SSCS Chapters Cafe 07

On 2007-Feb-13, the SSCS chapters gathered in a World Café Format that enabled a collective conversation between local IEEE Chapters.

Chapter Cafe Introduction and Format Bruce Hecht (94K)
Chapter Cafe Comments documented (coming)
SSCS Chapters Overview Jan Van der Spiegel (4Meg)
Distinguished Lectures
Ireland Chapter Kaveh Hosseini (Secretary)(1Meg)
Seoul, Korea K. Yoon (13Meg)
Sweden, Svante Signell (Chairman) (56K)

BONUS -- How to Write a Paper for ISSCC (Shockwave Flash)

Jan Van der Spiegel's presentation to students at the A-SSCC Hangzhou China, Novembmer 2006. . Be patient as you begin to listen to the program as the second slide will advance automatically but after a seemingly long introduction.

Also available as Power Point only without audio (7.8M) right click to save.

In the Cafe format, Chapter Leaders and Distinguished Lecturers discussed.

What program plans do you have for the coming year?
What kinds of challenges are you facing in your chapter?
What opportunities are there, and how can your colleagues within SSCS help you succeed?
Additionally attendees asked themselves:

What would it take to create change on this issue?
What could happen that would enable us to feel energized in this situation?
What challenges might come our way, and how might we meet them?
What conversation, if begun today, could ripple out in a way that created new possibilities for the future?

Originally developed by Juanita Brown and David Isaacs for conversational dialog in group formats and the format is described in their book:
The World Café : Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter (2005)

The format acknowledges that

The knowledge and wisdom we need are already present and accessible

Intelligence emerges as the system connects to itself in creative ways

Collective insight evolves from:
Honouring unique contributions
Connecting ideas
Listening into the middle
Noticing deeper patterns and questions