AI is now integrated into the digital technologies most of us use every day. How AI tools are used and what this technology is asked to do is rightly under scrutiny. And no more so than in the context of child protection. What does the use of AI now mean for keeping children safe from harm and preventing sexual abuse?

To provide an insight on this for people with a professional and personal interest in the care and protection of children, on 27th May 2026 (10.30am - 12pm), CELSIS is bringing together an opportunity to understand more about where the harm and risk is happening, what that looks like, and who is experiencing the harm.

We’ll hear from:

• John Carr OBE a leading authority on children's and young people's use of the internet and digital technologies, former Adviser to ECPAT International, Secretary of the UK's Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety, member of the former UK Council on Child Internet Safety, and an advisor to the Council of Europe, the UN and UNICEF.
• Valeriia Soloveva, Specialist Researcher with Protect Children, a non-profit, non-governmental Helsinki-based organisation working internationally advocating for the right of the child to be free from sexual violence, co-author of CSAM Perpetrator Research Report: Findings from a Survey of CSAM Perpetrators on Digital Platform Use and Design for the Ofcom-sponsored project Tell Me More About Tech.

Mariya Kraft, Internet Content Analyst, Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), part of the team working at the foundation whose experiences and insights inform the recently published AI CSAM Report for 2026: Harm without limits - AI CSA material through the eyes of our Analysts.

Book Your Place – Where’s the harm? Protecting children from online sexual abuse and risk in the age of AI