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Beside team communications, this blog features posts written by community members. If you have a Lift account you can also share your thoughts and ideas by clicking here. Here is a post introducing Palomar5, an initiative of Lifter Hans Raffauf to gather young entrepreneurs in Berlin for 6 weeks.

Palomar5 is a project initiated by a group of 6 young Germans and Deutsche Telekom's Product and Innovation Unit, whose aim is to involve young people in a new format of innovation. Palomar5 isn't a think-tank or a conference, it wants to produce more than ideas, to create tangible solutions within an intensive creative space.

At the core of this initiative is a 6 week camp that brings together 30 people under the age of 30. They will live and work together in a unique 2000sqm space from October 9th till November 21st in Berlin.

The topic is the future of innovation, technology and the working environment. The content streams we will be working on are Leadership, Collaborative Value Creation, Knowledge Cultivation, Corporate Communication & Behaviour, The next Generation of Identity, Intellectual Property, Skills Management.

Dania was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1979. She spent her first few years in San Diego, California. In 1987 she moved to Basel, Switzerland. She studied economy at University of Basel. After graduating with a Master in 2002, she worked as an audit and accounting professional for KPMG until 2007. Dania is one of the three co-founders and the CFO and COO of Amazee. We also interviewed Dania on what LIFT is for her and what she is expecting. Here’s what she said:

Why LIFT?
LIFT is THE Swiss Web Conference! It is a fantastic gathering of web entrepreneurs, thought-leaders, designers and more from many countries all sharing a passion for creativity in the world wide web. I visited LIFT for the first time in 2008 and was impressed by the creative atmosphere and the quality of the program, speakers and attendees. LIFT is about good people, a great spirit and that lifts LIFT above all other web conferences I’ve visited.

What Dania expects
I mainly go to LIFT because of the spirit and the people. I’m looking forward to spending some time with friends and colleagues and expect to meet new interesting people that will be of help for our business. I also expect to get inspired by some the the sessions and workshops and to have lots of fun :).

Together with Lucas Grolleau she created some lyrics for the LIFT song last year:
Lift is my kick
Lift is my paradise
Lift is love
Lift me up
I have the best time with my friends

You can find out more about Dania on the Amazee blog and on her LIFT profile.

About
Mitch Free is a serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of MFG.com, an online marketplace which helps in sourcing manufactured parts by matching the requirements and specifications of the buyer with the skills and savoir-faire of a supplier. Prior to that, Mitch founded 3DATUM, a provider of technology solutions for the manufacturing and engineering communities. He began his career as a machinist on the shop floor, got his hands dirty and literally learned the manufacturing industry inside and out.

He's been widely recognized as an inspiring and ground-breaking entrepreneur who follows his instincts. He also is an avid speaker at technology conferences and at universities including the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University, Harvard and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. At LIFT09 Mitch will be a participant. We're looking forward to seeing him there.

Eric Favre patented the Nespresso process in 1978, the first step of the amazing story of an inventor turning his idea into one of the world's most successful product.