Security Jam Facilitators
19-23 March 2012
Be a part in the most exciting global conversation of the decade!
What is the Security Jam?
A four-days online brainstorm organised by the SDA and IBM with the support of the European External Action Service, the European Commission, NATO ACT, and the US Mission to NATO. The Security Jam will gather thousands of security experts and practitioners to come up with concrete solutions to the challenges of the 21st Century.
VIP Jammers will log in regularly to share their ideas and discuss in real-time with the thousands of jammers.
The Security Jam is organised into 8 discussion forums:
1. Future technologies & capabilities
2. International cooperation
3. Strategic partnerships
4. Crisis management
5. Facing the cyber-challenge
6. Transnational and hybrid threats
7. Libya – lessons learnt
8. Afghanistan – lessons learnt
The Security Jam will be moderated by senior experts from eight leading think-tanks, assisted by facilitators.
What is a facilitator?
Facilitators are bright young researchers or PhD students, and are responsible for ensuring that innovative and ground breaking ideas are heard during the debate. They log in for 3-hour shifts and read through the material posted. They ask questions to guide the discussion towards practical recommendations and flag any particularly exciting or innovative ideas to the “hosts”, ie senior moderators from the partner think-tanks.
The Security Jam is entirely online, meaning you can facilitate online discussions from anywhere in the world.
Facilitators will be given full training and will take part in a conference call ahead of the Jam to connect with their forum’s host.
Why become a facilitator?
The Security Jam gives facilitators the opportunity to work side by side with internationally recognised experts from leading think-tanks and to interact with senior VIPs the world over.
Facilitators will be credited by name in the Security Jam report, presented to the EU and NATO leaderships ahead of the May 2012 Chicago G8 and NATO summits, and at the SDA’s flagship NATO conference in Brussels in May 2012. The report will be distributed in hard copy to some 4,000 senior decision-makers globally, and in electronic copy to tens of thousands.
How to volunteer:
1. Register for the Security Jam online at www.securityjam.org
2. Send us your registration confirmation along with your CV and 100 words on why you should be a facilitator, specifying which forum you are applying for to Pauline.massart@securitydefenceagenda.org
Go to www.securityjam.org for more information.