What is This Solutions Workshop?
This Solutions Workshop is more than just a workshop. It is a collaborative space where diverse talents, perspectives, and experiences come together to create innovative storytelling projects using new ideas and technology. The event mirrors real-world intersections of community, technology, design, and narrative, ensuring every project is both impactful and trasnformative.
Teams & Collaboration
Collaborative by Design: Teams are formed during the first hour, with the goal of ensuring every role is represented. working together isn’t just encouraged—it’s the foundation of the event.
First Challenge: Each team must identify their members’ strengths, define their shared mission, and outline how their diverse perspectives will shape their project.
Key Roles
- Community Advocate – Brings cultural integrity, ensuring projects authentically reflect human stories, values, and traditions.
- Tech Creator – Builds the technical foundation, transforming virtual ideas into real experiences.
- Storyteller – Crafts the narrative, giving the project heart, emotion, and authenticity.
- Designer – Focuses on user experience, accessibility, and creating innovative, engaging interactions.
Why It Matters
The Solutions Workshop isn’t just about creating an a prototype or solving a challenge—it’s about building a story of collaboration. Success is measured not only in the final product but also in how teams embrace challenges, amplify unique perspectives, and create something greater together than they could alone.
At the end, teams present both their project and the story of how their challenge has the potential to make New Orleans a better place.
Projects align to three tracks so your skills land where they’re most impactful:
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Humanities & Culture (Human): ethics, identity, creativity, and cultural expression in the age of AI—tools that support storytellers, artists, archivists, and cultural institutions.
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City & Society (Civic): public services, civic engagement, and smart-city strategies—prototypes that help residents access info, navigate services, and participate in decision-making.
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Technology & Infrastructure (Systems): the architecture, workflows, and tools behind reliable AI—data pipelines, automation, and integrations that make ideas deployable.
Teams & Collaboration
- Participants – Developers, designers, strategists, and innovators who will actively build and pitch solutions.
- Mentors – Experienced professionals and subject matter experts who guide teams, provide feedback, and support collaboration.
- Community leaders – Non-profit organization experts with a vision and a challenge
