Day 1 — Monday, September 21st: Opportunities
for Transformational Impact. Think high risk-high payoff: Participants
will have the chance to think outside the box and articulate ideal future
states with few or no constraints. Nothing is off the table —
concepts should be bold and broad! Sectors such as health, transportation,
security, entertainment are only beginnings.
Day 2 — Tuesday, September 22nd: Technical Stumbling
Blocks to the Dreams. Continue to add to our opportunities list, but
we’ll season the grand schemes with a dash of reality. What are the
true technical issues that must be addressed to realize success? (Saying
“More Money” does not count!) What is on your dream list to be fixed?
A lack of actuator authority, power, efficiency, complexity, multiple
scale or are all the parts there and just need to be integrated or what…?
Day 3 — Wednesday, September 23rd: Forming of National
Transformational Teams. Here we are looking for self-forming groups
who, on the basis of common interest, resources, personality, or who
just want to continue SMASIS camaraderie, to attack specific opportunity
topics. The groups will decide how deep they dig, the team character
(from simple chat groups to coalitions or teams for future research),
and what their goals and end products will be. We will include time
on the agenda at next year’s SMASIS for groups to report on progress
and updates.
