<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal">Hello,<br></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal">Last Thursday
and Friday took place in Lisbon a very interesting 2 days Conference under the
subject “<a href="http://www.r-evolucionar.eu/">(R)Evolution of Portugal – A New World is Possible</a>”.<br></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><br></div>
<div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This was mainly
a conventional event with 7 panels that took place from 9 am in the first day
until 4.30pm in the second day. Each Panel had 3 or 4 presentations of 20
minutes each, followed by a 30 minutes period of questions and answers. From 5
pm to 7pm in the second day there was an Open Space session organized by the
Open Space Institute of Portugal. In the traditional Conference part a number
of talks took place, many real cases were presented on sustainability and
transition projects, cooperative organizations, values and economy for a “new World”,
new educational projects, the need for a new awareness, etc. </span></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have
facilitated the Open Space part (having Luís Dias and Artur as co-facilitators).
The Opening, including session proposals and the market place took place in
half an hour, followed by two breakout sessions of 30 minutes each, in 10 places,
and a closing circle of 30 minutes.</span></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">About 70 people
were present and 19 sessions were offered but, after the breakout sessions were
initiated, people self-organized and many sessions were merged with others.
There was a palpable energy during these sessions, probably as this was the
first space were people could talk freely with each other, followed by a very touching
and emotional closing circle.</span></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">During the OST
session and at the closing circle some people mentioned the need to have a bigger
OST for people networking and cross-pollination of different projects. <br></span></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I will put some photos of this OST in the <a href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/">NING</a>.</span></div><div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div>
<div class="yiv1262817806MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,</span></div><div> </div><div><span class="yui_3_2_0_17_133207261200152" style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Véronique Santos</span></div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><a href="http://www.instituto-ost.pt/home">Open Space Institute of Portugal</a><br></span></div></div></body></html>