Calm Tech Café: Workshop on Calm Tech Ecosystem Generation
PROGRAM
9:00–9:10 | Welcome and Introduction
Introductions and workshop goals
Why Calm Tech—and why build a community around it in Norway?
9:10–9:35 | Amber Case: Calm Tech, attention, and meaningful time
Chronos time versus Kairos time: does technology create more meaningful time?
“Front brain / Back brain” framing for thinking about interaction
Defining and scoring pass-through technologies
Designing AI and other tools to support people’s attention, agency, and creativity
A little bit about the Calm Tech Institute history, why it matters and future goals.
9:35–10:00 | Amber Case: Calm Tech Certified®, Calm Tech Institute
How Calm Tech Institute works
Certification Criteria and Successful Norwegian and Global Products
10:00–10:30 | Fireside Chat - Tobias Dahl and Amber Case, Building Calm Tech and Community
How Calm Tech Cafe started, and why? How did CTI start?
Explore ways to bring Calm Tech into design, engineering, robotics, and other relevant educational programs.
Discuss how early guidance can help students develop a clear understanding of Calm Tech and apply it to projects and theses.
Consider the role of university advising, workshops, teaching materials, guest lectures, and partnerships.
Identify opportunities to connect students with founders, makers, researchers, and potential mentors.
Company and industry partnerships, funding and grants
Important to frame as first step in CTI x Norway ecosystem build up
Q+A
10:30–10:40 | Break
10:40–11:05 | Børge, Henry Audio: “How to Build Calm Tech Hardware”
Practical considerations in developing Calm Tech hardware
Lessons for teams moving from concept to prototype
Q+A
11:05–11:30 | Product Scaling: “How to Think About Global Scaling from Day 1”
Led by: TBA
Preparing products and teams to grow beyond their initial market
Scaling while preserving the qualities and values of Calm Tech
11:30–11:50 | TBA
11:50–12:30 | Education outlook
Discussion prompt: What is a practical first step for embedding Calm Tech in education in Norway? Facilitated by Amber Case and Tobias Dahl
What makes a successful curriculum?
What gives students flexible skills and mental models that allow them to understand changing futures?
What core concepts will ensure skill and capability?
What is a practical first step for embedding Calm Tech in education in Norway?
Explore ways to bring Calm Tech into design, engineering, robotics, and other relevant educational programs.
Discuss how early guidance can help students develop a clear understanding of Calm Tech and apply it to projects and theses.
Consider the role of university advising, workshops, teaching materials, guest lectures, and partnerships.
Identify opportunities to connect students with founders, makers, researchers, and potential mentors.
12:30–12:40 | Wrap Up, Conclusion
What support do student teams, founders, and companies need next?
How can universities, makers, mentors, industry, and funders contribute?
Should we form an Innovation Cluster through Innovation Norway?
What might an initial Norway-based cluster focus on?
Identify interested people and organizations
Agree on immediate follow-ups, owners, and a next conversation
12:40–1:00 | Time to hang out