Selected invited talks, panels and presentations:
2023
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Invited expert panel discussion on building the evidence base for addressing digital poverty
Digital Poverty Alliance
Online (23 February 2023)
2022
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BCS Policy Jam on computing education across the UK
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Online (8 November 2022) -
Invited expert panel discussion on building the evidence base for addressing digital poverty
Digital Poverty Alliance
Online (31 October 2022) -
“Cwricwlwm i Gymru 2022: A New Era for Computer Science in Schools in Wales?”
UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER’22)
Dublin, Ireland (1-2 September 2022) -
“Reflections on a Global Pandemic: Capturing the Impact of COVID-19 on the UK Computer Science Education Community”
UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER’22)
Dublin, Ireland (1-2 September 2022) -
Invited expert panel discussion on addressing digital poverty
Digital Poverty Alliance
Online (5 September 2022) -
Invited keynote: “Supporting the Shift from Crisis to Sustainability: Digitally Engaged, Data Savvy and Computationally Literate Learners (and Learning)” [slides]
6th International Conference on Education and Multimedia Technology (ICEMT 2022)
Online (14 July 2022) -
“Exploring Learner Resilience and Performance of First-Year Computer Science Undergraduate Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic” [slides]
27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’22)
Online (13 July 2022) -
“Rethinking Digital Competencies in the New Curriculum for Wales”
27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’22)
Online (11 July 2022) -
“Co-Designing Classroom Practice to Improve Student Attention and Engagement in Computer Science Degree Programmes”
27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’22)
Online (11 July 2022) -
“A National Mentoring and Buddying Pilot Scheme for UK Early Career CS Academics”
27th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’22)
Online (11 July 2022) -
“Teachers’ perceptions of inclusive education in Wales: Aspiring to include versus implicit ‘othering’”
2022 WISERD Annual Conference: “Civil Society and Participation”
Swansea (6 July 2022) -
“Inclusive Education in Wales: Interpreting discourses of values and practice using critical policy analysis”
2022 WISERD Annual Conference: “Civil Society and Participation”
Swansea (6 July 2022) -
Invited keynote: “Supporting the Shift from Crisis to Sustainability: Digitally Engaged, Data Savvy and Computationally Literate Learners (and Learning)”
DLTC’22, University of Sunderland
Online (28 June 2022) -
Invited talk and panel session
Ofcom “Making Sense of Media” Networking Event
Cardiff (14 June 2022) -
TEDx talk: “Digitally Engaged, Data Savvy and Computationally Literate: Key Competencies for Future Citizens?” [TED.com, YouTube and slides]
TEDxSwansea 2022
Swansea (9 June 2022) -
“Understanding inclusive education in Wales: A critical policy analysis”
2022 AERA Annual Meeting
San Diego, USA (25 April 2022) -
“What predicts the dyslexia label? Investigating the socio-demographic predictors of dyslexia in England and Wales”
2022 AERA Annual Meeting
San Diego, USA (22 April 2022) -
Invited talk: “Reflections from the pandemic: discussing the impacts of COVID-19 on computer science in UK HE” [slides]
BCS Early Career CS Academic Network Event
Online (30 March 2022) -
Invited keynote: “State of play: The challenges and opportunities for the future of connectivity and digital infrastructure in Wales” [slides]
How can Wales unlock the 5G opportunity? (5G Wales Unlocked, Welsh Government/DCMS)
Online (16 March 2022) -
Invited panel session on “Dealing with Online and Blended Education in Modern Challenging Times” [watch and slides]
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Online (5 March 2022) -
“An Introduction to Computer Science in the New Curriculum for Wales”
53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’22)
Online (5 March 2022) -
“Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the health and wellbeing of computer science practitioners”
53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’22)
Online (4 March 2022) -
“A Preliminary Study of Peer Assessment Feedback within Team Software Development Projects”
53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’22)
Online (4 March 2022) -
Invited panel session on “Learning from History: Reflections on past & future of the British IT Industry” [watch]
Archives of IT, Computer Conservation Society and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Online (17 February 2022) -
Invited keynote: The Opportunity for “Data Wales” [watch]
Inaugural Digital Conference for Welsh Local Government/Cynhadledd Ddigidol ar gyfer Llywodraeth Leol Cymru
Online (20 January 2022) -
“Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK” [slides]
Computing Education Practice (CEP’22)
Online (6 January 2022) -
“Gender Parity in Peer Assessment of Team Software Development Projects” [slides]
Computing Education Practice (CEP’22)
Online (6 January 2022) -
Chaired panel session on “Developing leadership and governance practice to respond to digitalisation in higher education”
UK-Vietnam HE Network (British Council and Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training)
Online (10 December 2021) -
Invited keynote: “Questions on the Future of Assessment and Qualifications in Wales”
ASCL Cymru Conference 2021
Cardiff (9 December 2021) -
Invited talk
Introbiz Swansea & West Wales
Swansea (25 November 2021) -
Invited panel session: “How can local authorities and devolved bodies help close the STEM skills shortage challenge?”
