Dialogue Events: 2

• "A process of communication in which two or more participants engage in an open exploration of issues and relationships on an equitable basis."

• "Dialogue is the exchange of ideas, opinions, beliefs, and feelings between participants - both speakers and audience. It is listening with respect to others and being able to express one's own views with confidence.

• "Dialogue is not silence, chaos or one person or faction monopolising the session."

What does that mean in practice?

A dialogue event normally involves between 20 and 200 people exploring a subject ( that need not be scientific in nature) for which there is no obvious, clear cut, answer. Dialogue events can last an entire day ( or even days!) but will often take just half a day to introduce students to the idea

THe aims of a dialogue event include: