Committed to Connecting the World World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change 29 May 2012 Montreal, Canada Saba.
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Committed to Connecting the World World Café @ ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change 29 May 2012 Montreal, Canada Saba Imru ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Image: Nancy Margulies 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Innovation & discovery in collaborative conversations • • • • • Understand complexity Explore the views of all stake-holders Test ideas and assumptions together Create new knowledge collectively Generate innovative solutions Originators of The World Café: Juanita Brown PhD & David Isaacs 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World What it looks like Images: cc theworldcafe; Rae Paladin, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World A change of pace • • • • • Informal, relaxed Frame-breaking Highly interactive All-inclusive Connects Images: Rae Paladin, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Goals for this World Café • Working session of the ITU Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change • Ensure active involvement of all participants • Facilitate exchanges and networking • Consolidate a community of interest • Connect global minds • Create the foundations for the “future we want” 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Who uses The World Café? 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Business Saudi Aramco • World’s largest producer and exporter of crude oil. • Over 50,000 employees, 100,000 contractors. • A first World Café in 2003 on strategic planning for their Engineering and Operations Department • Over 700 participants Image: cc theworldcafe 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Government & civil society Basque Agency for Innovation • Bilbao 2008, A World Café on introducing innovation as a core value in the local communities. • 770 participants representing many stakeholders: regional government, academia, R&D, business, health, social services, arts. Image: cc theworldcafe 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Academia Fielding Graduate University • Strategic insights for academic program development • Designing curriculum • World Café as a research system Image: cc theworldcafe 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World International Organizations ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau 7 April 2011, Geneva A World Café on innovation challenges and how to be the best SDO secretariat for the ITU-T membership Image: Rae Paladin, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World World Café @ ITU Green Standards Week 9 September 2011, Rome, Italy A World Café as last and conclusive session of the Workshop on Submarine Cables for Ocean/Climate Monitoring and Disaster Warning: Science, Engineering, Business and Law Result: Joint Task Force ITU, UNESCO/IOC and WMO 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World World Café @ ICT Innovations 19 March 2012, Geneva A World Café as working session for the ITU Workshop on "ICT Innovations“ To determine the key topics to be studied by the newly created Focus Group on Bridging the Gap: From Innovation to Standards and its working methods. Image: Kevin Quinto, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World and many more…… Businesses • • • • • • • • • • Nokia Telia Ericsson Intel Shell Petroleum Coca Cola Walt Disney Chevron Hewlett-Packard Agilent Academia • • • • University of California MIT Organizational Learning University of Texas University of Michigan Government and civil society • • • • Scandinavian Sustainability Forum European Union Ministry of Information Singapore Ministry of Education United Arab Emirates 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World How it works • Three conversation rounds, each triggered by a question • At each round – Explore questions together – Reflect & summarize • At the end of the round, change table and meet new people Image: Nancy Margulies 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World The knowledge is in the room 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Innovative Thinking Image: Rae Paladin, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Collaborative Talking Image: Rae Paladin, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Connect different perspectives Image: Nancy Marguiles 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World Harvest and share outcome Image: Rae Paladin, TSB 29 May 2012 Committed to Connecting the World See you at the World Café ! 29 May 2012