We have developed a series of hands-on, in-person opportunities to share your ideas with Fourcasters and iterate on your ideas. These sessions include workshops on content feedback, rapid prototyping advice, public speaking techniques, and PowerPoint presentation skills. The Fourcast Lab will also be at the O-Week party. This is a great way to meet your team’s champion and pick up some Fourcast Lab swag! We look forward to seeing you! Below our O-Week schedule:
O-WEEK POP-UP CONSULTATIONS
Introduction to the Futures Design Challenge
Tuesday, September 24th 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM, MADD CENTER, CRERAR LIBRARY, 1ST FLOOR
The faculty and staff at the University of Chicago invite the Class of 2023 to join the UChicago Futures Design Challenge. This year’s inaugural topic is “Climate Change.” Join the numerous teams that have already signed up with your own team of 3-5 students. Your team can turn to any discipline or interdisciplinary approach to prototype and design an intervention into the issue of climate change and present it in a form of your choice. If you haven’t joined the challenge before this date, it’s not too late! You can join us for an information session that will cover the rules and give you opportunities to form your own team.
For more information, visit Futures Design Challenge.
Lunch with the Fourcasters and FDC Q&A
Tuesday, September 24th 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, SMART MUSEUM Lobby
Join us for lunch with faculty and students associated with Fourcast Labs and the Futures Design Challenge. This is a chance to meet new people at the university, discuss climate change, and visit the Smart Museum.
Futures Design Challenge Consultations
Tuesday, September 24th 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, SMART MUSEUM Breakout session seated on pillows in groups in the gallery
Come to the Smart Museum to learn the different ways that you can participate in the Futures Design Challenge and how to maximize your strengths and interests. Meet faculty and other students who share the same interests and start working on your solution to climate change! Pick up some late-game pointers on how to excel at the Futures Design Challenge.
Pitch Perfect
Wednesday, September 25th 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM,
A pitch is a brief speech that sparks interest in your ideas. Many people use them to generate interest in a project, product, policy, or yourself! This session is dedicated to teaching participants on perfecting an interesting, memorable, and succinct project pitch. Come learn skills related to pitches, public speaking, and PowerPoint presentations that will help you with the Futures Design Challenge — or any other pitch you might deliver in the future.
Futures Design Challenge
Friday, September 27th, LOGAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
The challenge will be a day-long, face-to-face competition that takes place Friday, September 27th at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, involving multiple rounds. In the preliminary round, teams will be assigned to small clusters. Each team will present their design to Fourcaster judges. Judges will provide feedback and teams will have an opportunity to make adjustments to their presentations in preparation for the final round of the Futures Design Challenge. In the final round, teams will present their designs to all FDC Judges and participants. Teams will have 5-7 minutes to present. All teams will use PowerPoint presentations that should be ready and uploaded prior to the start of the final round.
