In 2018 James Whelton, one of co-founders of CoderDojo, visited CoderDojo Japan. In 2019 the other co-founder, Bill Liao, will also visit!! 😆🎉✨

We will have a casual meetup with Bill's talk about "The 1st CoderDojo and the global vision." in Shinjuku, Tokyo. 🗣✨

Feel free to join in and let's talk with him! 🤝☯️

Bill Liao short bio

Bill Liao (born William Fu Wei Liao, 1967) is an Australian entrepreneur. He is a venture partner with SOSV and listed as an influential investor on Twitter. He is married with three children and lives in Cork, Ireland.

He founded CoderDojo with James Whelton in 2011.

(Photo Credit: HowardLake)

cf. Bill Liao - Wikipedia

Agenda

• Date: May 18th (Sat) 4-6pm
• Venue: Kanro - A cafe for Tea and Sweets
• Fee: Free! 🆓
  • You can order a drink and sweets at cafe if you prefer. 🍵✨
• Schedule:
  • 4:00: Registration open
  • 4:10: Introduction
  • 4:15: Short presentations (1/2)
    • 1. "Me, Scratch, and CoderDojo - 7th year since starting a dojo." by @mjk_0513
    • 2. "Data City Shinjuku" by @itoyohei_tw
  • 4:30: Bill's talk, "The 1st CoderDojo and the global vision."
  • 5:00: Q&A + Break
  • 5:20: Short presentations (2/2)
    • 3. "How to convert mentoring at CoderDojo into credits in University" by Prof. Yuri Hirota
    • 4. "Introduction of CoderDojo Shigawa Gotenyama" by Kyoko Kimura
    • 5. "How CoderDojo Chofu sustainably organizes." by by @jishiha
  • 5:50: End
    • The other event start at 7pm, so let's go to Izakaya or sth if any.

Organizers & Sponsors

CoderDojo Japan Association

One of official regional bodies of CoderDojo in Japan (a.k.a. CDJ). CDJ helps starting a dojo, sharing experiences and knowledges between dojos, and collaborating between companies and dojos.

Kanro - A cafe for Tea and Sweets

Kanro is a cafe for Tea and Sweets located in Shinjuku area. They help holding an event like this. ;)

YassLab Inc.

YassLab runs business on Ruby/Rails and supports open-source communities. This company pays money for the venue and this Doorkeeper event page. (See Support - CoderDojo Kata for details.)