Download a copy of last year’s program for information
Dates and times
The program will take place over two full days, doors will open at 8.30AM for a 9:30 AM start on Thursday 14 May 2020. Like last time, we will also have pre-registration the night before and morning registration starting at 8:30 AM. The summit will close at 5 PM on Friday 15 May 2020. We’ll have a mix of plenaries and concurrent workshops, so you’ll have plenty to choose from. A light lunch and morning and afternoon teas will be provided.
Keynote speakers and plenary sessions
Once again, we will be having some exciting keynote speakers. We’ll be announcing them soon!
Breakout sessions
Tech Safety Fundamentals
Presented by WESNET Safety Net technology safety experts, these workshops encompass a wide range of topics and will equip participants with practical strategies and knowledge that they can apply when working with survivors of abuse. These workshops will focus on the basics, from social media to location tracking to smartphones.
Check back again soon. We will be adding more info as the program is confirmed.
Diversity
Recognising the reality that technology may have unique impacts on some women, we will host workshops will dive into specific issues and concerns of survivors who belong to specific groups (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women, women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and with disabilities) and how technology impacts their lives.
Emerging Technology and Issues
Technology is constantly innovating and changing how we, as a society, communicate, interact, protect, and even legislate. Some of the workshops will explore:
- Gaming and online misogyny
- Mobile spyware and current research
- Image-based abuse
Legal Remedies and Enforcement
Technology safety is more than just education around the safe use of technology. Workshop session will include a presentation on investigating technology-facilitated domestic violence and another workshop will look at laws addressing technology-facilitated abuse.
Full program coming soon!
We are currently putting together an amazing program
for the 4th Annual Technology Safety Summit!
Check back later for more details.
Click here to download a copy of our previous program
Day 1
- MC – Ms Julie Oberin, WESNET
- Opening Keynote – Mr Andrew Scott, Head of Technology within Telstra’s Chief Technology Office.
- Introduction to Technology Safety – Ms Karen Bentley, National Director, Safety Net Australia
- Concurrent sessions:
- Fundamentals of Technology Safety – Online Spaces and Abuse
- Fundamentals of Technology Safety – Phones and location
- Plenary session – cross sector collaboration. Panellists will include US Tech Safety experts Cindy Southworth and Erica Olsen, NNEDV, Detective Bryan Franke, Boulder Police, Helen Campbell (Women’s Legal Service NSW).
Day 2
- Concurrent sessions:
- Assistive Technology,
- Technology Facilitated Abuse Investigations, an American & Australian perspective – Detective Bryan Franke, Colorado Police Department.
- The world of tomorrow, today. Connected Devices – Kaofeng Lee & a white hat hacker.
- Keynote: Ms Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner
- Concurrent Sessions:
- Image based abuse (formerly known as Revenge Porn) – Nicola Henri, RMIT, Karen Bentley, Safety Net Australia.
- Legal response landscape – Helen Campbell (Women’s Legal Service NSW), Leanne Sinclaire (Victorian Legal Aid).
- Agency Use of Technology – Kaofeng Lee, Safety Net Australia
- Plenary session: a panel session
- Concurrent Sessions:
- Facebook privacy and security tools for survivors, frontline workers, and law enforcement
- Intersectionality, technology, and violence against women – convened by Julie Oberin and Heidi Guldbaek
- Smartphone apps – a panel of developers discuss a range of apps for domestic violence survivors.
- Closing session
Program
Important to know
Technology Safety Summit
The program will take place over two full days, starting at 9:30 AM on Thursday, 14 May with registration opening at 8:30 AM. The summit will close between 4 and 5 PM on Friday, 15 May. A light lunch and morning and afternoon teas will be provided.
