Since 2006 Lift Events explores the business and social implications of technological innovation through the organisation of international event series and open innovation programs in Europe and Asia.

We are a key partner for companies, organizations and individuals wishing to identify the critical challenges and opportunities that will arise from technological innovation and turn these innovation into opportunities.

Over the years, we have created and built a community and a client portfolio contributing to and benefiting from the knowledge and contacts created through our events. We have welcomed over 15'000 participants from 40 countries in over 30 events.

Sylvie Reinhard
CEO Lift Events
Member of the Jury of digital art projects at Migros Cultural Percentage
Unofficial agent at Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur in Berlin
 

Abir Oreibi
President Lift Events
Member of the Jury of the Swiss ICT Awards

Melanie Ducret
Project Manager Lift Events
Team Leader at Montreux Jazz Festival and Caprices Festival
 

Aurélia Weber
Junior Project Manager, Lift13
 

Nicolas Nova
Editorial board Lift Events
Principal Near Future Laboratory
Professor Geneva University of Art and Design

Hannes Gassert
Editorial board Lift Events
Co-founder and board member Liip
Co-founder Skim.com AG
Vice President Opendata.ch Association
 

Stephan Sigrist
Editorial board Lift Events
Founder and CEO The W.I.R.E
 

Estelle Metayer
Editorial board Lift Events
Board Member Ubisoft
Founder and President Competia

Antoine Verdon
Editorial board Lift Events
Strategic advisor Comment.li
Co-founder Sandbox

Pierre Orsatelli
Project manager Marseille 
Fondation Internet Nouvelle Génération (FING)

Daniel Kaplan
Editorial director Lift in France
Founder and CEO FING

Jaewoong Lee
Advisor Korea
Internet Pioneer and retired Entrepreneur
Founder Daum Communications
Part-time partner Sopoong Social Ventures

Laurent Haug
Founder of Lift
Switzerland

Mariam Mahdavi
Business development
Switzerland

Beth Krasna
Independent board member
Switzerland

Xavier Comtesse
Director of Avenir Suisse
Switzerland

Bruce Sterling
Science-fiction author
USA

Julian Bleeker
Designer at Near Future Laboratory
USA

Bruno Bonnell
Chairman EM Lyon Business School / Robopolis

France

Editorial partners

Near Future Laboratory, Los Angeles, Geneva, Barcelona
Fondation Internet Nouvelle Generation, Paris, Marseille
The W.I.R.E., Zurich
Open Data CH, Zurich, Geneva
Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur ZIA, Berlin
Sopoong Social Ventures, Seoul
Haute Ecole Art Design, Geneva

Academic Partners

CERN, Geneva
ENSAD, Paris
ENSCI, Paris
EPFL, Lausanne
ETH, Zurich
HEC, Lausanne
UNIGE, Geneva
ZHDK, Zurich

Media Partners

Wired UK
Bilan

Partner Events

Next, Berlin
PICNIC Festival, Amsterdam
Wired 2012, London