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Facilitation and Meeting Methods
“Unconfrencing”
will embrace un-conferencing by nurturing a participatory environment that encourages dialogue and collaboration. The program will blend keynotes and panel conversations with interactive workshops, capacity-building sessions, and site visits to local cultural initiatives. To break away from traditional conference formats, we aim to slow down the pace and allow for deeper reflection and meaningful exchanges. Networking opportunities will be integrated throughout, creating informal spaces for connection and collaboration.
Examples:
City Sessions (BEYOND 2025, Turin)
City Sessions were intimate group discussions taking place all across the city, simultaneously on both days of the BEYOND gathering. BEYOND invited contributors to share their experiences and expertise to deepen the conversations.
Project Pitches and Future Labs (BtO 2024, Malmö)
United by Future Places Project Pitches & Future Labs was an international forum showcasing existing projects & project ideas focused on the role of culture in shaping equal societies and fostering democratic, participatory and environmentally sustainable (public) spaces. The aim of was to bring together diverse perspectives from artists, researchers, activists, and cultural workers, by creating an open space for networking and peer learning. Project Pitches allowed participants to present existing projects covering the above-mentioned topics, sharing best practices and raising awareness about successful initiatives promoting sustainable (urban) spaces. Future Labs provided a platform to discuss project ideas with attendees of the conference, receiving feedback and networking opportunities to increase the likelihood of turning these ideas into tangible projects.
Projects Agora (BtO 2023, Elefsina)
The Handle with Care Agora was an informal marketplace showcasing local and international/European projects working with the topics of care, community and individual well-being, health, mental health and culture. The aim of the Agora was to bring different perspectives from arts, heritage, human rights, health, research, politics, activism etc. sphere and mix initiatives from Greece with similar projects coming from all over Europe and beyond and to create an open space for networking and peer learning.
Open Space Technology
Open Space Technology is one way to enable all kinds of people, in any kind of organization, to create inspired meetings and events. In Open Space events, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance. With groups of 5 to 2000+ people — working in one-day workshops, three-day conferences, or the regular weekly staff meeting — the common result is a powerful, effective connecting and strengthening of what’s already happening in the organisation: planning and action, learning and doing, passion and responsibility, participation and performance. -
Design Sprints
A design sprint is a time-constrained, five-phase process that uses design thinking with the aim of reducing the risk when bringing a idea to life. The process aims to help teams to clearly define goals, validate assumptions and decide on a product roadmap before starting development. It seeks to address strategic issues using interdisciplinary expertise, rapid prototyping, and testing. -
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