Day 1: Tuesday 29 April
Time | Session |
09:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome – Alastair Irons (BCS), Nicky Danino (CPHC) & Dharam Shadija (SHU), includes a recorded message from CPHC Patron Maggie Philbin |
10:15 – 11:00 | Keynote – Jim Dickinson (Wonkhe) What’s Coming Next in Higher Education Policy – and can we influence it? |
11:00 – 11:30 | Networking break |
11:30 – 12:10 | Panel discussion – Pathway to Chief Scientific Adviser led by Andy Gordon (University of Edinburgh) with Tom Crick MBE (DCMS), Chris Johnson (DSIT) & Sarah Sharples (DfT) |
12:15 – 12:55 | Workshop – Student-led Sustainability for Better Computer Science Marta Nowicka (SOS UK) & David White (SOS Student), |
Panel discussion – Staff Recruitment & Retention HE academics & wider industry led by Sara Hydon (Companies House) with Jessica Stevenson (CTC Sheffield), Kate Hawthorn (FDM) & Alastair Irons (BCS) | |
13:00 – 14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30 – 15:10 | Fireside Chat Sue Sentance (Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre) with Petar Veličković, Research Scientist Google DeepMind |
15:15-15:55 | Keynote – Louise Archer (UCL) Gender Diversity, Changing Practice |
16:00-16:30 | Presentation – Student Chapter showcase with the BCS Lincoln Chapter Lewis Chippendale with University of Lincoln Student Chapter members Mike Lowen, Florence Noble and Matthew Freeman |
16:45-17:15 | CPHC Annual General Meeting/Networking break for non-CPHC members |
17:15-19:00 | Break |
19:00 | Drinks Reception and Dinner – Cutler’s Hall Cutlers’ Hall Virtual Walk-through Tour |
After dinner speaker – BCS Lovelace Education winner Sue Sentance, introduced by Julia Adamson MBE |
Day 2: Wednesday 30 April
Time | Session | |
09:00-09:30 | Arrival | |
09:30-10:00 | Keynote – Jenny Bicknell (TalentPeople) AI & its impact on young people and their careers | |
10:05-10:35 | Workshop – A Pathway to Chartership Julia Adamson MBE (BCS) & Rupert Ward (Sino-British College, Shanghai) | |
10:40-11:10 | Panel discussion – Spotlight on Apprenticeships led by Nicky Danino (CPHC Chair) with Irina Moniz, Jamie Kavanagh & Megan Pearson | |
11:10-11:30 | Networking break | |
11:30-12:10 | Fireside chat – Women in Cyber Nicky Danino (CPHC Chair) & Annabel Berry (The Lamplight) | |
Presentation – Neurodiversity Faye Mitchell (Global Banking School) | ||
12:15-12:55 | Workshop – Outreach and Widening Participation Margaret Low MBE (WMG, University of Warwick) | |
Workshop (PechaKucha) – Funding opportunities Silvester Czanner (University of Chester), Damien Foster (Aston University), Becky Strachan (Northumbria University), Xinshan Li (University of Sheffield), Gabriela Czanner (University of Southampton), Laura McDonnell & Daniela Tresoldi (EPSRC/UKRI) | ||
12:55-13:10 | Wrap up – Alastair Irons (BCS), Nicky Danino (CPHC) & Dharam Shadija (SHU) | |
13:10-14:00 | Networking lunch |
# Timings may be subject to change There will be opportunities for networking and campus tours throughout the schedule