Last week, a happy dozen of Liipers boarded Lift11 â and had a most awesome time. The array of people we met during session breaks, at the coffee station or in workshops was downright impressive. It's the place were you eat lunch with some random guy â and understand only later that this was Claude Nicollier, the legendary ONE and ONLY Swiss astronaut. Learning: pay attention to people without badges⊠they may be important :)
What did the Liip attendees get out of the conference? Thomas Botton for instance said that he âwas surprised by the variety of people (age, gender, horizons) and the quality and diversity of lift topics â. Jonas Vonlanthen âfelt a relaxed ambiance with good timing and enough time for networking â. JoĂ«l Bez summarized that âLift11 was a blast of inspiration . A creativity boost I can bring back in my everyday jobâ. Brian King mentioned that âWhile it's a technologically focused conference, the audience and speakers came from a wide range of backgrounds; the many different points of view lead to rich discussions â. SĂ©bastien Roche raised that â Brian Solis notion of social currency allow us to build our social capital , you are what you expose on these networks! So let's take the control of your online-you and stop complainingâ. Hannes' conclusion, after having seen Lucie (picture below), Jennifer and Honor on stage was a simple one: â Space Girls Rule! â.
Lucie Green by photo.naepflin.com
The initiatives, workshops and talks done by Liipers were very well received, too. Memi Beltrame's speech about his project Artypedia earned a tremendous applause. Jordi's and Pierre's forward-looking approach of a â Digital Media Consumption Manifesto â with appropriate distribution models was not only a workshop success but also got a lot of attention the last few days, and instantly won thousands of followers: see http://dontmakemesteal.com. Hannes' NIWEA (Native Interoperable Web Apps) workshop helped mapping the technology/innovation/money space of current app economies â results will be published soon, right here.
All I can add is that it just felt great to be at Lift11. With its openness, diversity and unique perspective on the future it certainly is the place to be â as curious individuals, and as a company as well⊠and leave our traces ;-)
Thank you Lift and see you in 2012!