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 Certification, Calm Tech Institute, etc.

  • How Calm Tech Institute works

  • Certification Criteria and Successful Norwegian and Global Products

10:00–10:30 | Børge, Henry Audio: “How to Build Calm Tech Hardware”

  • Practical considerations in developing Calm Tech hardware

  • Lessons for teams moving from concept to prototype

10:30–10:45 | Break

10:45–11:15 | Scaling Lab: “How to Think About (Global) Scaling from Day 1”

  • Preparing products and teams to grow beyond their initial market

  • Scaling while preserving the qualities and values of Calm Tech

11:15–11:45 | Fireside Chat - Tobias Dahl and Amber Case, Building Calm Tech and Community

  • How Calm Tech Cafe started, and why? How did CTI start?

  • Company and industry partnerships, funding and grants

  • Important to frame as first step in CTI x Norway ecosystem build up

11:50–12:30 | Education Discussion

Discussion prompt: What is a practical first step for embedding Calm Tech in education in Norway? Facilitated by Amber Case and Tobias Dahl

  • What is a practical first step for embedding Calm Tech in education in Norway?

  • What gives students flexible skills and mental models that allow them to understand changing futures?

  • What makes a successful curriculum? What core concepts will ensure skill and capability?

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?