The Eclectic Exchange Convivium

The Eclectic Exchange Convivium: A feast of Conversation.

Description

One block over from every conference you've ever attended.

The Eclectic Exchange Convivium is a full day of real conversation. One room, thinking out loud together — building on each other's ideas, sitting with difficult questions, and leaving with something that was genuinely made in the room.

Convivium comes from the Latin: a living together, a shared feast. The feast is the conversation. You'll spend the day around tables, thinking out loud with other people, building on each other's ideas, and making something in the room together.

"As we make things easier, people are slipping through the cracks. What are we here to do about it?"

The Convivium grows out of the Bring Back the Humans campaign — a fall 2026 exploration of what we're losing and what's still possible. This is where the conversation continues, in person, with a room full of people asking the same questions you are.

Format

Time

Session

8:30 – 9:00

Arrival and welcome

Coffee, snacks, unstructured time. The container of trust begins before the agenda does.

9:00 – 9:30

Opening

The central question: as we make things easier, people are slipping through the cracks. What are we here to do about it?

9:30 – 10:30

Conversation session

Questions worth asking. Tables work through questions together.

10:30 – 10:45

Break

Snacks and informal conversation. The room keeps talking.

10:45 – 12:15

The Eclectic Exchange · Session 1

Two simultaneous peer learning groups. First session with full peer discussion — no expert at the front, just the people in the room doing the thinking together.

12:15 – 1:15

Lunch

Catered. Unstructured. Sit where you want. The conversation continues.

1:15 – 2:45

The Eclectic Exchange · Session 2

Second session. Deeper into the material with the trust built in the morning.

2:45 – 3:00

Break

Afternoon snacks. Last breather before the close.

3:00 – 4:00

Full group recap

Everyone back together. What stayed with you? What are you taking back? What's one thing you'll do differently?

4:00 – 4:30

Close

Good days don't always end on time, so we've given ourselves a buffer.