New speakers: Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, Euan Semple, Usman Haque

3 great innovators have agreed to speak at Lift France, and many more will be announced in the coming days:

Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino is CEO of technology and design consultancy Tinker.it!. She designs technology-enabled and socially-aware creative solutions to problems. She ran the "Web of Things" workshop at Lift Geneva '09.


Euan Semple is one of the most respected specialists of social software. After years introducing all kinds of exotic tools inside the BBC, he became a consultant, helping businesses enable conversations inside their organizations as well as outside.

Usman Haque designs interactive architecture systems and researches how people relate to each other and their spaces. He has created responsive projection environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and choreographed performances. Recently, he launched Pachube, a web service that enables people to tag and share real time sensor data from objects, devices and spaces around the world, facilitating interaction between remote environments, both physical and virtual.