Tag: geneva

LIFT11: Liipalized!

LIFT in Geneva is one of Europe's leading innovation conferences, an annual gathering at the intersection of technology, society, media and culture. While Liipers have traditionally …

Hannes at LIFT09: Day 1. “Where did the future go?”

Hi. I'm currently at LIFT09 in Geneva, and after the workshop I moderated yesterday, I could start enjoying – if only the whole thing wouldn't be slightly disappointing overall. Well, …

Lift08 – Day 03 – Final Session on Foresight

Last session before party! Scott Smith ( Changeist) On “Human Foresight”. Basically all commonplace – or maybe I'm too tired (and he says “have your eyes open and think about what …

Lift08 – Day 03 – The Web and entreprises Track

David Sadigh Extended sales pitch for holistis, waste of time mostly. I don't trust his numbers, rather difficult to judge, though. He's right that mobile media usage is to boost …

Lift08 – Day 3 – The Gaming Track

Back for the gaming track. I'm putting this online like 3 minutes after the last talk, this live blogging thing is really fun (ha, at least for the writer :)) Robin Hunicke Both an …

Lift08 – Day 3 – The New Frontiers Track

So.. back for the “ New Frontiers” track. We had: Kevin Warwick (cybernetics professor) The one man with a microchip in his nervous system, working on neural implants and linking …

LIFT08 – Day 2 – A morning full of keynotes

Keynote: Bruce Sterling about a crappy year Bruce Sterling (quoting as he speaks, video will be online in some days): “I'm a writer and futurist, so basically a motivator responsible …

LIFT08 – Day 1 – A Morning with Headshift

Spending the morning in a workshop (actual title: “Help us design a new type of web tool to manage presence, feeds, flow, activity and peripheral awareness (with added GTD!)”) lead by …

LIFT08 – Day 1 – An Afternoon with Nicolas Nova & friends

Again picking the most crowded workshop for the afternoon, going with the mainstream (sigh). It's long-time quality blogger and inner-circle LIFTer Nicolas Nova together with Julian …