Summit Program

Join us to mark the kick off of the Coworking Summit with a reception and cocktail at the new Cogite villa, with food, music, and more! The Evening’s Program: Welcome: Houssem Aoudi, Cogite Coworking Space Impact Roadtrip for Mideast Creatives: Arthur Steiner, Mideast Creatives Snapshots of Hope from around the Region Musical Performance by Moonshine Band

Ignite sessions are short speaker session designed to give a burst of inspiration, and some quick takeaway lessons on the theme of the day. This session is entitled “Building a Movement – Growing a local and global community one coffee, one confession, one invitation at a time” and will be led by Jonathan Robinson of Impact Hub.

Ignite sessions are short speaker session designed to give a burst of inspiration, and some quick takeaway lessons on the theme of the day. This session, entitled “The Courage to Select” is about recruiting talent into your team, and will be led by leadership and executive coach Rosalie Puiman.

Choose from Three Parallel Workshop Sessions: Leadership & the Art of Igniting Team Excellence– Rosalie Puiman Tools for Dreaming, Start-up, Operations and Scale – Jonathan Robinson & Ella Britton The Creative Chain – Job Keja

In Open Space sessions, you get to set the agenda! This time is left for the participants themselves to ask questions, set their priorities, and bring back any speakers or workshop leaders for a more personalized session.

Ignite sessions are short speaker session designed to give a burst of inspiration, and some quick takeaway lessons on the theme of the day. This session, entitled “The imperfect Present” will be led by Keith Wallace of De Investeerdersclub, the Dutch Business Angels club.

Ignite sessions are short speaker session designed to give a burst of inspiration, and some quick takeaway lessons on the theme of the day. This session entitled The Advantage of the Disadvantage is led by Job Keja

Choose from Two Parallel Workshops Effectuation: An Entrepreneurial Approach (advanced).– Keith Wallace Building a Strategy Using a Resource Based Approach – Yasser El Boureidy.

Speed mentoring is a popular method to meet and get advice and perspective of different mentors through a series of short, focused conversations about specific questions. In this session on business modeling, participants will have 15 minutes per mentor to delve into their model and get critical feedback.

In Open Space sessions, you get to set the agenda! This time is left for the participants themselves to ask questions, set their priorities, and bring back any speakers or workshop leaders for a more personalized session

Ignite sessions are short speaker session designed to give a burst of inspiration, and some quick takeaway lessons on the theme of the day. This session, entitled “Go Back to the Cave” will be led by Ashraf Foda of Vision Advertising  

Ignite sessions are short speaker session designed to give a burst of inspiration, and some quick takeaway lessons on the theme of the day. This session, entitled Convert Visitors into Paying Members, will be led by Eduardo Forte of Betahaus Barcelona.

Choose from 3 parallel workshop choices: The Power of Space: Making your Space an Active Team Member – Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes Play with your Brand – Ashraf Foda What’s your message? Practical campaigning skills to improve your space – Melchior Bussink.  

Choose from 3 parallel workshop offerings: A multi-camera slow motion journey – Sebastian Lindstrom Reputation is Key – Hazem Kaddour The power of space – Making your space an active team member – Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes

In Open Space sessions, you get to set the agenda! This time is left for the participants themselves to ask questions, set their priorities, and bring back any speakers or workshop leaders for a more personalized session.

Join us to close out the Coworking Summit with a Closing Celebration cocktail event at Cogite!