IET webinar series: “Responding to climate change, 5G planning, emerging transport technologies and skills within local authorities”
Online (16 November 2021) -
Invited opening speaker for “Knowledge Café” session on “What lessons can be learnt from online teaching during COVID-19” [slides]
14th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2021)
Online (8 November 2021) -
AGM 2021 keynote: “Rethinking Digital Wales: the Future of Education, Infrastructure and the Economy” [watch and slides]
BCS South Wales Branch
Online (28 October 2021) -
Invited keynote: “Studying in a Digital, Data-Driven and Computational World” [slides]
THE Student Festival: UK
Online (6 October 2021) -
Invited panel session on “Preparing higher education for digital transformation”
UK-Vietnam HE Network (British Council and Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training)
Online (21 September 2021) -
Invited keynote: “COVID-19, digital disruption and thinking about the new (ab)normal: emerging policy and practice for the UK HE sector” [slides]
13th Annual Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Conference 2021 Day 2 (#SUSALT21)
Online (15 September 2021) -
Invited panel session on “BCS Policy & Campaign Priorities 2021-2025 — Welsh Briefing”
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Online (27 July 2021) -
“Professional services staff during the COVID-19 pandemic” [slides]
UCU
Online (12 July 2021) -
Invited opening keynote [watch and slides]
University of West London Festival of Learning & Teaching 2021
Online (8 July 2021) -
Invited panel session on “Teaching in extraordinary times: Reflecting for the future” [watch]
13th Annual Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Conference 2021 Day 1(#SUSALT21)
Online (7 July 2021) -
“Emergency remote teaching, digital disruption and a new (ab)normal: reflections on the impacts of COVID-19 on UK universities” [watch and slides]
Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Conference 2021 (#SUSALT21)
Online (7 July 2021) -
“An Overview of the New Science & Technology Curriculum for Wales”
26th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’21)
Online (30 June 2021) -
“A Preliminary Study Exploring the Impact of Learner Resilience under Enforced Online Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic”
26th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’21)
Online (30 June 2021) -
“Developing a Computer Science Education Community of Practice for Early-Career Academics in the UK”
26th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE’21)
Online (30 June 2021) -
Invited keynote: “Rethinking Digital in the New Curriculum for Wales” [slides]
Swansea University Schools’ Partnership Curriculum for Wales Conference 2021
Online (30 June 2021) -
Chaired expert panel session on digital transformation in the public sector
Wales Tech Week 2021
Online (25 June 2021) -
Invited keynote: “Emergency remote teaching, digital disruption and a new (ab)normal: reflections on the impacts of COVID-19 on UK universities” [slides]
American University of Bahrain E-Learning Conference (AEL 2021): “Innovative Learning and Teaching: Lessons from COVID-19”
Online (25 May 2021) -
Invited talk on the “Impacts of COVID-19 on UK higher education staff” [watch and slides]
QAA Annual Conference: Quality: Resilience, Innovation and Enhancement
Online (13 May 2021) -
Panel session on “Policy Options & Consequences: Education System Design — perspectives from across the UK” [watch, slides and flyer]
BERA Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making SIG event
Online (11 May 2021) -
Panel session on “The ‘Digital Divide’ — what exactly is it and where do we go from here?” [watch and slides]
Digital Education Futures Initiative Cambridge
Online (29 April 2021) -
“The International Impact of COVID-19 and “Emergency Remote Teaching” on Computer Science Education Practitioners” [Best Paper Award and slides]
IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON’21)
Online (21 April 2021) -
Panel session on “Digital Skills — building capability in Wales”
Centre for Digital Public Services Wales Knowledge Sharing Series
Online (10 March 2021) -
“The Future is Digital…But What Does That Mean?!”
