An unconference is a fully attendee-driven event that consciously breaks the structure and hierarchy of traditional conferences where predefined talks are delivered by experts and consumed by participants. The agenda is generated at the beginning of each day and everybody can propose themes for presentation, discussion, exchange of ideas and/or learning from others. In that sense, all participants co-create the event, switching places between teaching and learning throughout the unconference. Furthermore, ideas flow not only within the boundaries of sessions, but are also encouraged through networking, extending previous discussions in the free time purposefully allocated.

At the beginning of each day, we all gather in the “Marketplace” to propose discussion topics. Everybody with an idea for discussion briefly presents it and puts a card on the board. Finally, all topics are voted, and the top-scoring ones are put in the reserved time slots (~1 hour). It is extra helpful if one person from each session sums it up in a 1-page flipchart (called “harvest”), as we plan to gather all harvests and share a glimpse of all discussions regardless of if you attended or not. Note that the whole Marketplace/Sessions procedure will be thoroughly explained on Friday afternoon!

The Agile Retreat’s goal is to serve as a deep learning experience in a beautiful setting. We meet to discuss problems, share lessons learned, improve our knowledge, exchange and challenge ideas about all aspects of agility and human-centered work.

If you are interested in developing your agile experience and professional network, then you are at the right place! We expect a broad spectrum of participants: Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Team Leaders, Developers, Managers in Agile organizations and beyond.

You can register by clicking and completing our registration form here.

You can select whether you want to book a single or a double room. After submitting the form, we will send you an email with the hotel’s payment options to complete the Agile Retreat registration process.

We recommend that you finalise your registration early to reserve your spot since there is a limit of 60 participants for the event.

Please provide your invoice data via email to the hotel upon your registration at [email protected]. They will issue an invoice.

The venue, Epirus Palace in Ioannina is around 4,5h of driving from Athens center and 10min of driving from Ioannina’s Airport.

There will definitely be some activities during the weekend. The cost of these activities is *not* included in the price and is *not* covered by the organizers.

We are working to offer choices for different activities in the area and we are open to sponsorships.

Absolutely. Contact the venue, Epirus Palace, for family accommodation options and pets rules:

Phone:(+30) 2651093555

email: [email protected]