ContextAnyone working or investing in high-tech knows what’s most promising is not just the individual technology itself but how theyconverge & combine with others over time.

As each independent technology plays out its own unique and complex course it requires increased focus & specialisation from its pioneers. So how do we ensure industry leaders can break out of their silo and explore opportunities to cross-pollinate with other fields...

ConvergenceConvergence is an intimate private event to bring together leading high-tech pioneers from startups around The World to make sparks fly.

As leading experts & investors in blockchain at Outlier Ventures we ourselves have first-hand experience of how a technology can converge & combine with others in exciting ways.

So we are inviting pioneers from across high-tech to directly explore the possibilities of tomorrow with us today.

The Next Web

We believe blockchain technologies, including distributed ledgers & smart contracts, are the mega-trend that allows all other macro-trends to both scale securely, converge and combine.

They represent the next phase of The Web, Web 3.0 or ‘The Trust Web’, and are going to transform how technologies interact with one another and the World around them.

5 Key TechnologiesMore specifically we believe there to be a handful of emergent technologies that hold the most promise for blockchain enabled convergence in the mid to long-term that we wish to bring together.

- AI- IoT- Drones- VR / AR- 3D Printing- Autonomous Robotics

Invite

We cordially invite you, as a recognised leader in your field, to join us and a wider collective of brilliant minds to share, socialise & hack a week away surrounded by stunning nature.

The retreat is an all expenses paid trip to a secret European location in Autumn of this year (2016). All you will need to do is clear your diary and pay for your flights once the destination is revealed.

To celebrate and immerse ourselves in the force of natural convergence we will host a 7 day annual retreat at the confluence of great rivers around the World.

The venue will put a focus on being a place of calm for both collective and personal creativity and reflection.

Food will be catered all on site by a chef and will be staffed with health & wellbeing practitioners to ensure maximum comfort.

Setting

ModesWORK – There will be a schedule of collective sessions & workshops to explore one another’s craft and expertise in order to find areas of natural convergence & opportunity for collaboration.

REST - includes dinning with on on-site chef, meditation, yoga & exercise or chill out spaces.

PLAY – Dinner parties will be hosted every other night, to provide gaps between hangovers, as well as onsite entertainment and outdoor activities

{There will be 3 modes during the retreat:

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