#HNLondon, August 2015

The schedule for our next event is below. If you have RSVPed yes, but cannot make it please update your status so someone else can take your place. Please note that there is tube strike on the day of the event which will make transport tricky. See https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/tube-strike for more info.

18:30 - Beer and pizza
19:00 - Sponsor intros
19:10 - Tom Blomfield (https://twitter.com/t_blom): Mondo - building a full-stack bank
19:30 - Mike MacCana (https://twitter.com/mikemaccana): Front end npm: everything you need to know...and all the things we wish we'd known earlier.
19:50 - Break
20:10 - Edward Perello (https://twitter.com/EdwardPerello): Putting the Tech in Biotech
Edward will bring you up to speed on the most important developments in the CRISPR genome engineering field, demonstrating how to edit genes to create DNA-based programs for gene therapies and beyond. Edward will also examine what easy genome engineering means for society, alongside the opportunities and challenges facing developers interested in building CAD/CAM software for a new breed of organism engineer.

20:30 - Simon Peyton Jones (http://research.microsoft.com/~simonpj): The dream of a lifetime: an opportunity to shape how our children learn computing
In September 2014, the National Curriculum in England established computer science as a foundational subject that every child must study, from primary school onwards. This is a hugely welcome change, but it is a seismic one, especially for teachers for whom this is an entirely new professional requirement. That gives us – computer scientists, software professionals, enthusiasts – a huge opportunity to influence the way in which the concrete finally sets. In my talk I'll sketch the context for the changes in our children's computing education, explain why I think it is such a good thing, outline the opportunities and challenges I see ahead, and invite you to join in. It'll be fun!

21:00 - Pub - www.thewindmillinthecity.com (http://www.thewindmillinthecity.com/)

As always the event is accompanied by tons of free beer and pizza. Our beer has now been upgraded to 100% craft beer courtesy of our friends at Craft Rebellion (http://craftrebellion.com/).

Videos of past talks are online at http://vimeo.com/hnlondon . If you are into the whole Twitter thing, the hashtag for the event is #HNLondon.

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