Our goal is to make Solve for X active, collaborative and useful to attendees, innovators anywhere and the world at large. The discussion of the proposed ideas is as important as the talks themselves.� We have structured our collaboration time as five "Exploration Sessions" that will all have two components:
There are three important questions that distinguish a Solve for X talk.
- Does it highlight a huge problem?
- Is there a concrete solution that could make a radical impact?
- Does it explain breakthrough science and technology that could enable this solution?
Speakers have a set of recommended Formulas for Speaking Success to help them effectively plan their talk.
Each talk will receive a small group structured feedback and brainstorming session from attendees.
Each "Exploration Session" will consist of 3-4 talks in a row followed by small group breakout discussion and then sharing back. Here's how it works:
Talk: 3-4 talks back-to-back (12 minutes each)
Brainstorm breakout: After the talks, we break out into small working brainstorm groups for 12 minutes with roughly eight people per table with two tables per talk. Each table will discuss their talk in two ways:
"yes, and..."
"yes, but..."
Report back: After 12 minutes of discussion, each group selects a reporter to give a two minute report back to the broader group. None of the discussion nor reporting back will be videotaped but we will document any electronic or written notes the team comes up with (without individual attribution). These notes will be given to the presenter and published online and offline after the presenter's review.
Quick datapoint: Right before we break, attendees will rate each idea on three criteria points (impact, practicality, technical ingenuity). These ratings will be published with speaker permission.
Break
We will be using this rule for our conversations.
"When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed."
Discussion and feedback at the event will be summarized in aggregate for each topic but individual authors will be completely anonymous. Also, the Chatham House Rule implies that while things won't be attributed to you, everything is public and so, nothing you want to keep confidential should be shared with the group.
After the gathering, we will be consolidating the talks and posting them on YouTube and this website (and will remove the password requirement for the site) so that we can make the ideas available to the attendees and the world.
We understand if things come up during the event; sometimes you may need to take an important call. We are flexible and understand, that said, we are encouraging full participation from each attendee and hope you can limit those interruptions as much as possible.
We want our speakers to have everything they need to succeed as a Solve for X speaker, so we've compiled some formulas to help them prepare. We hope these are useful for everyone to get a sense for Solve for X.
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