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DINNERS & CIRCLES · AFTER THE STAGE

After the stage

The work continues at a table of twelve and in a circle that meets for three months. Curators compose both.

TWO TABLES EVERY EVENING
CHATHAM HOUSE RULE

A dinner before the stage and one after

17:00 · BEFORE THE STAGE12-14 seats
The Table Before
WHO IS AT THE TABLE

The evening’s host and speakers. Guests: business operators, researchers, investors.

ABOUT WHAT

A closed conversation before the public part. Guests ask the questions you cannot ask from the floor.

22:15 · AFTER THE CLOSE16-18 seats
The Table After
WHO IS AT THE TABLE

Speakers, the builders who demoed, programme curators.

ABOUT WHAT

A debrief while it is still warm: what we heard and what to do on Monday. Most circles start here.

HOW THE TABLE IS COMPOSED

Seats are not allocated in order of application. Curators compose the table so that different kinds of experience argue with each other.

Business operators40%
Researchers and engineers20%
Capital20%
Builders and founders20%
Chatham House Rule
You may use what was said, but not who said it. No recording, no filming, no names published. This is a condition of attendance.
Priority
Season pass holders first, then season partners, then invited guests and applications. Founding partners hold a reserved seat allocation.
Cost
Price will be announced with the season pricing. The dinner is not included in a ticket and is bought separately; for founding partners it is included.
We answer every application. Not everyone gets a seat - the table is limited by number and by composition.

Apply for a dinner

Curators reply no later than ten days before the encounter.

DINNER APPLICATION fof@i8gl.com
TOPIC CIRCLES

Six to eight people. One topic. Three months.

A working group with a convenor and a programme researcher. The output is a memo that enters the Signals Ledger and may be published.

01
Proposal

After an encounter any participant may propose a circle: one topic, one question worth working through.

02
Composition

Curators assemble 6-8 people so that each circle holds a practitioner, a researcher and a sceptic.

03
The work

Three months, meeting every two weeks. A programme researcher supplies sources and fact-checking.

04
The memo

The output is a working memo: what we learned, what we verified, what we recommend. It enters the Signals Ledger.

CADENCE
Every two weeks · 90 minutes · in person in Moscow or hybrid · one convenor · a programme researcher supplies sources and fact-checking
WHERE IT LEADS
Some circles end in a memo, some in a pilot or a joint study. Conversations about the ecosystem fund happen in person.
SEASON 01 CIRCLES

One circle per encounter

ENROLMENT OPENS A WEEK AFTER THE RELEVANT ENCOUNTER · CURATORS COMPOSE EACH CIRCLE
01How to Fall in Love with the FutureFUTURES LITERACYopens after encounter 01
02AI After the ChatbotAIopens after encounter 02
03Machines Among UsROBOTICSopens after encounter 03
04The Programmable HumanBIOTECHopens after encounter 04
05Energy After ScarcityENERGYopens after encounter 05
06Capital for What Comes NextCAPITALopens after encounter 06
07The Futures We ChooseSOCIETYopens after encounter 07

Propose a circle or join one

Name one of the season’s topics or propose your own.

CIRCLES fof@i8gl.com