Sonia Livingstone is the Director of the Digital Futures for Children centre. As a Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, she has published more than twenty books on media audiences, media literacy, and media regulation, with a focus on the opportunities and risks of digital media for children and young people. Sonia was a member of the 5Rights-led Steering Group for the UNCRC General Comment No. 25.

Mark West works in UNESCO’s Education Sector in where he researches and writes about the future of education with a special focus on technology. He develops projects and publications that help countries understand opportunities and risks for education in an age of accelerating digital and environmental change. Mark has authored numerous publications for UNESCO, most recently 'An Ed-Tech Tragedy?', a book about educational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mark's other publications of note include ‘Generative AI and the Future of Education’; 'I’d Blush if I Could' about gender gaps in education and the gendering of AI chatbots; and 'Reading in the Mobile Era' which brought international attention to the ways governments, schools and families can leverage inexpensive mobile technologies to help advance literacy. Prior to joining UNESCO, Mark has worked as a teacher and teacher trainer, completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Azerbaijan, and studied education and history.

Hans Martens (PhD) is Head of Digital Citizenship at European Schoolnet. He is responsible for the Digital Citizenship strategy of the organisation, managing a team of 20+ dedicated to a variety of public and private projects covering aspects such as digital skills, media literacy, online safety and children rights in a digital world. Within this context, Hans is leading – on behalf of the European Commission – the Better Internet for Kids platform while coordinating the Insafe network of Safer Internet Centres, among other activity lines. Hans joined European Schoolnet in February 2012. His key tasks include governance, management and outreach, team and project coordination, liaising with various Ministries of Education and European Commission units, as well as being the point of contact for other key strategic partners, from government, civil society and industry.

Beth Havinga is the Managing Director of her own consultancy firm, Connect EdTech and the European EdTech Alliance. Beth consults to UNICEF supporting the review of the EdTech for Good Framework, and the Council of Europe on the regulation and evaluation of AI within education. Beth currently serves on the Digitisation Council of the state of Berlin in Germany, on the steering committee of DigiEduHack, and serves on the advisory boards of Change Learning, CoSN, and the Children’s Future Foundation, and the scientific advisory board of the AKAD University. Beth represents the EEA at the European Commission stakeholder group on Digital Education Content and UNESCO’s Digital Transformation Collaborative. Beth is chairwoman of the German standardisation committee for Learning Technologies and represents Germany as head delegate to the European committee for standardisation of interoperability of learning technologies and edtech. In the past, Beth has taught in schools, managed education software and publishing houses, founded two startups, and worked in over 45 countries to develop digital structures and strategies.