the Lift Conference

Feb. 6-8 2013 – CICG, Geneva, Switzerland

Thank you so much for joining the 8th edition of Lift in Geneva. 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 and we hope you enjoyed it too, and left inspired and lifted!  Let's follow-up on the ideas that came out of Lift13 and make innovation happen now.

Schedule

Wednesday Feb. 06 2013

Feb. 06 2013
09:00

Co-creation workshops (invitation only) & Röstigraben Express
Feb. 06 2013
12:30

Doors opening

Welcome to Lift13! 

Feb. 06 2013
12:45

Lunch

Let's eat!

Feb. 06 2013
13:00

1st time Lifters Session

Are you attending Lift for the first time? Join us for a short presentation of the event, and you will find out how to maximize your presence during these three days.
Feb. 06 2013
14:00

Democracy in Distress – Re-engineering Participation

How can democracy survive and develop in an age of global networks and ongoing acceleration?

Sami Kanaan City of Geneva Counselor
Maximilian Stern Political Scientist and Managing Director of foraus
Micah Daigle Founder, Collective Agency
Gudrun Pétursdóttir Director, Institute for Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Studies University of Iceland
Jake Levitas Research Director, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
Luc Meier Under One Roof project leader, EPFL

Workshops

Kids Minecraft Masterclass
Feb. 06 2013
15:45

Break
Feb. 06 2013
16:45

Mobile Stories

Discover the creative potential of mobile phones and how artists and designers repurpose them in original ways.
Presented by Pro Helvetia

Geoffrey Dorne CEO, Geoffrey Dorne SAS
Christopher Kirkley Musicologist and creator of Sahelsounds
Mark Sorrell Development Director at Hide&Seek
Feb. 06 2013
18:45

Transfer to the Fondue

Group transfer to the Pitoëff auditorium, 52 rue de Carouge 1205 Geneva
Feb. 06 2013
19:00

Fondue

No need to introduce this part of the program, the legendary Lift Fondue!

Thursday Feb. 07 2013

Feb. 07 2013
08:15

Doors opening
Feb. 07 2013
09:00

Resilience and Resistance

What methods and mindsets help us embrace our present realm of VUCA - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity?

Venkatesh Rao Author and Blogger Forbes, Information Week
Noah Raford Co-Founder and CEO of Futurescaper, Crowd-sourcing Expert
Konstantina Zoehrer Social Innovation Activist, Entrepreneurial mind and Initiator of Startup Live Athens

Workshops

1up: the gamified innovation system
Social Media : Facts, Myths and Best Practices
@LuxuryLab2025 : Friction, Future & Luxury
Mobile Web Watch 2012: Current trends of Mobile Internet usage in Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Feb. 07 2013
10:30

Break & Speed-Dating

Speed-dating session in collaboration with the W.I.R.E.

Feb. 07 2013
11:30

The Agile Enterprise: Rethinking what it means to manage

The Agile Enterprise or how businesses stay lean and nimble in the face of accelerating innovation cycles.
Presented by Liip

Dave Gray Author and management consultant
Abhijit Bhaduri Chief Learning Officer, Wipro Ltd
Daniel Freitag Co-founder and Creative Director FREITAG

Workshops

Urban bricolage: reinventing our cities
Unpleasant Design XXX
Think with your hands - Prototyping with a twist
Payments 101: Commerce in the Digital Economy
Feb. 07 2013
12:45

Lunch

Let's eat!
Feb. 07 2013
14:30

Innovation Drivers: XXX

In the true Lift spirit of cross-pollination, what can we learn from the strongest creative industry nobody talks about: adult entertainment.

Kate Darling IP Research Specialist MIT Media Lab
Garion Hall CEO of abbywinters.com
Heather Kelley Game Designer and Founder PerfectPlum

Workshops

Designing future services
Entrepreneurs and investors: is love possible?
Workshops that rock
Feb. 07 2013
15:45

Break

Informal chatting, Lift Experience, and more!

Feb. 07 2013
16:45

The Venture Night

Discover the most disruptive start-ups of Switzerland in a revamped format.
Feb. 07 2013
17:15

Panel of Successful Entrepreneurs

With Pierre Chappaz, Carlos Moreira and Daniel Freitag.
Feb. 07 2013
17:45

Venture Night finalists pitching

  
Feb. 07 2013
18:45

Drinks!

Let's end the day in style around a glass of wine.

Friday Feb. 08 2013

Feb. 08 2013
08:15

Doors opening

    
Feb. 08 2013
09:00

Workshops

How Can We Use Digital Tools to Reduce Urban Household Energy Usage?
Social Usability: the foundation of pragmatic social experience design
Future of Money: The Crowd
A 'Facebook for Things' - making products smart, simple and social
The Postmodern Kamikaze
What makes your daily work fun and creative?
Identify and map distance in order to manage it
How to become a dizmoi
Gamification: why badge collection is not enough and what to do instead
Harming and Protecting Robots: Can we, should we?
Experience the agile flow
Feb. 08 2013
10:30

Break

Talking-points and guided tour of the Lift Experience!

Feb. 08 2013
11:00

Workshops

Urban Data Challenge
Feb. 08 2013
11:30

Noise and Speed: Loose Brakes and Failing Filters

Mails, tweets, sounds, images, we are experiencing an age of content explosion and a crisis of relevance. How can we cope without shutting our eyes and ears and inboxes?

Atau Tanaka Professor of Media Computing at Goldsmiths and CTO of Clicmobile
Justin Pickard Writer & Futurist at Superflux
Sebastian Dieguez Researcher in cognitive neuroscience, University of Fribourg
Feb. 08 2013
12:45

Lunch

Let's eat!

Feb. 08 2013
14:15

Reinventing the Crafts: the Future of Job Traditions

Or how leading businesses mix old skills and traditional values with new technologies and contemporary esthetics to become proudly artisanal and globally scalable.

Caroline Drucker Country Manager at Etsy Germany
Massimo Banzi Co-founder, Arduino
Oliver Reichenstein Founder and CEO Information Architects
Feb. 08 2013
15:45

Break

Informal chatting, Lift Experience... last chance to network before the party! :)
Feb. 08 2013
16:45

From Fiction to Design, from Design to Fiction

The mutual relationship between science-fiction culture and technological research and design.

Bruce Sterling Science-fiction author
Anthony Dunne Professor and Head of the Design Interactions programme at the Royal College of Art
Rachel Armstrong Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich and co-director of AVATAR
Feb. 08 2013
17:15

Wrap-up & End of conference
Feb. 08 2013
21:00

Closing party

Let's dance at the Palais Mascotte! :)
43 rue de Berne, 1201 Geneva
Feb. 08 2013
23:45

After

For the late night birds who never get enough, check out the Antigel festival!