Dr. Roland Kuntze is the Vice President of Corporate Communications Telefónica O2 Germany.

After his doctorate in physics at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, Dr. Roland Kuntze began his career as a journalist publishing scientific and technical articles for magazines such as PC Magazin and funkschau. After four years as a journalist he became PR Manager for VIAG Interkom. Since 2007, Dr. Roland Kuntze has been Head of Media Relations at Telefónica O2 Germany where he has also been in charge of the Corporate Responsibility department since 2009. In summer 2010, he became Vice President Corporate Communications at Telefónica O2 Germany, responsible for internal and external communications and corporate responsibility.

28 September, Tuesday, 14.30 – 16.30

Parallel session: Mobile phones - privacy and safety concerns for children and young people

Presentation title: Corporate Responsibility: contributing to media competence of young people. A Telefónica O2 Germany perspective

Virtually every young person in Germany has a mobile phone. More than nine out of ten phones have a digital camera integrated and 79 percent of young people can go on the Internet with their mobile phone. Young people use these devices to link up with friends and to the Internet with its booming social networks. Some concerns are associated with these developments such as access to unsuitable content, data protection or cyber mobbing. This highlights the importance of instilling a sense of responsibility in young people and contributing to their handling of the new media in a constructive way. In his presentation, Dr. Roland Kuntze is going to give an overview on Telefónica o2 Germanys support for different initiatives in the area of youth protection and media competency. He will also highlight the opportunities of the use of new media, using the example of the "Think Big Media College", a Corporate Responsibility programme aiming to foster the creative use of mobile phones and the internet of young people.