John Carr

John Carr is one of the world’s leading authorities on children and young people’s use of the internet and associated new technologies. He is currently a Senior Expert Adviser to the International Telecommunication Union and has previously been an Expert Adviser to the European Union. John is also a former member of Microsoft’s Policy Advisory Board for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In addition John has been engaged professionally to advise several, major high tech companies. Since it was founded in 1999 John has been Secretary of the UK Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS), comprising all the major professional child welfare organizations in Great Britain. He is an Executive Board Member of the European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online (eNACSO) and on the Advisory Council of FOSI. He is a member of the Executive Board of the UK Government’s Council on Child Internet Safety.