BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Karl Hopwood is an e-safety expert. He is a member of UKCCIS (UK Council for Child Internet Safety) and sits on the working groups for better education and public awareness. Karl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre), BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency), the European Commission and several Local Authorities within the UK. He has worked for several years in the creation of policy and practice in the field of esafety. His background as a teacher and headteacher mean that he has particular expertise in working with children and young people which he continues to do, having completed a number of research projects for different organisations. He has recently worked with the European Commission on their Safer Internet Forum and Teacher Panel. Karl also works as an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU safer internet programme.