Waag

Waag Society is an interdisciplinary non-profit media lab researching, developing new technology, art and culture. The mission is to work in interdisciplinary teams to provide meaning and give direction to the role of technology in society. In co-operation with end-users it develops technology that enables people to express, connect, reflect and share. It hosts events and plays an active role in debates about technology and related issues like trust, privacy and IP. Founded in 1994, Waag Society is part of the Dutch national infrastructure for the arts and culture. Its roots are in the Digital City (1994), the first online community aimed to question The Internet – in those days limited to science and defense – and make it available for everybody. Nowadays new technologies are to be explored and made usable, such as RFID, GPS, Fablabs, Cradle to Cradle and new forms of gaming, participation and distributed cooperation.

The Lift conference provides a platform for those researching the social implications of new technology. For Waag Society Lift and its peer conferences world wide are a means to meet the great thinkers of our time, built international relationships, exchange experiences and knowledge and together give direction to our future society.