Mistress of Ceremonies
Ms Louise Pascale
Speakers
We’re very excited to have great line up of speakers, including:
- Mr. Berin Lautenbach, Chief Information Security Officer Asia Pacific, Telstra
- Ms. Cindy Southworth, Executive Vice President NNEDV
- Ms. Erica Olsen, Director, Safety Net, NNEDV
- Ms. Julie Oberin, Chair of WESNET
- Ms. Karen Bentley, National Director WESNET and cofounder of Safety Net Australia
- Dr. Diarmaid Harkin, Deakin University
- Dr. Delanie Woodlock, Researcher
- Ms. Meg Bonighton, Telstra
Draft Program
Please note that this agenda is in draft and some of the times may change. Breakout sessions and keynote speakers are also subject to change.
Day 1 – Thursday 6 September 2018
Please note – the program may be subject to some minor changes in timing and sessions. The final program will be provided to participants at registration.
8:30 – 9.30AM
Registration | Royal Poinciana Landing
9.30 – 10:25AM
Welcome | Julie Oberin, National Chairperson, WESNET
Welcome to Country | Aunty Robyn Williams, Yugambeh Elder
Keynote | Sami Makelainen, Telstra
10:25 – 11:00AM
Morning tea
11:00 – 12:00PM
Keynote | Ginger Gorman, Social Justice Journalist
Safer Technology for Women | Karen Bentley, Interim National Director, WESNET
12:00 – 1:00PM
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00PM
Choose one option
Technology facilitated abuse: The fundamentals
Learn fundamental technology safety concepts, and the technologies that are most often misused in the context of domestic violence: online harassment, phones misuse, and location tracking.
Phone misuse & location tracking: Identifying and transcending perpetrator tactics | Heidi Guldbaek and Elly Stirling, WESNET
Learn about two common overarching perpetrator tactics, including how to identify, mitigate, hold perpetrators accountable, and minimise or prevent abuse.
Online abuse is IRL* | Kaofeng Lee and Ella Bourke, WESNET
Taking the abuse online is a very common tactic of abusers, whether it is on social media or other online platforms. Learn about how abusers misuse online spaces to harm and what you can do about it.
*IRL = In Real Life
Who’s watching you? | Karen Bentley
Tech savvy abusers can gain a lot of information about victims by using computers, cameras and Wi-Fi routers. This workshop discusses how to increase privacy and security on these technologies and limit an abuser’s ability to turn these everyday devices into surveillance tools.
2:00 – 2:30PM
Afternoon tea
2:30 – 3:30PM
Choose one option
Technology facilitated abuse: The fundamentals
Learn fundamental technology safety concepts, and the technologies that are most often misused in the context of domestic violence: online harassment, phones misuse, and location tracking.
Phone misuse & location tracking: Identifying and transcending perpetrator tactics | Heidi Guldbaek and Elly Stirling, WESNET
Learn about two common overarching perpetrator tactics, including how to identify, mitigate, hold perpetrators accountable, and minimise or prevent abuse.
Online abuse is IRL | Kaofeng Lee and Ella Bourke, WESNET
Taking the abuse online is a very common tactic of abusers, whether it is on social media or other online platforms. Learn about how abusers misuse online spaces to harm and what you can do about it.
*IRL = In Real Life
Who’s watching you? | Karen Bentley
Tech savvy abusers can gain a lot of information about victims by using computers, cameras and Wi-Fi routers. This workshop discusses how to increase privacy and security on these technologies and limit an abuser’s ability to turn these everyday devices into surveillance tools.
3:30 – 3:40PM
Break
3:40 – 5:00PM
Driving Change | Susan Anderson, General Manager, Australia & New Zealand, Uber
International Keynote | Cindy Southworth, Executive Vice President, U.S. National Network to End Domestic Violence
Plenary |Kylie Brosnan
In 2017, the Queensland Government engaged the Indigenous owned Winangali Pty Ltd and the Global Research Consultancy – Ipsos (Australia) to explore and consider culturally suitable “Safe at Home” security options or solutions, that would expressly benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experiencing domestic and family violence, specifically those living in remote areas of the state. The project was funded through the Commonwealth Government’s Women’s Safety Package.
The presentation will cover the use and abuse of technology in Indigenous Communities through the use of social platforms. We will also look at the community generated ideas currently being implemented in one community in North Queensland to address family violence.
