Stock Photo - Checking her stop watch, a speed dating organizer prepares to blow a whistle at a California restaurant In speed dating, men and women are rotated to meet each other over a series of short ´dates´, usually lasting from 3 to 8 minutes before the organizer blows a whistle to signal the participants to move on to the next date At the end of the event participants submit to the organizers a list of who they would like to provide their contact information to If there is a match, contact information is forwarded to both parties Contact information cannot be traded during the initial meeting