Lift Conference

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LIFT is a series of events discussing the challenges and opportunities of technology in society. There have been three events held, two in Geneva, Switzerland and one in Seoul, South Korea

LIFT was founded by Laurent Haug, now the conference director, and is organized by a team of Swiss and international practitioners.

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[edit] LIFT Evening

The first LIFT evening was held on September 12 at the Yurim Art Hall in Seoul, South Korea. The event was about Spaces, how technological developments in both the physical worlds and virtual environments are reshaping our buildings, our games, and soon our web browsers. Four speakers participated in the event, Adam Greenfield, Bruce Sterling, XL games CEO Jake Song and Korean architect Yoo Suk Yeon.

The event was attended by 180 persons.

[edit] LIFT08

LIFT08 was held on February 6-8, 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland. The topic of the conference was "Challenges and opportunities of technology in society". The conference was a sell out, hitting its target of attracting 700 participants. There were 45 speakers, including Kevin Warwick and Pierre Bellanger.

[edit] LIFT07

LIFT07 was held on February 7–9, 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland, both at the University of Geneva and the International Conference Centre Geneva. LIFT07 incorporated extra elements normally found in unconferences — peer to peer workshops and conference participant presentations.

LIFT07 Open Stage was a test to see how unconference models can be incorporated into traditional conferences.

The event was attended by 550 persons, among them speakers like Florence Devouard, Brian Cox, Sugata Mitra, Jan Chipchase, Stowe Boyd or Régine Debatty and featured more than 50 presentations and workshops.

[edit] LIFT06

LIFT06 was held on Feb 2-3, 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland, at the CICG.

The conference welcomed 350 persons, among them speakers like Cory Doctorow, Robert Scoble, Bruce Sterling, Euan Semple or Hugh MacLeod.

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