bullying Forum, the Ministerial Steering Committee on School Bullying, the National Advisory Council on Online Safety, and previously on the NCCA Sub-Committee on Intercultural Education for Primary Schools. He has presented his research at the OECD, the UN, WHO, and USAID. James has served as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pastoral Care in Education and the Journal of Religious Education. He is a founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Bullying Prevention and has been published in several highly ranked journals including the British Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Feminist Media Studies, and the Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. He is co-editor of the Wiley-Blackwell Handbook on Bullying. In 2020, James received the President's Award for Research Impact for his research on bullying interventions in post-primary schools. He also received a DCU Invent Commercialisation Award in 2019 and 2022 for his research on bullying and digital safety with social media and telecommunications companies.
Louise Hisayasu is the senior project coordinator of The Glass Room project. Louise holds a Masters in media art history and digital cultures, with a keen interest in decolonial practices in Brazil, where she is from. She has over 10 years of experience in event management and extensive experience developing and leading workshops and training programs for partners working in diverse contexts globally. She has edited and designed a variety of digital products, including online exhibits, articles and companion websites for large-scale exhibitions.
Margarida Balseiro Lopes was born in Marinha Grande on 24 September 1989. She is a doctoral student in Law from Católica Portuguesa University, holds a postgraduate degree in Taxation from the Católica Portuguesa University Law School, a master’s in Law and Management from Católica Portuguesa University and a Law Degree from the Lisbon School of Law. Since April 2022 until now, she was a consultant at Deloitte Portugal. She began her professional path in 2012 as tax consultant for one of the BIG4. A member of Parliament from 2015 to 2022, she sat on various parliamentary committees, such as the Budget and Finance Committee or the Committee for Education, Science, Youth, and Sports. On a party level, Margarida Balseiro Lopes has been Vice President of the Social Democratic Party since 2022 and was President of the Democratic Youth JSD from 2018 to 2020.
She worked for several years in the Department of Information, Communication and International Relations at IPDJ, having coordinated several projects, namely the Campaign Against Hate Speech in Portugal and the Safe Internet Center Project at IPDJ. Trainer in the areas of Human Rights, Peace and Non-Violence, Intercultural Relations, Information for Young People and Communication with Young People.
Graduate in Psychology from the Catholic University of Argentina. She specialized in Children's Psychoanalysis at the Association of Buenos Aires Psychologists. Founder and Executive Director of Argentina School of Symbolic-Projective Therapy for Sexual Abuse Treatment in Childhood. More than 30 years of clinical practice with girls, boys and teens victims of sexual abuse, violence and mistreatment. In the court area she’s an expert of parties. She is a supervisor of childhood staff and recognized instructor in Argentina and abroad. She ministered courses, seminars, workshops and conferences in various cities in Latin America. She also collaborated on the empowerment course for Supreme Court of Justice professionals in Mexico, by the United Nations and Unicef Fund. She is the author of 20 books, among them: The psychological interview of girls and boys victims of sexual abuse, The drawings in child sexual abuse and the Therapy of play with dolls in sexual abuse: intervention strategies.
Mussollini Salem Mugumbate, is an Online Child Safety Specialist and aspiring Cyberpsychologist. He promote Digital Literacy, Cybersecurity awareness and advocate for laws and policies that proctect children off and online in Zimbabwe. He is the founder of Children of the Digital Age Zimbabwe, non-profit organization that promotes digital literacy and online child safety through awareness campaigns.
Rachel Downie created Stymie in 2015, following the loss of a student to suicide. Stymie is an anonymous online tool that provides a confidential channel for young people to report all kinds of harm including bullying & cyberbullying. Schools can respond directly and proactively. Rachel is also actively engaged with research, various organisations & advocacy groups to promote online safety, mental health awareness, and cyberwellness. As a contestant on the Australian Survivor, Rachel had the opportunity to highlight the prevalence of harm caused by online trolling. RacheI was recognised for her work and passion in 2020 by being named Queensland's Australian of the Year and has recently been awarded a Churchill Fellowship.
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: 11/09/2024
Title: The New UNESCO Definition of School Bullying
Summary: Based on research and practical experience with students and school communities, Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais we’ll discuss the new definition of school bullying launched by UNESCO, the main differences compared to other definitions and their implications.
Speakers/Hosts: A Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: An Overview of Cyberbullying in Nepal
Summary: The session will highlight the emerging issue of cyberbullying in Nepal, its risks for children and young people, as well as its magnitude, patterns, and trends. It will also highlight the current state of law enforcement and support services, identify gaps, and provide tailored actionable recommendations.
Speaker: Anil Raghuvanshi (Nepal)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Título: Creating A Digital World Free from Cyberbullying
Resumo: In this sessions our guest speaker will be sharing his work in Zimbabwe and provide insights on how to create a cyber-smart society free from cyberbullying.
