Meeting+Notes+Aug+15

Alex and I chatted and thought there were several things to bring forward this year: A blend of technologies in the context of discussion on youth engagement A practical exercise to have youth collaborate and build something creatively during the event One suggestion is to have them document their spaces - where they play, get inspired, find information, network - could be done via screen captures / podcsats / videocasts pre Symposium then put together into an application on the day in real time … superimpose this over the types of spaces we create for them and expose the gaps. Have a multifaceted age-range of speakers like last year, also try and connect with some international again, e.g., NZ, Canada (NWT) Setup Wikipages registration (we did reserve mobilizethis.wikispaces.com for this purpose but requires some work before distributing). Keep the BYS06 low key feel but promote a broadrange of participation and contributions, i.e., we don't want this to grow into a conference style thing where people pay to come and listen … needs to be free and open and encouraging co-creation of ideas if we are to include youth and practice what we believe in around social co-construction of knowledge Looked at NSW use of Adobe connect as an application to utilize and showcase as a meeting space - Alex agreed to be the conduit to NSW learnscope projects and promote to his teams … he has identified some youth initiatives that might work to connect into. Bill has asked Adobe to consider some formal support and sponsorship of the event this year as one goal was to showcase some software at the Symposium Logistics are occuring at CDU for the physical space for the event (thanks Linda) and will be growing opportunities for the hubs Hoped that BYS and Reagan wil lteam up this year to join us virtually and showcase a youth band again - we liked that a lot!!! That's it from our conversation so far … Input and ideas welcome folks! Cheers Bill