March Tech Tuesday Networking Forum

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:30:00 GMT

CoderDojo is a not-for-profit organisation founded by James Whelton and Bill Liao that teaches kids how to code. It aims to teach kids creative problem solving skills and practical creative skills. Alongside teaching kids, it provides an outlet for kids who know how to code to meet other kids with similar interests and work on projects in an environment with their peers around them, similar to how a co-working space works but less formal.
In June 2011 the first CoderDojo was launched in the National Software Centre in Cork where CoderDojo saw extreme success. The Cork Dojo saw people travelling from Dublin frequently to attend sessions. Owing to this popularity a Dublin Dojo was launched soon after in Google’s Montevetro building. The increasing success lead to more Dojos being setup in Limerick, Kerry, Drogheda, Galway, hÁrainn Mhór, London, San Francisco with a few more starting in Cork soon...

Speaker Biographies:-

Bill Liao:
Diplomat, investor, entrepreneur, business mentor, speaker, philanthropist and author, Bill Liao co-founded the business social network service XING and is a venture partner at SOS Ventures, a global venture capital firm and investment management firm head-quartered in Kinsale. Bill is a special diplomatic envoy for St Kitts and Nevis for sustainable development and the environment. He is also the founder of WeForest.org, an international not-for-profit organization combating global warming in the most natural way possible by sustainably and holistically reforesting previously degraded land - the organisation is approaching planting it's millionth tree. Bill is also the Co-Founder of the Coder Dojo movement to assist young people to learn how to program.

James Whelton:
Entrepreneur, developer and social media onnoisseur. James lives and breathes for technology, business and problem solving. James is experienced in all areas of IT, from computer hacking to iOS development to Social Platform data parsing and analysis.

James has appeared on Engadget, Wired, TechCrunch, the San Fransico Chronicle and more for hacking (the first person to hack the iPod Nano!) .

James is interested in technology in primary and secondary level education and has setup clubs to aid this, to which he also taught students in his own school web design and programming on a weekly basis. Prompting this he set up Coder Dojo with Bill Liao, a not for profit organisation setting up computer clubs that teaches kids how to code. It aims to teach kids creative problem solving skills and practical creative skills.

February Tech Tuesday Networking Forum -FULL

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:00 GMT

Summary: "Cybercrime"
The Internet is arguably mankind's greatest invention. It allows us to communicate and interact like never before. However like many great technologies it's a two edged sword - there is a darker side to the internet, the world of Cybercrime. In this session we will look at the issues of Cybercrime, the people and money behind it, the motivations of cybercriminals - and where it will evolve to in the near future.

Speaker Bio:
Robert McArdle is currently working as the manager of Trend Micro's Forward Looking Threat Research team in Europe, where he is involved in analyzing the latest malware threats, specializing in researching the future threat landscape and criminal underground. Robert is a regular presenter for the press and at security conferences. He has also written and lectures Masters module in Malware Analysis at Cork IT, UCD, and is a trainer for several SANS qualifications. A graduate of Trinity and DCU he holds several qualifications from SANS and serves on the SANS advisory board.

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March Tech Tuesday Networking Forum

February Tech Tuesday Networking Forum -FULL