Several parallel OS ?

[Marc Steinlin (I-P-K)]

Dear all,

I am discussing with a client the organisation of a 1 day Open Space  
on regional development in Latin America - on a quite large range of  
issues from renewable energy to food production to ICTs to  
environmental management. They expect about 160 people to take part in  
it.

In principle we have agreed on it. But now the organisers have come  
back to me, telling me that they are not able to find a suitable venue  
for it (it will be in Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain - does  
anybody coincidentally know a large room there?). The only hotel with  
a really large room is booked at the given date, the conference centre  
only has rooms with auditorium furnishing screwed to the floor, so  
that's not working.

Now they have found one hotel, where they can get 4 rooms: two of 75  
sq.m each and two of 140 sq.m each. Now we will never get 160 persons  
in one 140 sq.m room for the circle and market place. They now suggest  
to hold four parallel OS, one in each room with a part of  
participants: to have four different topics and people choose in which  
OS they want to participate.
I think we could get 80 people in each of the two rooms and hold two  
parallel OS on two topics - and somehow also allow them to drift  
between the two.
I would still have the problem that I can only open the space in one  
of the two and would need a second person for the other half.

Has anybody ever done something similar? Any suggestions, experiences?  
Is that risky or even "inspiring"?

Warm regards,
-marc



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