Open Space Technology

The SoCraTes Conferences Format

By Houssam FAKIH

Traditional Conference

The Program is

Set by Organizers

Hiring Speakersby Invitation

Hiring Speakersby Call for papers

Speakers Attendees

What Open Space technology

changes ?

All Participants are Equal

Both as Knowersand Learners

Everyone is Speaker

You Set the

program

yourself

Your ScheduleYour Time

“I can’t believe that after all these meetings, workshops and conference sessions, the most valuable time for me was still during the coffee breaks, when I met with people I wanted to meet with and talk about the issues I wanted to talk about” - Harrison Owen, author of Open Space Technology: A Users Guide

Participants should have:

Passion &

Responsibility

Without Passion:

Nobody is interested

Without Responsibility

nothing

will get done

Based

on 4 principles

Who ever

comes is

the right people

Whatever happens

is all that

could have

Whenever it starts

is the right time

When it is over, it is over

The law of

two feets

You have

the permission to leave if you are

not interested

Bumblebees &

Butterfliesuse their feet and

flit from meeting to meeting

people come

together around topics

they care about

Voluntary

self-selection

Open Spaceby Example

from Thursday

to Saturday

English : Official Language

Thursday Evening:

World Café

Thursday Evening:

Lightening Talk

@ SoCraTes-UK

Creating the Agenda

Retro - at the end of the day

Evening activities

After midnight discussions

After SoCraTesSunday

SoCraTes-DE

200 attendees

SoCraTes-DE

169 sessions per day

SoCraTes-DE

crafts developers from all Europe

The Community is growing:

channel Slack

Grab your invite at http:

//scslackin-rradczewski.rhcloud.com

SoCraTes in

UK, BE, SP

Freeze CodeiTake

and

this year

SoCraTes-FR

Target:

35 attendees

Be Prepared

to be surprised