Speaker: Mussollini S. Mugumbate (Zimbabwe)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Título: Socio-emotional Education: what contribution does it make to preventing bullying and cyberbullying?
Summary: The need to promote socio-emotional skills has been highlighted in the educational context. It is important to reflect on the challenges and impact of developing these skills in prevention contexts, especially bullying and cyberbullying, reinforcing the fundamental role of educational communities in promoting safe and positive physical and digital environments.
Speaker: Andreia Espain (Portugal)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: Rethinking School Bullying Post-Pandemic
Summary: Over the last 15 years there has been an increased awareness of the complexity of school bullying in an increasingly technological world where students are continuously connected. Out traditional understanding of school is being challenged by by new insights into the relationship between individual behaviour, social processes, and societal norms. In this context our established definition of bullying has been revisited and the outcome is that we have a greater appreciation of the need for a whole education approach to bullying and a new way to define bullying among students.
Speaker: James O’Higgins Norman (Irlanda)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Título: Abuse of power, harassment and bullying in higher education
Summary: The practices of harassment, abuse of power and bullying are a reality (better or worse) known to students, researchers, teachers and technical staff who go through higher education. In this session, the journalistic series that Gerador dedicated to this topic will be presented and analyzed.
Speaker: Débora Cruz (Portugal)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, e Tito de Morais (Portugal).
Title: TikTok’s Approach to Combatting Hate, Harassment and Bullying
Resumo: In this session TikTok will provide an overview of how the platform keeps creators and users safe on the platform, including an overview of the rules for what’s allowed and not allowed on TikTok, how it enforces those rules and the safety features available to TikTok’s users.
Speaker: Fergal Brown (Ireland)
Hosts:Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: Anonymous Harm Reporting to Support Students Experiencing Cyberbullying
Summary: Rachel will workshop the Stymie platform in a practical session and demonstrate how schools use it to support students experiencing harm online and in their embodied lives. She will also share the use of empathy mapping to support students in speaking up about harm.
Speaker: Rachel Downie (Austrália)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, e Tito de Morais (Portugal).
Title: From bystanding to upstanding
Summary: Bullying and cyberbullying acts are often witnessed and encouraged by others. The focus of this presentation is on the bystanders who are aware of the distress of their bullied peers but who often fail to take action to defend and protect them for several reasons – including individual and collective moral disengagement – which we will explore in the session. We will discuss a range of ways in which bystanders can be trained to develop the intervention skills of upstanding through peer support.
Speaker: Helen Cowie (Reino Unido)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, e Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention in Argentina
Summary: In this session we’ll look at problem of bullying and cyberbullying in Argentina, analyzing its psychological causes and proposing a model of approach from families and schools. To do this, if we’ll share a series of workshops for the prevention of this problematic.
Speaker: María Cecilia López (Argentina)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Título: To be relational: challenges and opportunities in the digital world
Summary: The digital world, in its multiple dimensions, puts us countless challenges and opportunities. Almost all of them stem from our “being relational” nature with all the lights and shadows that implies. The translate of the physical and face-to-face world to digital and distance in realities such as bullying, or other forms of toxic relationships, complexifies that relational dynamics. Understanding some of these axles to better inform, sensitize to intervene and combat bullying will constitute the goal of the session.
Speaker: Rui Marques (Portugal)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: Oportunities, Risks and Harms in Games
Summary: Opportunities, risks, and harms in the use of games by children and adolescents will be explored in this session, with special focus on gamer communities. Topics like hate speech, toxic behavior, and cyberbullying will be addressed.
Speaker: Ivelise Fortim (Brasil)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Note: Session in English with simultaneous translation to Portuguese
Title: How AI supercharges online harms
Summary: In this session I will present Tactical Tech’s new media literacy resources focused on artificial intelligence (AI), and how they are supercharging existing online harms, like online harassment, scams and bias. I will present some of the narratives in The Glass Room’s newest portable exhibition Supercharged by AI – which looks at how synthetic media is out of control, and the Data Detox Kit’s essential guides to AI – which provides users with practical steps they can take to feel more in control.
Speaker: Louise Hisayasu (Alemanha/ Brasil)
Anfitriões: Cristiane Miranda and Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: Tackling Online Hate Speech and Alternative Narratives
Summary: Short presentation of the work done to combat Hate Speech, presentation of some resources and discussion with participants.
Speaker: Margarida Saco (Portugal)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, e Tito de Morais (Portugal)
Title: Closing Session: What is the Government’s Responsibility in Preventing and Tackling Bullying and Cyberbullying?
Summary: In this session we will focus on the Government’s plans to prevent and combat Bullying and Cyberbullying, focusing, in particular, on the expected results of the Working Group to Combat Bullying in Schools, created in September, with results to be presented until the end of the year.
Speaker: Margarida Balseiro Lopes (Portugal)
Hosts: Cristiane Miranda, Sónia Seixas e Tito de Morais (Portugal)
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