WORLD CAFÉ

BIOMASTER World Café 01 Norwich, 30 November 2011

How can we enhance our capacity to talk and think more deeply together about the critical issues facing our communities, our organizations, our nations, and our planet?

How can we access the mutual intelligence and wisdom we need to create innovative paths forward?

WHAT IS THE WORLD CAFÉ FOR?

World Café is designed primarily to generate collective knowledge sharing, webs of personal relationships, and new possibilities for action.

DESIGN & EMERGENCE

Designed structures have predetermined specifications Emergent structures predicted are often self organized in ways that cannot be World Café conversations simultaneously engage both the intentional process of design and the natural process of emergence in order to encourage coherence without control

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The World Café consists of three rounds lasting 15 minutes each After every round people move from table to table There are questions for each round Everybody can use the paper table cloth to ideas and insights draw, doodle, note down The “ table host ” stays at the same table and previous conversation for the new guests summarizes the

WORLD CAFÉ ASSUMPTIONS

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

WORLD CAFÉ ETIQUETTE

Focus on what matters!

• • • • • • Contribute your thinking and expertise Speak your mind and heart Listen to understand Link and connect ideas Listen together for patterns, insights, and deeper questions Play! Doodle! Draw!

THE SESSION

AGENDA

10:40 – 11:30 World Café – Discussions 11:30 – 11:50 World Café – Résumé and Reflection 11:50 – 12:00 Wrap up and closing the session

TABLES & TOPICS

Table 1 – hosted by Alison CARTWRIGHT, Norfolk County Council „Multiple small anaerobic digestions versus large centralised anaerobic digestions for biogas upgrading“ or „What is the most efficient way of generating biomethane for small waste producers “ Table 2 – hosted by Paul BONHAM, Norse Commercial Services “Direct biomethane to vehicle use versus injection into the gas grid and then use in cars” Table 3 – hosted by David PICKERING, National Grid Gas plc “Barriers to gas grid entry with a focus on capacity issues”

… and now, let us start to shape our futures through conversations that matter …

TABLES & TOPICS

Table 1 – hosted by Alison CARTWRIGHT, Norfolk County Council „Multiple small anaerobic digestions versus large centralised anaerobic digestions for biogas upgrading“ or „What is the most efficient way of generating biomethane for small waste producers “ Table 2 – hosted by Paul BONHAM, Norse Commercial Services “Direct biomethane to vehicle use versus injection into the gas grid and then use in cars” Table 3 – hosted by David PICKERING, National Grid Gas plc “Barriers to gas grid entry with a focus on capacity issues”