We’re hosting the UK’s first-ever Scratch Conference Europe
We are excited to announce that we will host the first-ever Scratch Conference Europe in the UK this summer: from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 August at Churchill College, Cambridge!
Scratch Conference is a participatory event that gives hundreds of educators the chance to explore the creative ways in which people are programming and learning with Scratch. In even-numbered years, the conference is held at the MIT Media Lab, the birthplace of Scratch; in odd-numbered years, it takes place in other places around the globe.
Since 2019 is also the launch year of Scratch 3, we think it’s a fantastic opportunity for us to bring Scratch Conference Europe to the UK for the first time.
What you can look forward to
- Hands-on, easy-to-follow workshops across a range of topics, including the new Scratch 3
- Interactive projects to play with
- Thought-provoking talks and keynotes
- Plenty of informal chats, meetups, and opportunities for you to connect with other educators
Join us to become part of a growing community, discover how the Raspberry Pi Foundation can support you further, and develop your skills with Scratch as a creative tool for helping your students learn to code.
Contribute to Scratch Conference Europe
Would you like to contribute your own content at the event? We are looking for you in the community to share or host:
- Project demos
- Posters
- Workshops
- Discussion sessions
- Presentations
- Ignite talks
We warmly welcome young people under 18 as content contributors; they must be supported by an adult. All content contributors will be able to attend the whole event for free.
Find more details and apply to participate on the Scratch Conference Europe website.
Attend the conference
Tickets for Scratch Conference Europe will go on sale in April.
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An update on Raspberry Fields
Since we’re hosting Scratch Conference Europe this year, our digital making festival Raspberry Fields will be back in 2020, even bigger and more packed with interactive family fun!
Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at scratch.mit.edu.
21 comments
David Wall
Can you please fwd the cost of registration for the conference. Thank you.
Andy Brixey
Fantastic news, please can you contact griffpatch and ask him to be a keynote speaker? Is this in place of the planned official 2019 Scratch conference in Africa or in conjunction with it?
Joek van Montfort
As far as I’m aware this is one of three Scratch conferences 2019 in the making, so along the two conferences announced from Africa.
The Nairobi conference is announced for July 8-12, see http://www.scratchafrica.com
I assume the Casablanca (Francophone) conference will be announced soon
Gicela
Any idea when will the tickets be released for the Scratch conference?
Raspberry Pi Staff Helen Drury — post author
Tickets will go on sale at the end of this month, along with the webpage for further information.
Diavlo
How do we know if we’ve been accepted to speak or not?
Raspberry Pi Staff Helen Drury — post author
Please contact events@raspberrypi.org and one of the team will be happy to discuss this with you if you haven’t heard already.
Seamus O’Neill
I am the person who designed and contributed the Xy-grid-20px and Xy-grid-30px backdrops which you can see in the Scratch 2 and Scratch 3 backdrops library. These grids make Scratch about 80% more applicable to K-12 maths teaching (I speak as an experienced teacher, coder and maths curriculum expert). I have shared about 150 projects which support this statement.
As the donor, I would like to give a workshop at the Scratch Conference in UK in August to demonstrate the magic of these grids for teachers. They look unassuming but they make coding even more fun, require shorter scripts and open amazing NEW POSSIBILITIES in Scratch in all situations. How do I go about presenting that workshop or getting a speaking opportunity? Regards
Raspberry Pi Staff Helen Drury — post author
Hi Seamus, thanks for emailing us with these details. We hope you received our reply, and are very sorry we’re unable to schedule any more content.
Darren Murphy
When will potential speakers be informed. Need to book summer holidays.
Raspberry Pi Staff Helen Drury — post author
Hi Darren, Please check your inbox as you should already have a reply there. If not please email events@raspberrypi.org
Joao Orvalho
Hi,
The contributions process is closed?
When the tickets will be available?
Best regards,
Raspberry Pi Staff Janina Ander
Hi Joao,
Yes, we’ve closed the contribution process.
Tickets will become available at the end of April!
See you there :)
Carol Munn
Hi:
I have not heard wither way if my presentation has been reviewed and decided upon. I have, just a couple days, but have not heard back. I also checked my spam did not find anything. Thanks
Carol
Kay1300
When are the tickets on sale?
Raspberry Pi Staff Janina Ander
Tickets will go on sale at the end of this month! Keep an eye on our Twitter feed for the announcement :)
twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi
Chris Dorna
Any news about how to attend the conference?
Raspberry Pi Staff Janina Ander
Yes, tickets and info are now available here: https://scratchconferenceeurope.raspberrypi.org/
Shelby
Will there be a video on those speaking published on Youtube?
Chris Dorna
When will the tickets be available, I expected in April.
Raspberry Pi Staff Janina Ander
Yes, tickets and info are now available here: https://scratchconferenceeurope.raspberrypi.org/