The 2017 Conference  was held on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 April 2017 at Microsoft UK HQ, Reading.

CPHC AGM APPROVED MINUTES – Monday 24 April 2017

Most conference presentations now available:

• REF 2021 – Professor Anthony Cohn
• BCS Accreditation Update – Dr Bill Mitchell, BCS
• HEFCE and the Institute of Coding – Nicola Turner, MBE, HEFCE
• Research and Innovation in the UK – Dr David Bott
• The Future of UK STEM outside the EU – Dr Sarah Main, CaSE
• EPSRC ICT Strategy and Priorities – Dr Renee van de Locht, EPSRC
• Graduate Employability Community for Computing – Professor Sally Fincher

CPHC Programme

09:30-12:00 New Heads Workshop – Dr Iain Phillips 

10:15-12:15 Athena Swan – Professor Carron Shankland 

12:30 Arrival Registration – Lunch is served

13:30 Welcome by host – Liam Kelly, Microsoft

13:45 Conference Introduction by Chair of CPHC – Professor Carsten Maple

13:55 CPHC Shadbolt Implementation Update CPHC Working Groups

14:15 BCS Accreditation Update – Dr Bill Mitchell, BCS

14:45 HEFCE and the Institute of Coding – Nicola Turner, MBE, HEFCE

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 REF 2021 – Professor Anthony Cohn

16:30 Research and Innovation in the UK – Dr David Bott

17:00 CPHC Annual General Meeting Accounts & Elections (Chair, Vice Chair Treasurer, Secretary & Committee Members)

17:30 Summary and Close

18:30 for 19:00 Drinks Reception & Dinner at Reading Museum & Town Hall – After Dinner Presentation – Dr Simon Singh, MBE

TUESDAY  

9:15 Arrival Registration / Coffee

9:45 Welcome Maggie Philbin, CPHC Patron

10:00 The Future of UK STEM outside the EU – Dr Sarah Main, CaSE

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 EPSRC ICT Strategy and Priorities – Dr Renee van de Locht, EPSRC,

11:45 Graduate Employability Community for Computing – Professor Sally Fincher

12:30 Lunch, including GECCO poster session

13:30 Close