Sound Chemistry’s goal is to facilitate the free flow of ideas within an organised structure. The idea is firstly to establish a sense of trust between participants after which they can self organise to discuss current challenges, new opportunities, and potential collaborations in small groups, relying on guided discussion rather than rigid moderation.
The programme is deliberately relaxed and includes six breakout session that can be used flexibly to host roundtables, show off demos, share prototypes, and organise small hack sessions.
Any suggestions/feedback (e.g. via email to Hessam.Mehr@glasgow.ac.uk) on the tentative workshop programme below would be greatly appreciated.
Activities
We’ll be trialing a new fast-paced format that includes the following activities.
Research introductions
Each participant has a 10 minutes to present three slides about themselves (download presentation template):
- Who am I? Possibly about your background, trajectory, maybe research dreams?
- What do I do? Past, present, future projects. Research challenges, especially current or anticipated.
- Why? What you would like to take away from the workshop. Projects
In the following 5 minutes, the roles are reversed and the audience have an opportunity to pitch ideas, suggest potential collaborators (including themselves), etc. to the speaker.
Demos
There will be time for 1–2 hours of demos. These provide an opportunity to show off something that you have been working on and allow everyone to see/interact with/tinker with it.
Thursday 7th March
Spaces booked for Thursday:
- ARC 224 (capacity 10): 10:30–16:00
- ARC 244 (capacity 8): 9:00–17:00
| Description | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tea/coffee and pastries | ARC Rooms 224, 244 | 10:00–10:30 |
| Research introductions 1 (10 mins + 5 mins discussion each) | ARC Room 224 | 10:30–11:30 |
| ARC Level 5 tour | ARC Level 5 | 11:30–12:00 |
| Catered lunch | ARC Rooms 224, 244 | 12:00–13:00 |
| Research introductions 2 (10 mins + 5 min discussion each) | ARC Room 224 | 13:00–14:00 |
| Demos, pitches, brainstorming | ARC Room 224 | 14:00–15:00 |
| Tea/coffee break | ARC Rooms 224, 244 | 15:00–15:30 |
| Breakout session 1a | ARC Room 224 | 15:30–17:00 |
| Breakout session 1b | ARC Room 244 | 15:30–17:00 |
| Conference dinner | Mosob restaurant 56 Dundas St, Glasgow G1 2AQ | 19:30–21:00* |
Friday 8th March*
Spaces booked for Friday:
- ARC 224 (capacity 10): 9:00–15:00
- ARC 225 (capacity 16): 9:00–15:00
| Description | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Tea/coffee and pastries | ARC Room 225 | 9:30–10:00 |
| Demos, pitches, brainstorming | ARC Room 225 | 10:00–11:00 |
| Breakout session 2a | ARC Room 224 | 11:00–12:00 |
| Breakout session 2b | ARC Room 225 | 11:00–12:00 |
| Catered lunch | ARC Room 225 | 12:00–13:00 |
| Afternoon flexi session* | ||
| Breakout session 3a | ARC Room 224 | 13:00–14:00 |
| Breakout session 3b | ARC Room 225 | 13:00–14:00 |
| Tea/coffee break | ARC Room 225 | 14:00–14:30 |
| Closing remarks | ARC Room 225 | 14:30–15:00 |
| Unofficial end of workshop | — | 15:00 |