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INDIE IS A LIFE STYLE THAT DEFINES AN EMERGING CULTURE AND A WHOLE NEW GENERATION. * A NEW WORLD NEEDS OF A NEW GENERATION, WE DON’T LIVE IN THE PAST ANYMORE! we indie * 24 th to 28 th SEPTEMBER 2014 LISBON, PORTUGAL A NEW LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITIES 4 TH EDITION!

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INDIE IS A LIFE STYLE THAT DEFINES AN EMERGING CULTURE AND A WHOLE NEW GENERATION.

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A NEW WORLD NEEDS OF A NEW GENERATION,

WE DON’T LIVE IN THE PAST ANYMORE!

we  

indie *

24th to 28th SEPTEMBER 2014 LISBON, PORTUGAL

A NEW LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITIES

4TH EDITION!

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According to the dictionary, 'indie' is an informal version of the word independent. By this definition, indie is any business or designer that is not associated with a large company. Indie can also define the consumer who prefers to support small business, independent record labels and handmade items rather than shopping at big-box stores.

Although this definition is accurate, the word has come to mean more. For many, it has come to symbolize originality and forward-thinking, especially in the design of a very individual and particular life style.

This doesn’t make indies individualistic; this just makes them original. Indies are very much caring people that love fairness and strive to make choices that reflect that fair way of living life while keeping a very strong sense of self worth and independence. The purpose is not to feel unique, the idea is to embrace uniqueness and BE unique.

Based on this, there could not be a proper definition of an indie person; there are no specific guidelines, requirements, or strict definitive characteristics. Indie is a culture, a state of mind, and a never-ending quest for a unique life style of freedom and choice. It is, at the end, a concept, not a definition. Indie is also an appreciation of beauty, which is defined by one's own standards. The indie's concept of beauty usually does not involve mainstream choices because they are often superficial. Indie people sense this lack of artistic depth in popular culture, thus seeking depth in alternate, more creative styles of living life.

There also seems to be a trend in the intellectual capacity of those involved in Indie culture. Many indies enjoy critical and analytical thinking, abstract ideas, and learning new things, often discussing "nerdy" topics among themselves and prototyping alternative ways of doing business and making a living. This is probably because intellect, creative ability and depth are seemingly linked, and regarded as a way of separating oneself from the mainstream of the sheep-alike “others.”

Indies are generally happy people, mainly because their life style makes you feel like spinning around in a circle while a smiling man in a white suit throws colorful confetti at you.

ABOUT INDIE

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We're DIFFERENT We’re UNIQUE We're INDEPENDENT

WE’RE

indie

AND THIS IS OUR CONFERENCE!

IT'S ABOUT THE WAY WE LIVE LIFE, NOT THE CLOTHES WE WEAR OR THE JOB WE HAVE, ACTUALLY THAT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

WE’RE THE NEW GENERATION, THE GENERATION THAT IS DESIGNING A NEW WAY OF MAKING WORLD HAPPEN.

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Under the theme of “A New Landscape of Possibilities,” we have designed weINDIE as a space to explore new ways of designing and living life. This goes from the way we make personal decisions to the way we design our work and engage in productive activities.

The conference has been built under the premise that each participant is manager of his/her own learning process.

For this to happen, several spaces will be offered in five different fields chosen based on our research of current and future trends of life and work design. Participants will then choose from the options and together we will build an agenda based on the options provided. They’ll also be given the space to design and deliver their own meetings based on their needs as we progress in the conference.

The Edge Team will be available for specific sessions or consultancy sessions both individually and collectively.

Members of the Edge Team have a very rich background, not only at theoretical level, but also in terms of the expertise that is gained out of practicing what is preached. So you can expect a lot of very concrete tips and practical advises. In parallel, participants will be grouped in small tribes based on their applications as a way of ensuring diversity of insights and input to the personal processes. The role of the tribes will be to ensure the journey of each participant is meaningful and drives concrete immediate action.

Having drafted all this, we envision a space of freedom of choice, very unconventional and edgy, in which you will be pushed out of your comfort zone having the certainty that you are not alone in the journey and that someone is looking for your personal safety, however paradoxical this sounds.

At the end of the day, the offer will be rich and meaningful, however it will be your active participation what will define what you will take out of the conference.

THE CONFERENCE

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LIVING A

LEGACY

EMBRACING THE ONLINE ECOSYSTEM

BREATHING UNIQUENESS

NURTURING A YOUNG

SPIRIT

RECONNECTING WITH OUR HUMANITY

fields The

THESE ARE THE 5 FIELDS IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT SPACES AT THE CONFERENCE WILL BE BASED:

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LIVING A

LEGACY

BREATHING UNIQUENESS RECONNECTING

WITH OUR HUMANITY

Exploring the fields

THE FIELD: Current times require of more conscious individuals, people who are more caring and engaged, people who are architects of solutions. Within this context this field aims to explore our most deep understanding of being human in a world of contradictions and uncertainty in order to reconnect with our own humanity.

KEY QUESTIONS: ¤  What makes me human? How do I take care of my spiritual

dimension? How “human” am I being? ¤  How do I connect with others? How can I build meaningful

relationships based on respect and acceptance? How to embrace my vulnerability to live a wholehearted life?

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THE FIELD: In a world of diversity it seems that more and more young people are afraid to embrace their uniqueness. This field aims to celebrate how different we are. It offers spaces to recognize our individuality with dignity, respect and joy as a substantial pillar to live peacefully in an interdependent world and define our own ways to make a unique contribution.

KEY QUESTIONS: ¤  What makes me unique? How to capitalize in my uniqueness? How

to contribute from my uniqueness?

