Software Cornwall
Connecting Cornwall’s growing Software Community
October Community meet up
Updates from the community included members sharing their Software Cornwall community updates
and pleased to welcome our invited guests from Falmouth Uni to share updates on activities and future plans
- 5.30 = Arrive – airbtsuperfast – wifi open
- 5.45 = Welcome & University Update – AIR
- 5.50 = Software Cornwall update
- 6.15 = Software Cornwall – Cornwall tech week update
- 6.20 = Collaboration – Joint Project – Promoting Cornwall as a digital heartland – Darren
- 6.25 = Guest Fal Uni – Digital Media – James & Al
- 6.35 = Guest Fal Uni – Games Academy – Simon
- 6.45 = Software Cornwall – EU Funding – Toby
- Questions 10 mins
- 7pm = Break out groups
Software Cornwall, Tech Week, Digital Media, EU Funding, Games
7.30 = Group Feedback – 5 mins per topic
8pm – Finish / networking
You Tube Channel now active – MVP Videos / Playlist
Belinda – Software Cornwall & Cornwall Tech Week
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Cornwall Tech Week
More details on website
Volunteers needed – school assemblies – presentation templates provided by SWC
Events – all ideas welcome #hourofcode, community meet up, hackathon/dev meet ups
Lego coming to speak to teachers at eden
Phil – AIR – thanks to AIR for hosting our October Event
- Digital Economy
- Smart Design
- Pedagogy – process of teaching
- AIR building – launchpad – start ups in ehealth, games, digital economy
- Smart Market Towns and Smart Campus – eg Smart Energy
- Penryn Innovation Park for the future
Branding Cornwall’s digital community Project – Darren Whittington
Creative Advertising and Graphic Design Degree students to work on a brand for cornwalls tech community
Brief for students and working with Software Cornwall to bring business contribution from across the county
Meet up 10th November at Falmouth to meet students and give input from business community
Flipboard magasine to contribute to student resources
Digital Media – James & Al
FIRST BSc available at Falmouth has Software Engineering !
Creative Coding within Degrees – includes Python, Java, Javascript, C#, C++, Agile
Games Academy – Simon & ed
metamakers.falmouth.ac.uk
digital games/computing for games
Games academy
Digital Creativity Hub – 4 mil research project – software industry partners wanted
EU funding – Toby
smart specialisations incude digital, ehealth – 125 million across smart specialisations to help drive research and development and innovation
put forward ideas – whats needed on projects
support from software cornwall to help community input
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