Prince’s Trust Cymru Future Skills Festival
Online (2 March 2021) -
“Rethinking Science & Technology Education in Wales”
Digital Learning Lab, Northumbria University
Online (22 February 2021) -
Panel session on “Achieving Impact in Education Research” [watch]
BERA/Emerald Publishing joint event
Online (22 February 2021) -
Panel session of expert engineers [watch]
Engineering in Action
Online (20 January 2021) -
“The Impact of COVID-19 and “Emergency Remote Teaching” on the UK Computer Science Education Community” [slides]
All-Wales Computer Science Learning and Teaching Symposium
Online (20 January 2020) -
Panel of Professors: “Ask us anything!”
BCS Early-Career Computer Science Academics Workshop
Online (16 December 2020) -
“The Role of Culture and Context in Shaping an Inclusive Curriculum: A Case Study of Wales” [watch]
ECNU Review of Education Special Issue webinar on “Childhood, Curriculum and Culture in Diverse Contexts”
Online (15 December 2020) -
Invited panel on “Giving back to your community: Professionalism that helps everyone” [watch]
BCS Virtual Festival of Digital Skills
Online (4 December 2020) -
Invited one-to-one discussion on “Rethinking cybersecurity: Turning reputational risk into an opportunity for innovation” [watch and write-up]
THE Live 2020
Online (26 November 2020) -
Expert panel session on blended learning [watch]
Apple UK Communities Festival 2020
Online (25 November 2020) -
Opening keynote: “The Future is Digital [Learning]” [watch, slides and flyer]
Apple UK Communities Festival 2020
Online (23 November 2020) -
Wales Annual Lecture: Delivering a Digital Wales: Skills, Infrastructure and the Future Economy [watch and flyer]
Digital Leaders Week 2020
Online (15 October 2020) -
Invited panel on “Action for an age-friendly recovery: making change happen” [watch]
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
Online (1 October 2020) -
Invited roundtable on the “Future of Work and Skills Development 2030”
Future Agenda, in partnership with Amazon
Online (30 September 2020) -
Invited roundtable on a Digital Dialogue for Wales: “Building the Future We Need”
techUK, in partnership with BT and Deloitte
Online (29 September 2020) -
Judge
Wales STEM Awards 2020
Online (15 September 2020) -
Invited panel on infrastructure and the economy in Wales
FSB: Our Business is Wales — Virtual Town Hall
Online (14 September 2020) -
Judge for Personal Excellence Awards
UK IT Industry Awards 2020
Online (14 September 2020) -
“The Impact of COVID-19 and “Emergency Remote Teaching” on the UK Computer Science Education Community” [slides]
United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER’20)
Online (3 September 2020) -
Invited international roundtable on national infrastructure policy
The Resilience Shift and UK National Infrastructure Commission
Online (21 July 2020) -
Invited panel session: “Digitally Powered Teaching: New Approaches to Engineering HE”
IET/Engineering Professors’ Council seminar series: “New Approaches to Engineering in Higher Education”
Online (17 June 2020) -
Invited panel session: “Learning from Disruption: Exploring the impact of the rapid move online for longer-term pedagogy and enhancement of the student experience”
QAA Scotland’s 4th International Enhancement Conference: “Learning from Disruption: Exploring what Counts in Higher Education” [watch and panel sketch]
Online (3 June 2020) -
Panel chair: “Attracting and developing the skills and workforce to meet the needs of Welsh science”
Policy Forum for Wales keynote seminar on “Next steps for science and innovation policy in Wales”
Online (29 April 2020) -
“Exploring Resilience for Effective Learning in Computer Science Education”
Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium (CCERS 2020)
Online (1 April 2020) -
“Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Ideas”
Jubilee Park Primary School
Newport (27 February 2020) -
“Building a New National Curriculum for Wales: Practitioners as Curriculum Policy Makers”
33rd International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI 2020)
Marrakech, Morocco (8 January 2020) -
“Salon: Digital Skills in Wales — Where are we now?/Salon: Sgiliau digidol yng Nghymru, Ile rydym ni nawr?”