¤  How do I embrace my weirdness and make it an asset that works in my favor?

¤  Am I trying to hard to be different when I already am?

BREATHING UNIQUENESS

EMBRACING THE ONLINE ECOSYSTEM

RECONNECTING WITH OUR HUMANITY

Exploring the fields

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BREATHING UNIQUENESS

EMBRACING THE ONLINE ECOSYSTEM

NURTURING A YOUNG

SPIRIT

Exploring the fields

THE FIELD: Internet has made the global village truly easy to reach and has exponentially expanded our access to opportunities, both individually and collectively. This field aims explore ways to capitalize on Internet to design businesses and projects as well as personal brands and life styles in order to enhance the horizon of possibilities each one of us has access to.

KEY QUESTIONS: ¤  What could it mean for my life to embrace the online ecosystem as a

fundamental part of my daily activities? ¤  How to capitalize in online tools to reach further and design a new life

style of freedom, contribution and abundance? How to use Internet to engage others in my endeavors and crusades in order to build movements?

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LIVING A

LEGACY

EMBRACING THE ONLINE ECOSYSTEM

NURTURING A YOUNG

SPIRIT

Exploring the fields

THE FIELD: Youth is not a matter of age anymore. A lot of young people are becoming prematurely “old” and many people over 40 are regaining their youth based on conscious choices they are making. The aim of this field is to explore what makes us young and how to nurture this young spirit throughout our life in a consistent manner with simplicity and joy.

KEY QUESTIONS: ¤  What does it mean to be young? Am I getting “older” without

noticing? How to embrace age while maintaining a young spirit?

¤  How to practice joy and make it a substantial part of my life style? What makes my life exciting? What makes me exciting, attractive and interesting to others?

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Exploring the fields

LIVING A

LEGACY

NURTURING A YOUNG

SPIRIT

RECONNECTING WITH OUR HUMANITY

THE FIELD: It is not about leaving a legacy anymore; it’s about living a legacy. Nowadays we don’t need to die to leave a legacy behind us, we have at our reach the possibility to live a life that is a legacy in itself at every step of the way.

KEY QUESTIONS: ¤  How to design and execute projects of high impact and low

maintenance? How to have extra gigs that are meaningful, have a positive impact and generate income without leaving my current job?

¤  How to design my career path to ensure that what I do has an impact, makes me happy and allows me to live a good life? How to become a freelancer? How to become an entrepreneur?

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We will have several formats working in parallel:

¤  Tribal meetings ¤  Open spaces ¤  Short plenary sessions ¤  Inter-tribal exercises ¤  Personal time ¤  Games and Lab projects ¤  Prototyping sessions ¤  Consultancy blocks and Projects set up ¤  Future steps mapping

During each day, a new offer will be built by the Edge Team (Hosts of the conference) based on the input of the participants. We envision the space as a co-created ecosystem.

We will be bringing some sessions already prepared to share our key learning points in our fields of expertise and you will take it from there.

You definitely can expect a lot of activity happening, a lot of freedom and a lot of support.

We truly want to see the chaos and the order coming together to craft a chaordic experience for all of us.

We are also looking forward to see some projects emerging and we are very interested in becoming patrons of some of those projects and support their implementation based on their viability and impact.

After the conference we are looking forward to creating a virtual space where to share our post conference activities, keep a track on each other and see new connections emerging to create more and more value.

Summing it up, attending weINDIE will bring you:

¤  An enhanced network of like-minded people with whom to co-create

¤  A deeper understanding of your possibilities ¤  An enhanced sense of purpose ¤  Practical tools to move further in the direction

of your dreams ¤  And a new set of skills to make things happen

All in all, A NEW LANDSCAPE OF POSSIBILITIES!

HOW WILL THIS WORK?

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Accommodation for the nights of the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th of September 2014.

Meals for all days starting with dinner on the 24th and finishing with breakfast

on the 28th of September 2014.

Learning materials. And, of course, the most incredible journey ever

in company of an awesome group of funky people!

THERE ARE * FIRST APPROVED AND CONFIRMED, FIRST SERVED!

AND WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO FILL ALL PLACES!

THIS INCLUDES:

UP TO 32  PLACES AVAILABLE!*

EARLY FEE OF 218 EUROS FOR APPROVED APPLICANTS THAT TRANSFER THE FEE BEFORE

15th AUGUST 2014!

THE FEE OF weINDIE IS 278 EUROS.

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CANCELLATION CONDITIONS

If for any reason it is necessary to cancel your attendance to the conference, the following will apply:

•  Cancellations more than two weeks before weINDIE: loss of 50% of the payment made.

•  Cancellations within two weeks of weINDIE: full loss of payment made. Please make sure you have a travel insurance covering medical

expenses, personal accidents, cancellations and personal property. !

1.  Fill out the application form in the following link:

http://tiny.cc/weINDIE2014

2.  Receive your confirmation email within 5 days after filling your application form. The confirmation email contains logistic details and bank account data for transferring the fee.

3.  Transfer the fee of the conference to the bank account you have received.

HOW CAN I ATTEND weINDIE?

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you!

THESE ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS: 1.  JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/WEINDIE 2.  FILL THE APPLICATION FORM IN THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTP://TINY.CC/WEINDIE2014 3.  AFTER RECEIVING YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL MAKE THE TRANSFER OF THE FEE AND BOOK

YOUR TICKETS TO LISBON, PORTUGAL FOR THE DATES OF weINDIE!

WE ARE READY FOR THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE,

THERE IS ONLY ONE MEGA DETAIL THAT IS MISSING*

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* WE CANNOT WAIT! CAN YOU?

SEE you SOON IN PORTUGAL!*