Talks

Selected invited talks, panels and presentations:

Upcoming

• Invited keynote
  United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference (UKICER 2023)
  Swansea (7-8 September 2023)

2023

• Invited expert panel discussion on building the evidence base for addressing digital poverty
  Digital Poverty Alliance
  Online (23 February 2023)
• WCLD showcase event: “360-degree Interactive Technology Learning Lab”
  Wales Collaborative for Learning Design
  Online (24 January 2023)

2022

• 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)

2021

• 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)

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)

2019

• “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)

2018

• 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)

2017

• 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)

2016

• “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)

2015

• 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)

2014

• “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)

2013

• 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)

2012

• 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)

2011

• 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)

2010

• 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)

2008

• Superoptimisation: Provably Optimal Code Generation using ASP
  Department of Computer Science Seminar
  University of Bath (24 October 2008)