Day 2 – Friday 7 September 2018
9:30 – 10:30AM
Choose one session
Investigating technology-facilitated abuse | Detective Bryan Franke, 2CSolutions
When perpetrators misuse technology to stalk, harass, and intimidate victims, law enforcement often find it challenging to investigate. This session will discuss strategies and tips when investigating technology-facilitated domestic violence in order to hold offenders accountable.
Helping us help you: Working with diverse survivors of TFA | Kaofeng Lee and Heidi Guldbaek, WESNET
In autumn of 2018, WESNET conducted a listening tour across Australia to learn how technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) impact survivors from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This session will reveal the findings from the listening tour and discuss what workers told us they need in order to support CaLD and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survivors experiencing TFA.
Combatting image-based abuse in Australia | Rosalie O’Neale and Jessica Di Blasio, Office of the eSafety Commissioner
The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has been helping victims of image-based abuse since October 2017.
This session will include an overview of existing and proposed laws to address image-based abuse in Australia and guidance on how best to assist victims. As well as outlining recent research findings, we will explore the role of the Office in providing victims with ways to report image-based abuse, with helpful advice and pathways to obtaining support.
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Morning tea
11:00 – 12:00PM
Choose one session
Mobile spyware: What’s out there, what’s new, and what can we do | Robert Merkel, Monash University and Diarmaid Harkin, Deakin University
Researchers from Monash and Deakin Universities have been investigating mobile spyware, from how spyware can be captured on a mobile device to understanding the commercial landscape of mobile spyware. Presenters will discuss their latest research.
1800RESPECT: Designing technology for people with disabilities | Libbi Cunnington and Rosanna Smith, 1800RESPECT
Designing an app for women with disabilities so they can recognise and respond to violence and abuse can be challenging. 1800RESPECT will discuss how they navigated these challenges, beginning with pulling together a diverse advisory group to support the entire process, to making careful and thoughtful decisions about language, images, and design.
This session is sponsored by 1800RESPECT.
Players gonna hate: The patriarchy of online dating and gaming | Heidi Guldbaek, WESNET
This session will explore the gendered experience of dating and gaming on the internet. We will look at some of the challenges of being a woman in these spaces as well as privacy and safety tips for anyone wishing to “play the game”.
12:00 – 1:00PM
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00PM
Privacy, safety, and women: Perspectives from leading technologists
- Sami Makelainen, Telstra
- Kara Hinesley, Twitter
- Travis Bright, Thorn
- Susan Anderson, Uber
- Amazon Web Services
A conversation with leading technologists in Australia and the United States. Learn about what major technology companies are doing on privacy, safety, and women issues.
This session is sponsored by Google.
2:00 – 2:15PM
Break
2:15 – 3:15PM
Choose one session
There’s an app for that! | Kaofeng Lee, WESNET
As more and more apps are developed for survivors of abuse, it can be difficult to know which one to choose. This session will provide an overview of safety apps and what you need to know when using these apps.
Technology and the law: What you need to know | Helen Campbell, Women’s Legal Services NSW and Angela Lynch, Women’s Legal Services QLD
This session will cover the legal implications and remedies relating to technology-facilitated abuse in the Commonwealth, Queensland, and New South Wales jurisdictions, including harassment via technology, non-consensual sharing of images/image-based abuse, and stalking/surveillance. Participants will have a deeper understanding of the laws applicable to people experiencing technology-facilitated abuse; get a sense of practical strategies for evidence collection and reporting; and have an opportunity to ask questions to experienced lawyers.
Managing your tech: Every day security and privacy | Travis Bright
Sometimes, it can be hard to know where to start when you want to take control of your tech. This session will walk through basic controls and simple steps that you can do to increase the security and privacy of your various everyday technology.
3:15 – 3:45PM
Break
3:45 – 5:00PM
International Keynote | Erica Olsen, Director of the U.S. Safety Net Project, National Network to End Domestic Violence
Closing | Julie Oberin, National Chair, WESNET
Dates and times
The program will take place over two full days, starting at 9:30 AM on Thursday 6 September with pre-registration the night before and morning registration starting at 8:30 AM. The summit will close at 5 PM on Friday 7 September. We’ll have a mix of plenaries and concurrent workshops, so you’ll have plenty to choose from. A light lunch and morning and afternoon teas will be provided.
