Programme

09:30-10:00am: Registration and tea/coffee reception

10:00-10:30am: Welcome Address, Prof. Cathal O'Donoghue, Dean of College of Arts, Social Science and Celtic Studies

Prof Anne Scott, NUI Galway Vice-President for Equality & Diversity

Brenda Romero, Game designer and developer

10:30-10:45am: Networking

10:45-11:15am: Showcase by Schools (Gaelscoil Riabhach, Baile Locha Riach and Castleblayney College, Monaghan)

11.15-11:35am: Stephanie Wortel-London, CSforALL and Claire Conneely, Google, CS Education

11:35-12.05pm: Showcase Schools (Presentaton Secondary School Warrenmount, Dublin and Scoil Bhríde Mercy Secondary School, Tuam)

12.05-12:30pm: Keynote, James Whelton, co-founder CoderDojo

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch - networking and interaction with Showcase Schools

The school children showcasing at the Summit will get a tour of the Computer and Communications Museum and get an to Virtual Reality, Green Studio and Smart City technologies at the Insight Centre, South Campus, NUI Galway.

Staff stay at Aula Maxima:

1:30 - 2:00pm: "The importance of Computer Science and digital literacy in 21^st century school education" Prof. Michael Madden, Professor of Computer Science at NUI Galway.

2:00 - 2.30pm: "Computer Science education international perspectives" Prof. Peter Hubwieser, Technische Universität München and Prof. Dr. Aman Yadav, Michigan State University.

2:30 - 3:00pm: "Computer Science education in Ireland - Teaching methodologies, curriculum and assessment" Mr Paul Behan, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) and Mr. Joe English, Advisor, Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

3:00-3:15pm : Concluding remarks, Prof. Gerry MacRuairc, Head of School, School of Education, NUI Galway