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JAM Description
Imagine a Jam session in music. You come together, bringing your instruments, your skills, and your open mind. Someone sets up a theme, and you start to Jam around it. You bounce your ideas off other people, and play around with what comes back. Together, you build something which none of you could have built alone. And at the same time, you are learning new ideas, discovering more about how you work and whom you best work with, sharpening your skills, and having a great time.
The Global Sustainability Jam works in just the same way. But it's not music you are Jamming - it's ideas. You'll be working with people you might never have met before, bouncing ideas off one another and building on what bounces back. And it's not just talking - you are here to turn your ideas into a concrete action which you or somebody else might want to make real. Perhaps it will be a service, a physical device, an initiative, a network, or something no-one has thought of yet. It’s all about doing, not talking!
In a Jam everyone is welcome! Designers, sustainability experts, professors, business people, teachers, hackers, makers, artists, students, kids, mums and even grandpas - you will form teams and work together for 48 hours to create brand-new real-world ideas which can make a difference.
The sustainability jam is 48 hours of working together, creating great ideas and finding big solutions, exchanging methods and problem solving tools and of course having a great time. It’s all about sustainability of course. By coming up with environmental and social friendly solutions, together we will make Kuwait a better place in just 48 hours.
The Global Sustainability Jam works in just the same way. But it's not music you are Jamming - it's ideas. You'll be working with people you might never have met before, bouncing ideas off one another and building on what bounces back. And it's not just talking - you are here to turn your ideas into a concrete action which you or somebody else might want to make real. Perhaps it will be a service, a physical device, an initiative, a network, or something no-one has thought of yet. It’s all about doing, not talking!
In a Jam everyone is welcome! Designers, sustainability experts, professors, business people, teachers, hackers, makers, artists, students, kids, mums and even grandpas - you will form teams and work together for 48 hours to create brand-new real-world ideas which can make a difference.
The sustainability jam is 48 hours of working together, creating great ideas and finding big solutions, exchanging methods and problem solving tools and of course having a great time. It’s all about sustainability of course. By coming up with environmental and social friendly solutions, together we will make Kuwait a better place in just 48 hours.
JAM Program
Nov. 20 : Thursday from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm Jam Intro & Ice Breakers
Nov. 21 : Friday from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm Sustainability Gurus Meet & Group Work & Fun
Nov. 22 : Saturday from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm Groups Prototype Ideas & Present Results to Cool Judges
Through the weekend, you'll be linked to other jammers on the globe (through the Global Jam platform), working in different ways on different answers to the same challenge, sharing problems, advice, and insights. At the end of the Jam, you will publish your results to the world.
As a rough guideline for coming up with great new ideas we follow a user-centered and design thinking process.
We usually follow the process below to come up with great ideas:
Nov. 21 : Friday from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm Sustainability Gurus Meet & Group Work & Fun
Nov. 22 : Saturday from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm Groups Prototype Ideas & Present Results to Cool Judges
Through the weekend, you'll be linked to other jammers on the globe (through the Global Jam platform), working in different ways on different answers to the same challenge, sharing problems, advice, and insights. At the end of the Jam, you will publish your results to the world.
As a rough guideline for coming up with great new ideas we follow a user-centered and design thinking process.
We usually follow the process below to come up with great ideas:
- Collecting Information (about the topic & context & people involved)
- Connecting the Findings (making sense of patterns & actions)
- Extracting Opportunities (brainstorming & ideation)
- Executing a Solution (prototyping a solution that fits best)
JAM Organizers & Guests
The Jam is a non-profit community based event which is run on a volunteer basis by a group of multi-displinary professionals.
Various professionals will join the jam to share their expertise, feedback, and inspiration around the theme of sustainability, creating a melting pot of creativity and inspiration during the Jam.
A big thank you to everyone who dedicated their time and effort to make this Jam happen :)
Various professionals will join the jam to share their expertise, feedback, and inspiration around the theme of sustainability, creating a melting pot of creativity and inspiration during the Jam.
A big thank you to everyone who dedicated their time and effort to make this Jam happen :)
Yara Al Adib
Facilitator & Jam Host After attaining a degree in Graphic Design from the American University of Beirut, Yara Al Adib, then moved to Italy to pursue a Masters degree in Service Design and Social Innovation, a human-centeric approach to design and problem solving. At Politecnico di Milano, Yara learned to place the user in the center and work around his/her needs and barriers. Her stay in Europe widened her scope of design and innovation and sent her back to Kuwait where she aims to implement change through design thinking. Yara was a previous Jammer in Milan serval times; this is why she thought of introducing the Jam to Kuwait, aiming to host it on a yearly-basis. |
Abdullah Al Hussainan
Jam Organizer & Guest Speaker With a Computer Engineering degree from Kuwait University, Abdullah Al Hussainan is the CTO of Sirdab Lab and co-founder of 3DPME a 3D printing service provider in Kuwait. Abdullah believes that 3D printing is giving consumers the power of manufacturing. He is also an Android developer and the co-founder of Kuwait Prayer Times app, one of the most used apps in Kuwait today. Abdullah is passionate about wearable technology and currently aiming to develop a game that enhances life through wearables. He managed to be a Glass explorer to help feed his passion. |
Alia Al Azzeh
Guest Speaker With personal interest in sustainability and a passion for architecture, Alia Al Azzeh managed to get her bachelors degree in Architecture from Kuwait University. After working in the architecture field for two years, Alia noticed the important role sustainability plays in our lives, so she decided to pursue her education and get a MSc in Sustainable Environmental Design in Architecture from the University of Liverpool, UK. Her role in helping to create change does not stop there. She is also a co-founder of yourAOK network, which is considered the first platform for creatives in the region that recognizes talent, and develops individual’s skills. |
Othman Ayman Boodai
Guest Speaker Mr. Othman Ayman Boodai aged 25 Years, is an evolving entrepreneur from the State of Kuwait. Being the founder CEO of Green Target Company that started with a capital of $210 USD, he developed it into a company worth $1,000,000 USD. Moreover, he is the Chairman of Green Plastic Factory Kuwait - a leading producer of Polyethylene Bags. Asides he also founded and managing a global real estate company and trading company. Mr. Othman places his hope on youngsters around the world, who can be inspired into successful entrepreneurial minds through informed choice. |
Abdulatif Al Mishari
Guest Speaker Abdulatif Almishari is a practicing architect based in Kuwait. His work aims at imparting the manifold issues related to development. Through his work with the public and private sectors and with civil society organizations he aims at providing ecologically sensitive solutions that take into account the multiplicity of factors in discourse. He is a principal architect at AAP, part of the curating team of the GSD’s Ecological Urbanism Exhibition, a cofounder of the Arabana Project, and an advisor at several Governmental agencies and task forces in State of Kuwait. |
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