Keynote speakers and plenary sessions
Once again, we will having some exciting keynote speakers. We’ll be announcing them soon!
Breakout sessions
Tech Safety Fundamentals
Presented by WESNET Safety Net technology safety experts, these workshops encompass a wide range of topics and will equip participants with practical strategies and knowledge that they can apply when working with survivors of abuse. These workshops will focus on the basics, from social media to location tracking to smartphones.
Diversity
Recognising the reality that technology may have unique impacts on some women, we will host workshops will dive into specific issues and concerns of survivors who belong to specific groups (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island women, women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and w with disabilities) and how technology impacts their lives.
Emerging Technology and Issues
Technology is constantly innovating and changing how we, as a society, communicate, interact, protect, and even legislate. Some of the workshops will explore:
- Gaming and online misogyny
- Mobile spyware and current research
- Image-based abuse
Legal Remedies and Enforcement
Technology safety is more than just education around the safe use of technology. Workshop session will include a presentation on investigating technology-facilitated domestic violence and another workshop will look at laws addressing technology-facilitated abuse.
Law Enforcement Workshop
On 5 September, we will host a one-day pre-Summit training exclusively for law enforcement. This workshop will provide an overview of how perpetrators misuse technology to abuse and the laws that address technology-facilitated abuse. During the workshop, participants will learn practical investigation methods for a range of technology, such as email and computers.
Full program coming soon!
We are currently putting together an amazing program
for the 3rd Annual Technology Safety Summit!
Check back later for more details.
Download an abridged version of the program to print
Day 1
- MC – Ms Julie Oberin, WESNET
- Opening Keynote – Mr Andrew Scott, Head of Technology within Telstra’s Chief Technology Office.
- Introduction to Technology Safety – Ms Karen Bentley, National Director, Safety Net Australia
- Concurrent sessions:
- Fundamentals of Technology Safety – Online Spaces and Abuse
- Fundamentals of Technology Safety – Phones and location
- Plenary session – cross sector collaboration. Panellists will include US Tech Safety experts Cindy Southworth and Erica Olsen, NNEDV, Detective Bryan Franke, Boulder Police, Helen Campbell (Women’s Legal Service NSW).
Day 2
- Concurrent sessions:
- Assistive Technology,
- Technology Facilitated Abuse Investigations, an American & Australian perspective – Detective Bryan Franke, Colorado Police Department.
- The world of tomorrow, today. Connected Devices – Kaofeng Lee & a white hat hacker.
- Keynote: Ms Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner
- Concurrent Sessions:
- Image based abuse (formerly known as Revenge Porn) – Nicola Henri, RMIT, Karen Bentley, Safety Net Australia.
- Legal response landscape – Helen Campbell (Women’s Legal Service NSW), Leanne Sinclaire (Victorian Legal Aid).
- Agency Use of Technology – Kaofeng Lee, Safety Net Australia
- Plenary session: a panel session
- Concurrent Sessions:
- Facebook privacy and security tools for survivors, frontline workers, and law enforcement
- Intersectionality, technology, and violence against women – convened by Julie Oberin and Heidi Guldbaek
- Smartphone apps – a panel of developers discuss a range of apps for domestic violence survivors.
- Closing session
PDF version of program
Download ProgramWednesday 5 September 2018
Law enforcement workshop
This all-day, pre-Summit workshop is open only to law enforcement, and you must register separately to attend.
8:30 – 9:00AM
Registration (for law enforcement workshop only) | Jacaranda Foyer
9:00 – 5:00PM
Law Enforcement Workshop
Pre-Registration
Pre-registration will be available the evening of Wednesday, 5 September. Beat the morning crowd and get your name badge and program book early.
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Pre-Registration (for main conference) | Royal Pines Lobby
