Symposium
- Cardinality
- 5-7 attendees
- Duration
- 2.5h
- Venue type
- Home table, library room, or quiet partner venue
A private re-meet signal says the conversation should continue.
Open SymposiumFormats
Six formats for different kinds of connection.
Each gathering has bounded size, duration, venue constraints, and a reason to exist in the real world.
Agora
- Cardinality
- 12-25 attendees
- Duration
- 1.5h
- Venue type
- Civic hall, school room, or neutral public space
People can steelman opposing views without recording or performance.
Open Agora
Gymnasium
- Cardinality
- 8-15 attendees
- Duration
- 1-2h
- Venue type
- Trail, park, court, climbing wall, or walkable street grid
Movement lowers awkwardness and makes trust physical before it is verbal.
Open Gymnasium
Theater
- Cardinality
- 10-25 attendees
- Duration
- 2h
- Venue type
- Reading room, black box, church hall, or classroom
A shared text gives strangers a safe third object to think through.
Open Theater
Festival
- Cardinality
- 100-500 attendees
- Duration
- 1-3d
- Venue type
- Civic commons, campus, or multi-room venue cluster
A city sees itself across many small formats in one seasonal frame.
Open Festival
Aleatory
- Cardinality
- 4-6 attendees
- Duration
- 1.5h
- Venue type
- Small table, walk route, or simple community room
Chance breaks monoculture while hard constraints keep the room humane.
Open Aleatory