Unorgodox Event Organisation

Working in the digital Research Technical Professional (dRTP) space requires us to think differently about how we gather people and curate collaborative, interdisciplinary spaces. The traditional academic conference format is left unfit for this purpose, and dRTP leaders of the future will need to create a suite of innovative event styles which transcend disciplinary boundaries. Join us to discover what goes into the architecture of productive spaces through unorthodox event formats.

The training will consist of three parts:

1. The Event Laboratory: a workshop where we test, tweak, and transform community gatherings (2 half-days, online). At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to organize and run novel or unconventional events. It will address both practicalities and more philosophical considerations. Together we will generate a learning resource on novel events. One session will take place in the afternoon of the 16th June, and another the afternoon of the 18th June, taken by Heidi Seibold of the Digital Research Academy.
2. The summer conference season will then provide participants an opportunity to lend a curious and critical eye to the academic events they attend, thinking about them in the context of the online training sessions.
3. Finally, on the 17th-18th September we will gather at the University of Warwick for a 2-day workshop where participants will have the chance to share their reflections as well as put some ideas into action through some experimentation.

For more details on how to register, head to the website. This training is funded by DisCouRSE’s flexible fund round 1 award, aimed at empowering dRTPs to be effective future leaders.