Digital Leaders Wales event
St. David’s Hotel, Cardiff (27 November 2019) -
“A New Vision for Science & Technology Education in Wales”
Learned Society of Wales/Technocamps event: A Curriculum for a Successful Future? [watch, images and Minister’s speech: English and Cymraeg]
Computational Foundry, Swansea University (17 October 2019) -
“Open Data — The promised data revolution?”
Royal Statistical Society South Wales meeting
Cardiff (24 September 2019) -
“The Learning Journey in Wales — making our National Mission a reality”
Atlantic Rim Collaboratory Summit 2019
Cardiff (12 September 2019) -
Invited keynote
TeachMeet South Wales
Cardiff (27 June 2019) -
Invited lecturer
2019 Summer School on Research in Computing Education
Trondheim, Norway (17-21 June 2019) -
“Rethinking Science & Technology Education in Wales”
Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Challenges, Opportunities, and Agenda for Research and Practice
Swansea University (13 June 2019) -
“Co-construction of a national curriculum: the role of teachers as curriculum policy makers in Wales”
4th European Conference on Curriculum Studies (EuroACS 2019)
Maynooth University, Ireland (8 June 2019) -
Preparing for the new Curriculum: the Science & Technology Area of Learning and Experience/Paratoi ar gyfer y cwricwlwm newydd: Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Maes Dysgu a Phrofiad
Let’s get Phygital 2019
Cardiff (5 June 2019) -
Invited panel on education and skills in Wales
Science and the Assembly 2019
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (4 June 2019) -
Invited talk on “Engaging with policy and policymakers” [slides]
Welsh Crucible 2019
Cardiff (24 May 2019) -
Preparing for the new Curriculum: the Science & Technology Area of Learning and Experience/Paratoi ar gyfer y cwricwlwm newydd: Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Maes Dysgu a Phrofiad
BBC Wales
Cardiff (22 May 2019) -
Preparing for the new Curriculum stakeholder briefing event: the Science & Technology Area of Learning and Experience/Paratoi ar gyfer y cwricwlwm newydd: Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Maes Dysgu a Phrofiad
Welsh Government
Cardiff (14 May 2019) -
Preparing for the new Curriculum AM briefing event: the Science & Technology Area of Learning and Experience/Paratoi ar gyfer y cwricwlwm newydd: Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg Maes Dysgu a Phrofiad
Welsh Government
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (30 April 2019) -
“Living In A Digital, Data-Driven, Computational World” [slides]
Christ College Brecon
Brecon (30 March 2019) -
“A Very Brief Introduction to Educational Research”
Glan Usk Primary School
Newport (4 March 2019) -
“The Digital Opportunity for Swansea” [slides]
Swansea Skills Partnership
Swansea (21 February 2019) -
Curriculum for Wales headteacher briefing event: the Science & Technology Area of Learning and Experience
Central South Consortium Joint Education Service
Rhondda Cynon Taf (21 February 2019) -
Curriculum for Wales headteacher briefing event: the Science & Technology Area of Learning and Experience
Central South Consortium Joint Education Service
Cardiff (19 February 2019) -
Invited panel on “Creating, challenging and influencing policy”
GW4 Crucible 2019 on Digital Innovation
Bath (6 February 2019) -
