the Lift Conference

Room 14 (level 2)

The Lift13 workshop is chapter 1 in a 3 years journey by Futuratinow and Addictlab, aiming to shape the future of the luxury industry.

We will welcome luxury brand executives + creative / tech / future / design minds all digitally naked for 2 hours.

No maps, no brakes, all blind and the doors have no handles. Gameplays, foresight cards and inspiration showers giving a glimpse of the future, creating drivers + uncertainties + ideas + trends & opportunities + next chapters perspective.

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Room 5 (level 3)

In our workshop, mini teams will generate their own responses and interpretations of the challenges introduced at the Lift event in the form of haptic-collective prototypes.  But there is more…teams will have to work together in complete silence. This means Liftonians will have to flex their non-verbal communication skills, step out of the language-dominated ‘conference mode’ and tap into their own implicit knowledge rather than using their cognitive brains. They will use their untapped skills of embodiment and tacit expression and gain a toolset to interpret, reframe and solve the challenges introduced at Lift13.

Workshop requirement: After watching the following video, participants must pick up a workshop bag at Lift's information desk and collect 20 used items as indicated in the video

Password: prototype

Room 13 (level 2)

This workshop is targeted at start-ups and early and later-stage entities with an interest in capturing an A to Z perspective on how to best deal with external investors (venture capitalists, private equity professionals and other investors).  The workshop will host one of the most successful VCs in town:  Fergal Mullen.

Targeted audience: entrepreneurs and start-ups

Room 6 (level 3)

Agile methods are known to be among the most efficient to build innovative web products. A key component to reaching the maximum efficiency of an agile team lies in the ability of its members to reach "the flow". According to Wikipedia, the flow can be defined as "a mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus."

After an introduction to the agile framework Scrum - commonly used today by the best software teams - the workshop will focus on a game one will play to try experimenting the flow. 

This workshop is targeted to anyone motivated to discover agile methods. No prerequisites at all are requested.

Room 12 (level 2)

Gamification is a current high trend and a buzzword that covers different definitions. In the early years, Gamification was represented by gaining points or badge to existing activities to make them more motivating. But now the field grows to maturity and is the use of other game mechanics.

During this workshop, we will explore why badges are not so powerful to motivate people, and what has to be learned from video games and motivation theory to understand why people play. Finally, we will use the knowledge to brainstorm some gamification design ideas.

Room 11 (level 2)

The pilot housing project called Ecoplace in Zürich offers its residents sustainable living in a convenient environment. Using intelligent technology, the daily consumption of water, electricity and heat is tracked for every apartment. Through the visualization of this data the inhabitants are made aware of their behavior and encouraged to save our planet's resources. The question which the workshop participants will try to answer is: how can we exploit the possibilities of technology to raise awareness of household energy consumption and how can we help people improve their behavior?

Room 8 (level 2)

During an interactive session, you will learn to identify and map 3 main groups of distance (physical, operational and affinity distance), as well as their components. Moreover, a simple tool that measures the level of distance will be explained and tested. This is key for managing projects and projects involving distance issues. Identifying and mapping the problem is basic for any given solution!

Today, games are used to bring new meanings to old systems. This interactive workshop will introduce a new way of engaging play and reality, through the short, intense playtesting of a game in development.

The Postmodern Kamikaze is a game of subversion based on a simulacrum of sacrifice. Part Live Action role-playing game, part activism, The Postmodern Kamikaze is an experiment in game design and play. In a world where the Biopolice has won, how can we manifest our refusal to conform ? As a member of a secret society, will you be the one to destroy society, will you try to protect what's left from the assault of a new radical philosophy ? Or will you just stay silent ?

This 2 hours workshop will be the first playtest of the game, that will be published next year by Les Editions Volumiques. Come with an open-mind and a willingness to engage in a strange experiment that could possibly go wrong. A debrief session will help us understand the lessons and implications of using games to deal with contemporary issues.

Limited seating !

If you are interested, bring your own material to create postmodern wounds and scars (scotch, bandages, red and blackmarkers, stickers etc…).