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!

A graphic highlighting the Scratch Conference Europe 2019 - taking place at 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.

Another graphic highlighting the Scratch Conference Europe 2019

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.

An over view of two people taking electronics pieces out of a box in order to try their hand at digital making using a Raspberry Pi and Scratch.

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!

A young girl tries out a digital project at the Raspberry Pi event, Raspberry Fields 2018

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

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Can you please fwd the cost of registration for the conference. Thank you.

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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?

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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

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Any idea when will the tickets be released for the Scratch conference?

Helen Drury

Tickets will go on sale at the end of this month, along with the webpage for further information.

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How do we know if we’ve been accepted to speak or not?

Helen Drury

Please contact events@raspberrypi.org and one of the team will be happy to discuss this with you if you haven’t heard already.

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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

Helen Drury

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.

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When will potential speakers be informed. Need to book summer holidays.

Helen Drury

Hi Darren, Please check your inbox as you should already have a reply there. If not please email events@raspberrypi.org

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Hi,

The contributions process is closed?

When the tickets will be available?

Best regards,

Janina Ander

Hi Joao,
Yes, we’ve closed the contribution process.
Tickets will become available at the end of April!
See you there :)

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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

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When are the tickets on sale?

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

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Any news about how to attend the conference?

Janina Ander

Yes, tickets and info are now available here: https://scratchconferenceeurope.raspberrypi.org/

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Will there be a video on those speaking published on Youtube?

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When will the tickets be available, I expected in April.

Janina Ander

Yes, tickets and info are now available here: https://scratchconferenceeurope.raspberrypi.org/

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