A scheduling suggestion
Given the quality of speakers and the very novel themes in this year’s Lote, as well as the number of new Edgeryders we are expecting - it seems we’ll need to make an effort to provide contexts for each theme and offer participants the opportunity to connect with each and find common threads. I suggest we allocate the first half of each conference day for a number of selected talks in order to:
- shed light on the theme in a consistent way so there is a sense of collective learning: one morning for Open Care, one morning for Development, at a minimum.
2) speakers to get maximum exposure and increase the return on their investment (a need that is being worked on already)
Then the afternoon sessions can happen in parallel, per each track. How does this sound? I know previous LOTEs were entirely action based, but the feeling I’m getting is that now we’ll have more people who don’t know of each other’s backgrounds and also a greater need for the event to result in concrete partnerships (exhibit A being Open Care).