Safety-by-design in the age of AI and emerging technologies
2026-06-17 12:30 - 13:30 (Australia/Sydney)
As AI and emerging technologies increasingly shape children’s digital experiences, understanding how harm can arise - and how it can be prevented - have become essential.

In this June Brown Bag session, Nakshathra Suresh will offer a high-level overview of AI-facilitated and emerging technology harms affecting children, and what these risks mean for developers, organisations, and systems designers. Drawing on her experience bridging technology innovation with safety and ethics, Nakshathra will focus on safety-by-design approaches, exploring how protection, responsibility, and foresight can be embedded into technologies from the outset.

With a strong commitment to making digital spaces safer and more accessible for people with diverse abilities and levels of digital confidence, Nakshathra brings a practical, values-driven perspective to responsible technology development.

Your speaker

Nakshathra Suresh, Co-founder, eiris

Nakshathra is a Sydney-based cyber criminologist, entrepreneur, academic, and international speaker specialising in digital safety, AI, and emerging technologies. She brings a unique social science perspective to issues such as privacy, cybersecurity, online harm, and technology-facilitated violence. As co-founder of eiris, a technology consultancy, Nakshathra helps organisations embed safety-by-design principles and understand the human impact of technology across ethical, social, and psychological dimensions.

Nakshathra serves as the Oceania Youth Ambassador for the Internet Society and teaches at UNSW, where she created the university’s first criminology-led cybersecurity course. A globally recognised speaker, she has engaged diverse audiences across industry, government, and academia. Her work focuses on bridging innovation with responsibility, advocating for safer digital environments and empowering individuals and organisations to navigate technology with confidence and care.

Event details

17 June 2026

Wednesday

12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST / Sydney

12:30pm – 1:30pm AEST / Brisbane

12:00pm - 1:00pm ACST / Adelaide

10:30am - 11:30am AWST / Perth

Online event

via Microsoft teams

Optional donations at registration

As a not-for-profit, ICMEC Australia is committed to delivering accessible webinars to the child protection sector. To help us continue this work and grow our impact, we’re introducing the option to donate as part of the registration process.

All contributions are appreciated, big or small, and donations are tax-deductible. Your support helps us keep delivering valuable insights and resources to the sector.

Registration

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