Just talking on the interest you can get from having kids give talks at conferences... We just had Boise Code Camp 2 weeks ago. We had one talk on Kid Program

Just talking on the interest you can get from having kids give talks at conferences... We just had Boise Code Camp 2 weeks ago. We had one talk on Kid Programming, which was given by two 11 year olds (using Scratch) and a 6 year old (using LOGO) -- and two of them were girls. We put the talk in one of our larger rooms and we packed it. People standing in the back and sitting on the floor. As an aside, just about every year we have had a large number of parents attending who would bring one or two kids with them. Out of 400 people I could usually 15-20 people younger than 18. We have not had any trouble because of it. I think there is a lot of interest, both from kids and parents, to learn about programming. A our code camp, I'm hoping to open up multiple sessions for kids (I'd like to have a multiple hour block). Some of those kids already have good resumes going. One I saw in particular was able to talk on Java and C without any difficulty (and he preferred vi as his editor) -- he was maybe 12. For other conference organizers, (if you have room) please consider having talks aimed at kids. But also just encourage parents to bring their tech interested kids with them.