Curriculum for Wales — STEM Stakeholder event for Science & Technology and Mathematics & Numeracy/Cwricwlwm i Gymru — digwyddiad STEM i randdeiliaid Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg a Mathemateg a Rhifedd
Welsh Government
Cardiff (4 February 2019) -
Official publication of the Delivering Digital report, a sector review of qualifications and the qualifications system in ICT
Qualification Wales event
Swansea (3 December 2018) -
“Delivering Digital Public Services” [slides]
NHS Wales/WHSSC All Wales Planning Winter Learning Event
Newport (29 November 2018) -
2018 Prize Giving Guest Lecture
Wheatley Park School
Oxford (18 October 2018) -
“Digital Innovation in Education and Skills” [slides]
Digital Innovation in Wales Seminar, as part of the Review of Digital Innovation and the Future of Work in Wales
Cardiff (18 October 2018) -
Invited panel and breakout session on the NNEST and new Science & Technology AoLE [slides]
ASE Cymru Wales Conference: STEM and the new Curriculum
St. Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff (13 October 2018) -
Invited keynote: “Digital, Data-Driven, Computational: Economy, Skills, Infrastructure” [slides]
20th Biennial British Dam Society Conference
Swansea University (13 September 2018) -
Invited keynote: “Digitally Competent, Computationally Literate?” [slides]
International Conference: A Child’s World — New shoes, New direction
Aberystwyth University (13 July 2018) -
Curriculum for Wales — STEM Stakeholder event for Science & Technology and Mathematics & Numeracy/Cwricwlwm i Gymru — digwyddiad STEM i randdeiliaid Gwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg a Mathemateg a Rhifedd
Welsh Government
Cardiff (2 July 2018) -
Invited keynote: “Thinking Computationally in a Digital World” [slides]
2018 Computer Science in Schools Conference
Staffordshire University (29 June 2018) -
Invited keynote on Science & Technology curriculum reform in Wales [slides and blog post]
Science and the Assembly 2018
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (22 May 2018) -
Invited panel on Swansea Bay City Deal and apprenticeships
Hosted by Gower College Swansea
Liberty Stadium, Swansea (8 March 2018) -
“Digital, Digital, Digital: Public Services, Education and Society”
Monmouthshire County Council
Usk, Monmouthshire (6 February 2018) -
Workshop “Challenger”
The role of scrutiny in relation to the Well-being of Future Generations Act
Cardiff (16 January 2018) -
Official launch of the National Network for Excellence in Science & Technology
NNEST launch with the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Ysgol Gyfun Cym Rhondda (7 December 2017) -
Invited keynote: “Thinking Computationally in a Digital World”
Computer Science Inspiration@BGS 2017
Bristol Grammar School (22 November 2017) -
Invited keynote: “It’s not the coding curriculum! Repositioning CS education reform in the UK” [watch and slides]
Panel session: Python in Education [watch]
PyCon UK
Cardiff (27-28 October 2017) -
Panel chair for: “Challenges and Opportunities for Civic Mission in Wales: Community View”
Welsh Government’s Civic Mission Summit
Cardiff University (25 October 2017) -
Invited panel on “What’s next for you? How do I get a job in tech?”
Building a Brighter Future In Tech
Techniquest, Cardiff (23 October 2017) -
Invited panel on “Edtech Wales: Where Next?”
