Lift Conference

Lift13 Recap

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:59:01 GMT

Over 1000 participants coming from 30 countries, including 70 journalists and bloggers came together to share, connect and create new opportunities. We had a wonderful time at this 8th edition of Lift in Geneva and we hope you enjoyed it too, and left inspired and lifted!

For more information: http://liftconference.com/lift13

Powerpoint vs people

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:12:48 GMT

Pierre Croce, a worldwide authority on creating winning Powerpoint™ presentations to empower the audience into making the best decisions of their smart lives™.

Swiss-Korean Innovation Night, curated by Lift

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:16 GMT

April 18th 2012 we had the great opportunity to produce our 4th LIft Event in Korea. The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Presence Switzerland mandated us to curate a Lift event in Seoul, taking place prior to the 2012 Expo in Yeosu.

Under the code name “Swiss-Korean Innovation Night” this event featured the traditional Lift ingredients: disruptive ideas, inspiring projects, carefully prepared speeches from pioneers of their fields and entertaining social events in a beautifully designed space. It's mission was to celebrate innovation and create and reinforce bridges of friendship between Swiss and Korean pioneers.

We had a wonderful time, thank you all so much for coming and making it happen, 감사합니다 :)

etoy.CORPORATION - twisting capitalism & technology since 1994

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:39:53 GMT

etoy.CORPORATION SA is a corporate sculpture and a shareholder company registered in the city of Zug/Switzerland, using corporate structures to maximize cultural values. Since 1994 etoy is hacking the dominating model of the individual artist: the concept of the independent star and glorified genius is replaced by an abstract trademark - etoy. Legendary for its «digital hijack» (1,5 million search engine users
kidnapped in 1996), etoy also coordinated «TOYWAR», a milestone in hacktivism, bringing down a multi-billion dotcom operation and thus creating the most expensive performance in art history. A pioneer in container architecture inspired by the Internet's paket system etoy currently invests all resources in MISSION ETERNITY – a digital cult of the dead and a long term data archive focusing on pioneers of the information age.

WE FELL IN LOVE IN A CODED SPACE

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:29:51 GMT

James Bridle talks about literature and storytelling when everything has become digital, the construction of knowledge and collaborating with robots. Ham, spam, word salad, and what is important in a tent.

Tobie Kerridge "Debating Biotechnology – Speculative Design as Public...

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:59:10 GMT

In this speech, Tobie Kerridge describes the "Material Beliefs" project, a design research project with a focus on a speculative approach to biotechnology as a form of engagement with the public.

Saskia Sassen "The Future of Smart Cities"

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:21:56 GMT

A leading researcher on globalization, global cities and new technologies Saskia Sassen discusses the current hype around smart cities. She reminds us that “It is the need to design a system that puts all that technology truly at the service of the inhabitants—and not the other way around.”

Jan Chipchase "Literacy, Communication & Design"

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT

Jan Chipchase is Principal Scientist at Nokia Research Center. He presents about "Literacy, Communication & Design" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007

John Tackara "Design and sustainability"

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:43:00 GMT

John Thackara, who is director of Doors of Perception, gives a provocative talk about the role of design in finding solutions to the ecological crisis. After inviting us to avoid terms such as "future" or "sustainable" as they maintain a certain distance to the problem we face, he shows a rich set of projects he participated in. He makes the important point that the resources to be put in place already exist and that they might not necessitates complex technological developments.

Bruce Sterling "Shaping Things"

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:50:00 GMT

Following publication of his book "Shaping Things", American Science Fiction author Bruce Sterling share his views and visions at LIFT France 09 about the future of Design, the broad concept of an "Internet of Things", and reflects on two important issues: Privacy and Recycling. Bruce has been a regular speaker at LIFT events.

Gunter Pauli "Changing the planet"

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:49:00 GMT

Gunter Pauli, from the "Zero Emissions Research Initiative" gives a vibrant speech about how nature provides an important model to find solutions to the ecological crisis. His call for action is followed by disruptive and inspiring examples ranging from battery-less devices to biomimetism.

Jennifer Magnolfi "Programming space habitat"

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:05:21 GMT

Jennifer talks about the design process for space habitats, how designers and engineers approach the creation of space habitats for the extreme conditions offered by life in micro-gravity environments.

Steve Portigal "Discover and act on insights about people"

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 12:11:00 GMT

What do customers want or need ? A permanent concern for entrepreneurs, designers, marketers and others seeking to innovate. Steve discusses methods for exploring both solutions and needs and he explores how an understanding of culture (yours and your customers’) can drive innovation.

David Galbraith "Four trends for the digital world"

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:00:00 GMT

David Galbraith is a former architect turned internet entrepreneur. He helped incubate Yelp.com and was one of the authors of the RSS 1.0 specifications. He talks about four trends for the digital world: people vs. celebrities, people vs. robots (recommendations from friends replace algorithmic results), people powered design (consumer Internet products are better than professional ones) and public vs. corporate networks.

Paul Barnett "MMO's, movies, las vegas, and golf"

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:52:25 GMT

In one of Lift's most entertaining talk, Paul Barnett - creative director at Electronic Arts - explains that the conventional thinking which goes into designing an existing product and simply make it bigger, louder, taller, and crazier doesn't work in the world of online games. There has to be room for new ideas, and it's the person with the ideas who is going to be walking away with the money.

Alexandre Bau & Birgitta Ralston "The story of a unique workplace: Transplant"

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:27:53 GMT

In 2003, Parisian designers Birgitta and Alexandre decided to build their dream of a cross-competent creative workspace in an isolated village of Norway. This radical choice gave birth to a global collaborative experience of a new type where issues of sustainability and social awereness become central.

Attila Bujdoso "How to remix architecture?"

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:05:43 GMT

It is surprising how new concepts arisen from technological developments have so little impact on the architectural practice. Deeply inspired by presentation formats like Pecha Kucha, the project 'Remix Architecture' addresses this question and aims to develop a new concept of architectural competitions.

Etienne Mineur "The paper book as a new computer platform"

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:44:12 GMT

If you're interested in how designing old fashion paper book can be transformed by video game mechanics and computing technologies, you'll be intrigued by Etienne's talk. The work he show is about creating “Paper Video Games”, mixing paper in either books or board games with the digital world.