Codam: a new way to train much-needed tech professionals
No teachers. No fees, and no qualifications needed. Codam is an unorthodox coding college designed to address educational inequality, and a shortage of tech professionals. The FT’s Harriet Agnew goes to Amsterdam to meet Codam’s founder and funder, one of the brains behind TomTom, Corinne Vigreux, and discover a new way of learning. Financial Times (ft.com) video above published Jan 15, 2019.
The Bloomberg Technology Conference: Code and the Corner Office--today (June 16th) in San Francisco--corporate leaders from inside and outside of tech, top investors, hot entrepreneurs and other influencers come together for shared discovery and debate about the real business impact of software and coding – from artistic medium to competitive advantage to cybersecurity threats.
10:40 AM Code as a Cure
11:00 AM Understanding the Consumer: A Master Class
11:10 AM Soft Goods and Software
11:30 AM Textiles Get the Silicon Valley Treatment
11:45 AM Health Apps: Upgrading the Ultimate Personal Technology
12:05 PM Management Tips from Hackers
12:30 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Good360 Lunch: Tech to the Rescue
1:30 PM The Developer Dating Game
1:55 PM Disruption in a Dog-Eat-Dog World
2:15 PM Software Eats the Network
2:35 PM The Future of Work
3:00 PM Building Tools for Telling Stories
3:25 PM Networking Break
3:45 PM Women Coders Speak Out
4:05 PM Decoding Open Source
4:30 PM Code Culture in Pop Culture
4:55 PM Closing Remarks
Outcomes | WSIS Forum 2015: Building on the open consultation process, more than 150 sessions were held during the WSIS Forum 2015. The overall theme of the WSIS Forum 2015 this year was “Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs for Sustainable Development”. This provided a vibrant atmosphere for facilitation and exchange on a multistakeholder vision of the WSIS Process. Forum Track Outcome Document (Preliminary Draft, v1.0) (pdf)
