In the opening circle, attendees come together to introduce themselves and foster connections with one another through some icebreaker activities. This segment aims to introduce the program designers, elucidate the program’s goals and schedule, highlighting guest speakers and panelists. The organization team also provides a brief introduction to our past activities, including the Porto MeetUp and Design Research phase.
The organization team clarifies the program’s framework, certification criteria, outline upcoming program phases, and introduce Slack as our primary communication channel.