Blocks and Beyond 2019: Beyond Blocks
A VL/HCC 2019 workshop in Memphis, TN, USA, Oct. 18, 2019

2019 Blocks & Beyond Workshop Program

This full-day workshop was held on Friday, October 18, 2019 at the Fedex Insitute of Technology on the University of Memphis campus in Memphis, TN, USA.

Note: Because it is rare for so many members of the blocks programming community to be in one place, we also planned some informal gatherings and meetups at meal times.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact Franklyn Turbak.

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Note that the main VL/HCC conference ends this day at 17:00.

18:00-whenever
Informal Dinner Groups and Post-Dinner Discussions

Workshop attendees in Memphis Thursday evening are encouraged to meet for dinner. Use the Blocks and Beyond 2019 Coordination Doc to form dinner/discussion groups and tell other folks where you are.

Friday, October 18, 2019

The main workshop activites took place in the Fishbowl 203/205 Rooms at the Fedex Institute of Technology.

The workshop format and schedule was designed to encourage discussion amongst the attendees:

08:00-08:20
Registration (continues throughout day). Bagels, muffins, and coffee for the morning.
08:20-08:30
Welcome from the Organizers
08:30-09:15
Talk Session 1: Computational Identity, Computational Thinking, and Scaffolding (Session Chair: Michelle Ichinco)
9:15-9:30
Break
9:30-10:20
Talk Session 2: Visual Language Design (Session Chair: Ákos Lédeczi)
10:20-11:00
Blocks Playground 1: Demos and Posters
11:00-12:00
VL/HCC Blocks Showcase Invited Panel 1 (Session Chair: Lyn Turbak)
One co-author from each of the following VL/HCC 2019 papers will be a panelist summarizing and discussing their work.
12:00-12:40
Blocks Playground 2: Demos and Posters
12:40-13:35
Box lunches in Fishbowl Room
13:35-13:45
Group photo
13:45-14:30
VL/HCC Blocks Showcase Invited Panel 2 (Session Chair: Mark Sherman)
One co-author from each of the following VL/HCC 2019 papers will be a panelist summarizing and discussing their work.
14:30-15:10
Blocks Playground 3: Demos and Posters
15:10-16:00pm
Talk Session 3: Applications to Domains (Session Chair: Chris Crawford)
16:00-16:40
Blocks Playground 4: Demos and Posters
16:40-17:30pm
Talk Session 4: Program Analysis and Refactoring (Session Chair: Daniel Wendel)
17:30-17:40pm
Closing remarks
18:30-whenever
Informal Dinner Groups and Post-Dinner Discussions

Continue discussions from the workshop over dinner and after! Use the Blocks and Beyond 2019 Coordination Doc to form dinner/discussion groups and tell other folks where you are.

Saturday, October 19

Conversations will continue on this day among some participants, possibly over breakfast or lunch or at the Use this Doc to coordinate.