CITCon Open Space
I’m in Brussels at the moment, attending the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (aka CITCON). CITCON is as always being organized as an OpenSpace. You’re probably thinking “What is an OpenSpace”. Well, according to this description on the CITCON site:
OpenSpace is a small set of rules that allow groups of people to interact in a simple, productive, organized way to create valuable dialogs that address the participants’ most important issues.
The Fundamental ‘Rules’ of the sessions that happen during OpenSpace conferences are:
- Whoever shows up is the right group
- Whatever happens is the only thing that could have
- Whenever it starts is the right time
- When it’s over, it’s over.
The self-organizing nature of the conference and schedule are quite interesting. Yesterday was involved in everyone introducing themselves, ideas being proposed for the talk, and the gnomes doing their magic and the schedule magically appearing. The talks/discussions start today (Saturday) in 5 minutes. I’ll post back with my take after the conference.
