Programme & speaker biographies
Theme and Focus
How has our sector changed over the last 2 years and what is coming in the next 5-10 years?
The last 2 years have seen the most dramatic digital transformation in recent memory as organisations and industry have adapted to the needs of operating within the constraints of covid. How much of this will remain as part of the new landscape, and what, strategically, is coming in the next 5-10 years.
Schedule#
Day 1: Wednesday 20th April
10:00: Pre-Conference Workshops
- New Heads Workshop – Ian Allison
- Mentoring Workshop – Alan Hayes
11:30-12:30: Arrival, Registration, Coffee and Lunch
12:30-1:45: Welcome and Introduction
- Keynote: Jim Dickinson (WonkHE)
12:45-2:45: Activities of the CPHC
- Special Projects – Sally Fincher
- Distinguished Dissertations – Iain Phillips
- Outreach Report – Jane Waite
2:45-3:15: Coffee
3:15-4:15: BCS Strategy and Road Map: Directions of Travel in Accreditation, Academies and wider activities – Alastair Irons, Holly Porter, Paul Martynenko, Kevin Chalmers, Alan Hayes
4:15-5:15: Panel Session – Funding and Research
Speakers including:
- UKRI/EPSRC – Glenn Goodall
5:15 -5:45: Annual General Meeting of the CPHC – Atif Waraich
7:00: Drinks reception (Roman Baths, Stall Street entrance)
7:45 – 10:00: Dinner in the Roman Baths
- Keynote Speaker: Simon Peyton Jones
Day 2: Thursday 21st April
9:00 – 10:00: Coffee
10:00 – 10:30: Industry Keynote – David McHugh, Multichannel Software Engineering Director, JD Sports
10:30 – 11:30: Panel Session – Industry Perspectives and Future Directions, Is there life after AI & Cyber?
Speakers including:
- National Cyber Security Centre – Chris Ensor
- Barclays Plc – Darren Earnshaw, Technology Director
- JD Sports – David McHugh, Multichannel Software Engineering Director
11:30- 12:30: Teaching and Funding/Pedagogy
- BCS New Subject Benchmarks – Alan Hayes
- Computer Science Pedagogy – Jane Waite
12:30 – 1:30: Lunch
1:30 – 2:30: Workshop Session: The relationship between our Computer Science Departments and University IT Departments – Balbir Barn/Franco Raimondi, Middlesex University London
- Exploring issues, challenges, and best practice
2:30 -3:00: Close – CPHC Chair
3:30: Post Conference Workshops
- New lecturers’ workshop – Alan Hayes
- Potential Leaders and Heads workshop – Rob Aspin
# Timings may be subject to change