The document describes an upcoming indie conference called weINDIE that will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from September 24-28, 2014. The conference aims to explore new ways of designing life and work through discussions across 5 fields: living with humanity, embracing uniqueness, capitalizing on online opportunities, nurturing a young spirit, and living a legacy. Participants will choose sessions to customize their experience and help design the agenda. The goal is to provide a space for freedom of choice and push participants outside their comfort zones to explore new possibilities for their lives and careers.

1. 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
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24th to 28th SEPTEMBER 2014
LISBON, PORTUGAL
A NEW LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITIES
4TH EDITION!

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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:

6. LIVING
BRE
UNIQRECONNECTING
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?

7. 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
EMB
THE
ECO
RECONNECTING
WITH OUR
Exploring
the fields

8. BREATHING
EMBRACING
THE ONLINE
ECOSYSTEM
NUR
A Y
S
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?

9. L
LE
EMBRACING
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?

10. Exploring
the fields
LIVING
A
LEGACY
NURTURING
RECO
WI
HU
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?

11. 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?

12. 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.

13. 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?

14. 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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15. weINDIE
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
www.FB.ME/PAGE.DEYDOS
www.DEYDOS.com
* WE CANNOT WAIT! CAN YOU?
SEE you SOON
IN PORTUGAL!*