This document describes an invitation to a private retreat hosted by Outlier Ventures to bring together leading pioneers in emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, IoT, drones, VR/AR and 3D printing. The goal is to explore how these technologies are converging and combining, with blockchain seen as enabling this convergence. Attendees would participate in workshops and sessions to find collaboration opportunities, and would be provided accommodations, meals and wellness activities over the course of a 7-day retreat in a secret European location later this year.

2. Context
Anyone working or investing in high-tech knows what’s most
promising is not just the individual technology itself but how they
converge & 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...

3. Convergence
Convergence 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.

4. 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. 5 Key Technologies
More 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

6. 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.

7. To celebrate and immerseourselves 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 forboth
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

8. Modes
WORK – 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 betweenhangovers, as
well as onsite entertainment and outdoor
activities
{There will
be 3 modes
during the
retreat:

9. jb@outlierventures.io