This meeting is an “unconference”, driven by you. You get to decide what you want to talk about in breakout groups, and what you want to achieve.

To help make this happen we’ll have a bit of structure, but the choice of topics for the breakout sessions is with you.

So, whatever you want to discuss can be discussed. Let’s say you have a challenge in your project or Ph.D. that you’d like to talk about: just raise your hand and find people with similar problems or ideas, and use the time to work on what’s important to you.

There will be a poster board to collect ideas for each breakout session, and regular opportunities to propose more ideas.

If you want to find out more about this idea, it’s the “Open Space Technology” approach described by Harrison Owen. For more background, see wikipedia.