Digital: A Festival for Innovation, Investment & Industry
Tramshed Tech, Cardiff (18 September 2017) -
“Fframwaith Cymhwysedd Digidol: Rethinking digital competencies in the new Welsh curriculum” [slides]
BERA Annual Conference 2017
University of Sussex, Brighton (5 September 2017) -
Panel chair for the Pictfor’s Summer Reception: “The Next Generation of Tech”
Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum (All-Party Parliamentary Group)
London (23 August 2017) -
Invited keynote: “It’s not the coding curriculum!”: Embedding computational thinking into England’s new computing curriculum [slides]
International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017
Hong Kong (13-15 July 2017) -
“Priorities and Recommendations for the ICT/Digital Sector in Wales”
LSkIP Stakeholder Consultation Event
Cardiff (4 July 2017) -
“A Digital Competence Framework for Wales”
Capita SIMS Annual Conference 2017
Hinckley, Leicestershire (21 June 2017) -
“Rethinking Digital Skills in Wales”
Box UK Seminar Series
Cardiff (26 May 2017) -
“Digital Wales: creating a powerhouse nation for technology and skills”
Education Wales Summit 2017
Cardiff (16 May 2017) -
“AoLE, NNEST and the DCF: Rethinking Science & Technology Education in Wales” [slides]
Swansea University School of Education Public Seminar
Swansea (9 May 2017) -
“Data-Driven Insight and Influence”
OiConf 2017
Cardiff (30 March 2017) -
“A Digital Competence Framework for Wales”
EAS Teach Bites
Cardiff (29 March 2017) -
Lead Co-ordinator for British Council visit
International Professional Learning Community on Digital Competency
Hong Kong (11-17 March 2017) -
“Rethinking Digital in Welsh FE: A Sector Opportunity” [slides]
CollegesWales Policy Conference
Cardiff (8 March 2017) -
“Rethinking Digital Competencies in Primary Schools”
PGCE Primary Digital Conference
Cardiff (25 January 2017) -
“The Digital Education Challenge for Wales” [slides]
Annual Technology Enhanced Learning Conference, Cardiff and Vale College
Cardiff (3 January 2017) -
“Computing Is For Everyone”
Cracking The Code, EXCITED — The Digital Learning Movement
Dublin, Ireland (9 December) -
“A Digitally Confident, Digitally Competent Nation”
ASLC Cymru Conference 2016
Cardiff (25 November) -
“Developing cognitive and social skills through the computing curriculum and digital learning”
Technology Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group, School of Education
Durham University (17 October) -
“New Computing Curricula in the UK”
Commonwealth Parenting Magazine
Taipei City/Kaohsiung/Taichong, Taiwan (3-7 October) -
“Enabling [Digital] Innovation in Wales: Data, Infrastructure and Skills”
FSB Wales 2016 Seminar Series
Cardiff (27 September) -
“A Digitally Confident, Capable and Creative Nation”
Digital Competence Framework Launch/Joint Pioneer Conference (with Minster for Education)
Cardiff (21 September) -
“A Digitally Competent, Digitally Capable Workforce”
Redesigning public services: The strategic importance of digital, Wales Audit Office
Cardiff (13 September) -
“Enabling [Digital] Public Services Innovation”
Y Lab Digital Innovation Fund Showcase, Nesta/Cardiff University
Cardiff (8 September) -
“A Digital Competence Framework for Wales”
SEWCTET CPD event
Cardiff (21 June) -
“A Digital Competence Framework for Wales”
Cardiff Headteachers’ Conference
Cardiff (17 June) -
“A [Digitally] Confident, Capable and Creative Nation”
Digital and Young Audiences event, Nesta/Arts Council for Wales
Swansea (13 June) -
Chaired panel on “Bridging the Digital Skills gap”
Welsh Government’s Digital 2016
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport (7 June) -
“Living, Learning and Working in a Digital World”
MA in Education CPD event, Open University
Cardiff (20 May) -
Update on the Welsh Government’s Digital Competence Framework
Curriculum for Wales/New Deal Pioneer meeting
Swansea (21 April) -
“Raising Aspirations in a Digital World”
NACE Cymru Conference 2016
Cardiff (21 April) -
Update on the Welsh Government’s Digital Competence Framework
Estyn Annual Conference 2016
Cardiff (13-14 April) -
“Reflections of a Scientist Doing Policy”
`Science and Society’, SWBio Doctoral Training Partnership
University of Bristol (12 April) -
Update on the Welsh Government’s Digital Competence Framework
Curriculum for Wales Stakeholder meeting
Wrexham (8 March) -
Panel on “new directions in open research” [watch]
Jisc Digital Festival 2016
Birmingham (3 March) -
The Semantic Web: What is it and how can it be used in your organisation?
