Unconference: Efficient Programming Languages

An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. Attendees come together, bringing their challenges and relying on the experience and know-how of their peers for solutions. A professional facilitator is also there to help keep the discussion moving forward, but where it goes is up to the participants.

It’s a facilitated peer group that avoids the hierarchical aspects of a conventional conference, such as a top-down organization. Only the broad themes are predetermined. Everything else is just space for attendees to sound off ideas together, relate to shared challenges and rewards, and identify new ideas and goals.

Our unconference sessions have been based on the Open Space Technology and Lean Coffee format since 2006.


Date

Tuesday Apr 9 / 02:45PM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Rutherford (4th Fl.)

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