Cultures Link by Video at the Dialogue Cafe

Technology has enormous potential to help better the lives of people, but it is people who are the real solutions to the world's problems. A broad dialogue between a diverse group of people - young and old, rich and poor - can exponentially expand our collective ability to solve problems and innovate as a global community. Dialogue Cafe works to facilitate communication between people from all walks of life, across the world, to address social issues ranging from youth literacy to urban development. "Dialogue Café is an extremely important tool to develop knowledge globally, to educate" says one user.

Recently launched in Istanbul, Dialogue Cafe's premise is that given the opportunity, ordinary people will explore their common interests, even across geo-political divides. Dialogue Cafés around the world will be linked by high definition screens so that ordinary people from different cultures can meet, talk and innovate together. The cafes are a bottom-up movement that complements the tradition of addressing sustainability issues from the top. Each cafe will have TelePresence screens that will enable people to chat, exchange ideas and collaborate in new ways. People can be directly involved in creating solutions in their communities - solutions that need not be isolated. Find out how to get involved online and start the conversation!