ConPosium
Overview
On 14-15 April 2012, Miami Law will host the second part-virtual, part-live ConPosium that will combine traditional conference-style panels with virtual, real-time, interactive participation. Importantly, panels will incorporate student, academic, and practitioner presentations and interchange. The Conposium itself will be recorded and then eventually edited, video-visualized, and packaged along with the other edited videos into a Course-in-a-Box for CLE credit.
Like last year, the format of the ConPosium will be something like Dragon's Den/Shark Tank meets American Idol. The focus will be on this year's eleven LawWithoutWalls topics. Students, practitioners, and academics will talk about and engage on the topics, and students will showcase their Projects of Worth - some of which will be "real" business ideas (at various stages of development) and others will be creative innovations that seek to add value in other ways. Each team will have one thought leader help set the stage and provide background and commentary on the topic/industry. This thought leader will sit with the students as they present and be considered part of the cohesive presentation. Additionally, we will have four people play the role of "judges." Two of the "judges" will be venture capitalists/entrepreneurs (who are used to gauging and developing new ideas in many disciplines) and two will be lawyers or business professionals. The "judges" will question, push and critique the presenters - focusing on (but not limited to) four factors: substance, creativity, feasibility, and presentation style. Although we have venture capitalists on the judging panel, projects will be assessed for their feasibility as it relates to practicality, not necessarily financial viability. Some of these judges will be with us "live" (see below) and a few will participate virtually. The audience will also participate via Skype chat during the presentations and use clickers to actually "click" in their votes for the best Projects of Worth based on the four factors.
