From: Cylvia Hayes
Sent: Thu Nov 27 15:43:43 2014
To: a.lyngbaek@isec.org.uk
Subject: Re: INVITATION Economics of Happiness Conference, Portland
Importance: Normal
Greetings Anja Elena,
I would be happy to be able to speak at this event. I will not be able to
confirm for several weeks but I think it likely that I will be able to
make this work with my schedule. Please send event details as they
develop.
Thank you,
Cylvia
Cylvia Hayes
First Lady
State of Oregon
C <cylhayes@gmail.com>ylhayes@gmail.com <cylhayes@gmail.com>
503.378.3111
On 11/27/14 12:24 PM, "Anja Elena Lyngbæk" <a.lyngbaek@isec.org.uk> wrote:
>Dear Cylvia Hayes,
>
>I'm writing on behalf of Local Futures (ISEC), an international non-profit
>organization focused on promoting locally based alternatives to the global
>consumer culture. We work with groups and initiatives across the world to
>revitalize cultural and biological diversity and to strengthen local
>communities and economies.
>
>We will be hosting our 4th Economics of Happiness Conference, in Portland,
>Oregon and would like to invite you to join us as a speaker. Your
>participation, as a leading voice for economic change, would be profoundly
>inspiring and motivating for all the participants, other speakers
>included.
>The gathering will take place at the Eliot Center in downtown Portland
>from the afternoon of Friday, February 27th until the evening of Sunday,
>the 1st of March, 2015.
>
>I understand from Mary Rowinski that you are not able to make commitments
>months in advance of an event. However, if our conference is of interest
>to you, we could set-aside a slot in the program for you and wait for
>confirmation closer to the date.
>
>Our conferences are a unique melting pot of issues, perspectives and ideas
>and have attracted participants of all ages from more than 15 countries so
>far. We are expecting up to 500 participants in Portland, as well as an
>international line-up of inspiring speakers. We will also stream the event
>and put videos of many of the talks online afterwards.
>
>The program will be similar to our previous conferences, held respectively
>in Berkeley (US) Byron Bay (Australia) and Bangalore (India), which have
>include a mixture of plenaries, workshops and interactive sessions. In the
>case of Portland, we're also planning to offer field trips to localization
>initiatives in and around the city.
>
>We are partnering with many local organizations on the event and expect it
>to offer an ideal opportunity to explore ways to catalyze a shift from
>understanding to action, at local and global levels.
>
>We would be truly honored to have you contribute to the conference as one
>of our speakers.
>
>Please let me know if you'd like any more information. I hope you can join
>us and look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
>Anja Elena Lyngbæk
>Programs Coordinator
>The Economics of Happiness
>Local Futures - The International Society for Ecology and Culture
>
>www.localfutures.org.uk
>www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org
>
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>
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>
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>
>
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>
>--
>Anja Elena Lyngbæk
>Programs Coordinator
>The Economics of Happiness
>Local Futures - The International Society for Ecology and Culture
>
>www.localfutures.org.uk
>www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org
>
>Receive our informative & thought-provoking blogs:
>www.theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com
>
>Follow the The Economics of Happiness on Facebook:
>http://www.facebook.com/theeconomicsofhappiness
>
>Follow "The Economics of Happiness" on Twitter:
>https://twitter.com/EconofHappiness
>
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