Agenda

Participants check-in and confirm attendance for the day

U.S. Ambassador and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs will kick off the bilateral summit

TechCamp Program Designers give an overview of the TechCamp, what participants should expect, and how to get the most out of the experience. Discuss the use of Slack (or Whatsapp) and invite participants who have not yet been able to access the platform to get assistance during the break

Participants join their predetermined groups and briefly introduce themselves

Participants move throughout the room to listen to trainers introduce themselves and learn about their training sessions

Participants are instructed to rank the training sessions they would like to attend, see table below, grab a coffee, and go to their brainstorming group

Participants join their predetermined groups with a facilitator to brainstorm challenges

Participants attend their first training session (the list of topic is below)

Participants receive their training sessions over lunch

TechCamp program designers group challenges and create general challenge statements

TechCamp Program Designers present challenge summaries (convergent), provide instructions for brainstorming session

Participants join a brainstorming group based on the challenge they would like to work and brainstorm the root causes and things that contribute to this issue, and how they might address this issue

Participants attend their second training session

Participants check-in and confirm attendance for the day

Menton and show the Project Worksheet

Participants return to their brainstorming groups, share any additional ideas they’ve had overnight, and challenge on which they would ideate solutions 

One representative from each group will share their refined challenge statement with root causes - give each challenge a color (or something) for participants to identify and then select a challenge statement

Prompt: What was your favorite idea from the brainstorming sessions?

Participants attend their third training session

Participants attend their fourth training session

Hoi An memories show. Dinner during the cultural tour

Participants check-in and confirm attendance for the day

Participants put their name by the challenge statement on which they are interested in developing a project. Give participants instructions for the rest of the day

Groups develop their project idea using the project worksheet and create a brief presentation

Prompt: What plans do you have for next weekend?

Groups develop their project idea using the project worksheet and create a brief presentation

The MFA speaker will deliver presentations on: (1) The MFA’s approach and know-how in organizing foreign policy messaging and advocacy campaigns

Prompt: What plans do you have for next weekend?

The MFA speaker will deliver presentations on: (2) The MFA’s experiences in foreign policy messaging innovation.

Project groups discuss any feedback received and make a plan regarding next steps of the project. Participants complete their TechCamp surveys