SuperQuest 2016 Symposium
Computer Science Education in Oregon Symposium
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Mentor Graphics, 8005 Boeckman Rd, Wilsonville, Commons Building Cafeteria
Presented by Portland State University, the Oregon Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Willamette Education Service District
Funded by the Oregon Department of Education Oregon Digital Promise Grant
Hosted by Mentor Graphics, 8005 Boeckman Rd, Wilsonville
Due to some late breaking news, we are reframing this event to a half-day. Breakfast will be served.
Goals:
- Make the case that the need for CS goes beyond more software engineers
- Overview of the moving pieces at play in CS education in Oregon and nationally, to better enable collaboration
- See new opportunities for collaboration and resource leveraging, especially across the industry-education boundary
Master of Ceremonies: Terrel Smith, President, Oregon Computer Science Teachers Association
Special Guest Ruthe Farmer has focused her efforts on diversity and inclusion in 
technology and engineering since 2001. She currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor for Tech Inclusion at the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy focusing on President Obama’s call to action for Computer Science for All and other tech related initiatives. Over the course of her career, Ms. Farmer has successfully launched and scaled up multiple national programs including Intel Design & Discovery, LEGO Robotics for Girl Scouts (both started in Oregon), the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing, TECHNOLOchicas campaign for Latinas, AspireIT outreach program, and more. She served as the 2012 Chair of Computer Science Education Week, was named a White House Champion of Change for Technology Inclusion in 2013, received the Anita Borg Institute Award for Social Impact in 2014, and the Education UK Alumni Award for Social Impact in 2015. She is a guest contributor for Techcrunch and the Shriver Report, and has been featured in Forbes and TechRepublic for her work. Ruthe holds a BA from Lewis & Clark College and an MBA in Social Entrepreneurship from the University of Oxford Said Business School and is passionate about integrating innovative business strategies into social change efforts.
Ivan Sutherland’s 1963 PhD thesis developed a precursor to the graphical user interface called Sketchpad, and started us down the path to Computer Aided Design (CAD), the personal computer, drop down menus, icons, touch devices … and Sutherland’s induction into the Inventor’s Hall of Fame this year. He is also the recipient of the US National Academy of Engineering Zworykin Award (1972), the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Turing Award (1988), the Smithsonian Computer World Award (1996), the Kyoto Prize (2012) for global achievement, and a Special Founder’s Award, Virtual Reality Foundation (2015). He is a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences since the 70s. Sutherland and his wife, Marley Roncken, jointly perform research at the Asynchronous Research Center at Portland State University.
Agenda for the Day
- 8:15 Registration opens, breakfast buffet opens
- 8:30 Welcome & Intro: CS Everywhere
- 9:15 Vision of the Future: Industry Perspective
- 9:30 What Oregon has to offer: Post-secondary perspective
- 9:45 What Oregon has to offer: K-12 Lens perspective
- 10:00 Discussion and Reflection
- 10:30 Break
- 10:40 Systems and Investments: State Perspective
- 11:00 Non Profit Partners
- 11:35 National Perspective: CS4ALL
- 11:55 Commitment to Connecting and Acting Locally
- noon – Adjourn, network,
Please direct questions to Randy or Jo via contact@oregoncsta.org
Download a pdf version of handout by clicking here
Symposium Handout – Front Page
