Page 1 Open Space Technology
The SoCraTes Conferences Format
By Houssam FAKIH
Page 2 Traditional Conference
Page 3 The Program is
Set by Organizers
Page 4 Hiring Speakersby Invitation
Page 5 Hiring Speakersby Call for papers
Page 7 What Open Space technology
changes ?
Page 8 All Participants are Equal
Page 10 Both as Knowersand Learners
Page 11 Everyone is Speaker
Page 12 You Set the
program
yourself
Page 13 Your ScheduleYour Time
Page 14 “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
Page 15 Participants should have:
Passion &
Responsibility
Page 16 Without Passion:
Nobody is interested
Page 17 Without Responsibility
nothing
will get done
Page 18 Based
on 4 principles
Page 19 Who ever
comes is
the right people
Page 20 Whatever happens
is all that
could have
Page 21 Whenever it starts
is the right time
Page 22 When it is over, it is over
Page 23 The law of
two feets
Page 24 You have
the permission to leave if you are
not interested
Page 25 Bumblebees &
Butterfliesuse their feet and
flit from meeting to meeting
Page 26 people come
together around topics
they care about
Page 27 Voluntary
self-selection
Page 28 Open Spaceby Example
Page 30 from Thursday
to Saturday
Page 31 English : Official Language
Page 33 Thursday Evening:
World Café
Page 35 Thursday Evening:
Lightening Talk
@ SoCraTes-UK
Page 36 Creating the Agenda
Page 42 Retro - at the end of the day
Page 43 Evening activities
Page 44 After midnight discussions
Page 45 After SoCraTesSunday
Page 46 SoCraTes-DE
200 attendees
Page 47 SoCraTes-DE
169 sessions per day
Page 48 SoCraTes-DE
crafts developers from all Europe
Page 49 The Community is growing:
channel Slack
Page 50 Grab your invite at http:
//scslackin-rradczewski.rhcloud.com
Page 51 SoCraTes in
UK, BE, SP
Page 56 Target:
35 attendees
Page 57 Be Prepared
to be surprised