Get Safe Online International Webinar: Get AI-Safe Online

On October 9th Get Safe Online will be hosting an international keynote webinar – entitled Get AI-Safe Online – which will examine the rapid advance in AI, highlight the ways it can be used for good but also raise awareness of the threats it can bring.

Astonishingly, it has taken less than two years from knowledge of artificial intelligence being confined only to tech specialists, to a term being seemingly on everybody’s lips. What we all now know is that it is behind a huge number of positive developments in almost every field you name, but is also being used in a negative way, such as for committing fraud and spreading harmful misinformation and fake news.

The hour-long educational webinar will focus on four main presentations from experts in their respective fields:

Tony Neate, CEO at Get Safe Online will highlight the role of AI and the benefits it can bring as well as flagging up potential scams and threats that have arisen due to the fast development of its capabilities.

Charlotte Hooper, COO at The Cyber Helpline will reveal some of the scams that the organisation has witnessed as a result of AI, and the impact that this has had on victims they have worked with.

Maria Eira, Artificial Intelligence Expert at UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute), experts at the forefront of AI development within the UN, will share the latest AI-generated or supported threats on a global scale.

Anna Rowe, Co-founder of Love Said & Founder of Catch the Catfish, will discuss the increasing role of AI in the perpetration of romance scams – a particularly pernicious type of fraud which targets particularly emotionally vulnerable victims.

Panellist Biographies

Tony Neate, Chief Executive, Get Safe Online

Tony leads Get Safe Online’s management team in determining policy and direction, as well as representing the key link between the Get Safe Online, government agencies and private sector partners. He regularly presents to conferences, forums and meetings both in the UK and overseas as well as appearing on television and radio and giving media interviews. Tony was part of the team that set up Get Safe Online in 2006, following a distinguished 30-year career in the Police force, latterly responsible for industry liaison within the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, remaining there when it became a part of SOCA (now the National Crime Agency).

Charlotte Hooper, Head of Operations & USA Lead, The Cyber Helpline

Charlotte has been a key member of The Cyber Helpline leadership team since its inception. She holds a first-class degree in Policing and Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Cybercrime Investigation. Charlotte delivers cybercrime related training sessions around the world for police forces, victim support charities and private organisations. Her areas of expertise include cybercrime investigations, cybercrime law enforcement & regulation, open-source intelligence, cyberstalking & online harassment, the cybercrime & online harm threat landscape and the impact of cybercrime on victims.

Maria Eira, Artificial Intelligence Expert at UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute)

Maria Eira is the Artificial Intelligence Expert at the Centre for AI and Robotics of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). For the past four years, she has been providing technical advice to the ongoing projects of the Centre related to the benefits and risks of AI and emerging technologies, particularly on the issues of crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law. With a background in Biomedical Engineering, Maria holds a second Master’s in AI and Cognitive Science from Tilburg University, where she has been a Teacher Assistant in Machine Learning and Data Processing classes. Prior to joining UNICRI, she worked as a Human Interface Engineer in the research and development of Augmented Reality glasses and also in the development of hardware solutions for the space industry.

Anna Rowe, Founder of Catch the Catfish & Co-founder of Love Said

Anna was a victim of catfishing for 14 months by a lawyer in the UK who was leading a double life with a fake identity. For a number of years, she has provided support and education for victims of online initiated emotional fraud, as well as raising awareness of the issues and lobbying at governmental level. More recently, Anna co-founded Love Said alongside Cecilie Fjellhøy – better known as a victim of the ‘Tinder Swindler’ – to support victims of romance fraud through practical support, mental health support and education/training.

WEBINAR MODERATOR

Jervis Dabreo, Ministry of Education, Grenada

Jervis is a trained secondary school teacher, author and blogger with information technology and in particular, online safety and artificial intelligence. He was recognized as the overall winner of the Get Safe Online Caribbean Cyber Heroes award in 2020 in acknowledgment of his significant contribution to promoting online safety and cybersecurity awareness in the Caribbean region.