Digital Leaders Wales
Cardiff (18 February) -
Introduction to the 2016 BCS Distinguished Fellows
BCS President’s Dinner 2016
London (11 February) -
Rethinking Pedagogies for Programming: Computational Thinking, Codemanship and (Software) Carpentry
2016 HEA STEM Annual Conference: Transforming Teaching and Learning in STEM
Nottingham (29 January) -
Chaired panel on Data-driven research in the Social Sciences and Humanities — increasing research potential through interdisciplinary working
ESRC/AHRC/Jisc Digging into Data Challenge Conference
Glasgow (27-28 January) -
Welcome and introduction for Dr Kay Swimburn MEP: Reform, Renegotiation and Referendum: A valid path for the UK to remain in the EU
The Forum Annual Lecture 2015
Cardiff (3 December) -
Technocamps: Advancing Computer Science Education in Wales
10th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education (WiPSCE 2015)
London (11 November) -
Workshop on Artifact Evaluation for Publications
Dagstuhl Perspectives Workshop 15452
Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany (1-4 November) -
CCTV as a Smart Sensor Network
13th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC-2015)
Liverpool (11 November) -
Launch of the Digital Pioneers and Digital Competence Framework
Curriculum for Wales Digital Pioneers launch meeting
Cardiff (12 October) -
Lead judge for the Young IT Professional of the Year category
UK IT Industry Awards 2015
Reading (25 September) -
Panel on Cracking the UK Tech Literacy Challenge
BT’s Cracking the UK Tech Literacy Challenge
London (9 September) -
Creative workshop on digital & education
BBC Connected Studio Programme
MediaCityUK, Salford (3 August) -
Better innovation policy through Big and Open Data
CoInnovate 2015
Cardiff (24 June) -
Chaired panel on the shortage of digital skills
Welsh Government’s Digital 2015
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport (8 June) -
Chaired Young People’s Digital Future panel
Festival of Dangerous Ideas for NIACE Cymru
Cardiff (25 March) -
The Evolution of Politics and Policymaking
2015 Annual Darwin Day Dinner, Cardiff Humanists
Cardiff (12 February) -
“Share and Enjoy”: Publishing Useful and Usable Scientific Models
1st International Workshop on Recomputability, as part of UCC 2014
London (11 December) -
The Challenges of Cyberspace: Living and Working in a Digital Society
2014 Canada-UK Colloquium
Québec, Canada (25-26 November) -
“Can I Implement Your Algorithm?”: A Model for Reproducible Research Software
2nd International Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE2), as part of SC’2014
New Orleans, USA (16 November) -
Lead judge for the Young IT Professional of the Year category
UK IT Industry Awards 2014
Reading (3 October) -
Panel session on Digital Skills, Jobs, Education and Training
Digital Action Day 2014, as part of the Digital Agenda for Europe
Brussels, Belgium (29 September) -
Measuring UK Crime Networks [slides]
2014 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2014)
Beijing, China (19 August) -
Exploring UK Crime Networks [slides]
International Symposium on Foundations of Open Source Intelligence and Security Informatics (FOSINT-SI 2014)
Beijing, China (18 August) -
Computing in Wales?
Digital Innovation Week Wales 2014
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (9 July) -
Restarting Computer Science in UK Schools [watch]
Best of British 2014
Royal Institution, London (13 June) -
Enabling A Digital Wales [watch] [preview] [preview]
Welsh Government’s Digital 2014
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport (9 June) -
Engineer’s Question Time [watch]
IET South Wales
The Senedd, Cardiff (22 May) -
Computing: Enabling a Digital Wales [blog post]
IET South Wales Annual Lecture 2014
Swansea University (20 March) -
Cyfrifiadura Yn Yr Ysgol
Council for Professors & Heads of Computing (CPHC) Annual Conference 2014
Loughborough University (8 April) -
The Fourth Science: Supporting Computer Science from 2014
Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) Annual Education Conference 2014
Natural History Museum, London (28 February) -
From STEM to STEAM: Computational Thinking, Creativity and Computer Science
Bett 2014
London (24 January) -
Computing in 2014 [blog post]
Google UK
London (2 December) -
Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything
School Seminar Series
University of Huddersfield (20 November) -
From STEM to STEAM: Computational Thinking, Creativity and Computer Science
ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2013
University of Reading (8 November) -
Superoptimisation: Making Compilers and Code Optimisation Sexy (Again)
Box UK
Cardiff (3 October) -
Lead judge for the Young IT Professional of the Year category
UK IT Industry Awards 2013
Reading (27 September) -
Supporting the ICT Sector in Wales
Welsh Government’s ICT Sector Panel
Cardiff (5 September) -
Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything [blog post]
Winchester Science Festival 2013
Winchester (21 July) -
Communicating Computer Science: A Call To Arms
HEA Computing Workshop
Oxford Brookes University (10 July) -
Delivering A Digital Wales? [preview]
Welsh Government’s Digital 2013
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport (3 June) -
The CAS Network of Computer Science Teaching Excellence
Council for Professors & Heads of Computing (CPHC) Annual Conference 2013
Cardiff University (26 March) -
Omnia apud me mathematica fiunt
Department of Computer Science Seminar
Swansea University (7 February) -
Launching Computer Science at School: The CAS Network of Excellence
Bett 2013
London (31 January) -
Computer Science for Wales
Science Advisory Council for Wales
Cardiff (3 December 2012) -
Google and Teach First: Computer Science
Google UK
London (1 November) -
From STEM to STEAM: Computational Thinking and Computer Science
ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2012
University of Reading (9 November 2012) -
Computer Science in 2012
School of Education Seminar
Nottingham Trent University (30 October 2012) -
The Appliance of Science: Growth, Jobs and Policy
Science Council Fringe Event at 2012 Conservative Party Conference
Birmingham (9 October 2012) -
Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything
Association for Science Education (ASE) Cymru Conference
National Museum Wales, Cardiff (6 October 2012) -
Judge for the Young IT Professional of the Year category
UK IT Industry Awards 2012
Reading (28 September 2012) -
Life Beyond The PhD [blog post]
Cumberland Lodge
Windsor (29 August 2012) -
Computing At School: Addressing the UK’s CS Education Problem
Department of Computer Science Seminar
University of Bath (10 August 2012) -
Bridging The Entrepreneurial Gap: A Computer Scientist’s Perspective [watch]
BCS Entrepreneurs Specialist Group Launch
London (23 July 2012) -
Engineer’s Question Time
Cardiff Science Festival 2012
Cardiff (12 July 2012) -
Computer Science: Enabling a Digital Wales
Cross-Party Group on Science & Technology
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (19 June 2012) -
Computing: Enabling a Digital Wales
Science Advisory Council for Wales
Aberystwyth (24 April 2012) -
Computing: Supporting Excellence in STEM
HEA STEM Annual Conference 2012
Imperial College, London (12 April 2012) -
Parliament Talks…Science
UK Parliamentary Outreach Event
National Science & Engineering Week 2012, Leeds (15 March 2012) -
Hack To The Future! [watch]
Hack To The Future 2012
Preston (11 February 2012) -
Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything
Microsoft Partners in Learning Forum 2011
Microsoft UK, Reading (24 November 2011) -
Scientists, the Media and Public Engagement
Research Councils UK
Swindon (16 November 2011) -
Computing: Enabling a Digital Wales
BT International Data Centre
Cardiff (6 October 2011) -
Superoptimisation: Generating Provably Optimal Code
Microsoft Research
Cambridge (20 July 2011) -
Computing: Enabling a Digital Wales [blog post]
Science and the Assembly 2011
National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff (24 May 2011) -
On Computing Numbers, with an Application to the Admissionsproblem
School of Computer Science & Informatics Seminar
Cardiff University (20 May 2011) -
Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything?
National Science & Engineering Week 2011
Techniquest, Cardiff (19 March 2011) -
New Directions in Computing Education
Towards New Learning Perspectives in Education
New Delhi, India (5 February 2011) -
Knowledge Representation, P v NP and Provably Optimal Code Generation
School Seminar Series
Cardiff Metropolitan University (27 October 2010) -
Provably Optimal Code Generation using Logic Programming
School of Computer Science & Informatics Seminar
Cardiff University (15 March 2010) -
Superoptimisation: Provably Optimal Code Generation using ASP
Department of Computer Science Seminar
University of Bath (24 October 2008)
Digital, Data & Policy 
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