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We can feel you are all growing impatient to be in February 2012. So are we! Here come the first confirmed Lift12 speakers:

Patrizia Marti is assistant professor and senior researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Siena where she teaches Human Computer Interaction and Design of Learning Technologies. In the Near Future session Patrizia will explore interaction between robots and elderly people.



Kars Alfrink is founder and principal designer of Hubbub, a networked design studio for applied pervasive games. You have probably guessed that Kars will speak in the "New Face of Gaming" session and present new perspectives on game design.



Ashley Benigno is a brand & digital strategist, with 10+ years in the mobile internet space (from UX on early data services to the launch of the Skypephone and Facebook-centric devices). Ashley will share his perspective on recent evolutions in the mobile industry.

We are happy to launch the Lift12 ticketshop today! This 7th Swiss edition of Lift will happen on 22-24 February 2012 in Geneva. The event will consist in the usual two and a half days of talks, workshops, demos and social moments. More details will follow in the coming weeks on the content, as we are busy defining the event's focus and program.

Registration

Buy your Lift12 tickets at the early bird price. The ticket shop is now open, and tickets start at only 650chf for 60 days. Students and press/bloggers passes are also available, while one day tickets will be offered after the end of the early bird period.
Please note that to minimize food waste, we will again ask you to buy your meals separately so that we can know precisely how many we need to order.
» Lift12 tickets shop.

Help us design Lift12!

Join the September 13 workshop to design Lift12 with us. We will discuss the event's format, theme, sessions, and speakers. This workshop is a unique opportunity to have your say on how the event happens. Seating is limited to 40 participants to ensure we have a decent level of interaction, so hurry up and register for a nice discussion followed by drinks at our office!
» Learn more.

Wow! Our neighbors at Usine across the river constructed a spectacular temporary urban construction, which will be inaugurated tonight. The installation looks like a parasite winding around the building and features 3d projections screens. It also offers visitors the opportunity to access the building's roof to enjoy a great view on Geneva!

It's part of UZ.N, the Usine's 22th birthday festival, which will feature 6 weeks of transdisciplinary performances, including a conference on on cultural urbanism September 28-29.

The urban sculpture was designed by Architecture 1024 ,
Artfactories/ Autre(s)pARTs, our partners HEAD and Lumens8 as well as illico Prod. Nice, thumbs up!

Teaser U.ZN from Projet UZN on Vimeo.

“Take me, sit on me, love me" said this chair I saw in the street yesterday.

If you are one of our dear Lift11 participants, and haven't yet booked your hotel room, please do so when you have a few minutes.

We have put some rooms on hold in a selection of convenient hotels for you. These options expire a few weeks before the conference, depending on the hotel, so the quicker you book, the greater your choice :)

Below is a quick overview of the hotels. Geneva Tourism has set up a dedicated Lift11 booking website through which you can conveniently make your bookings. You can access these offers on this link in English and in French

Most of these hotels are close to the Geneva Main Station, which is a 10-minute tram ride from the conference venue (the CICG).

Geneva Tourism is happy to help should you have any issues using the system, or should you wish to extend your stay beyond the conference dates. They can be contacted on:
reservation@geneve-tourisme.ch
fax : +41 22 909 70 21
tel : +41 22 909 70 20
Lift11 booking system in English

We're exactly 3 weeks away from Lift10!

As we mentioned in an earlier blog post, Lift10 falls in the same week as a large international aviation expo with 10,000 participants. If you haven't done so already, today is your last day to book a room at the Mon Repos, and tomorrow is the last day to book a room at the Bernina - and benefit from our special conference rates.

Below is a quick overview of the hotels. Geneva Tourism has set up a dedicated Lift10 booking website through which you can conveniently make your bookings. You can access these offers on this link in English and in French

Geneva Tourism is happy to help should you have any issues using the system, or should you wish to extend your stay beyond the conference dates :) They can be contacted on:
reservation@geneve-tourisme.ch
fax : +41 22 909 70 21
tel : +41 22 909 70 20

Laurent Haug, fondateur des conférences Lift présente le programme de ce premier jour de l'édition 2009 de Lift à Genève.

The next Lift@home will happen next Monday (Nov 9) in Geneva. Organized by Nicolas Nova, the event will be about "Urban informatics".

Future "networked and digital cities" have popped up on the radar for sometime now. This is a topic we address on a regular basis at Lift from a various set of viewpoints (art, design, architecture, digital services) and with a long-term vision. This time, we would like to explore what could be the implication of urban informatics in the city of today

Speakers

• Nicolas Nova, Researcher at Lift lab / Lift conference
• Fabien Girardin, Researcher at Lift lab
• Boris Beaude, Adjoint Scientifique at Choros / EPFL
• Pascal Wattiaux, IT consultants for sport events at PW Sport Ltd.

More information (and free registration)

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 about the World Usability Day, an event organized by Florian Egger in Geneva.

World Usability Day was founded by the Usability Professionals' Association to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.

Join us on Thursday 12 November at Hotel Bristol, Geneva, to participate in World Usability Day 2009.

This year, the event will have two parts:
1. Usability training courses in the afternoon
* How to integrate User-Centered Design into your projects by Mary Mooney, MBA (Telono)
* How to set up and run your usability tests by Florian Egger, PhD (Telono)

2. Presentations by invited speakers and our traditional networking apéro.
* Achieving Usability with Interaction Design Patterns by Ahmed Seffah, PhD (EHL/UNIL)
* TRIL : Technology Research for Independent Living by Claire Somerville, PhD (TRIL Centre)
* Apéro sponsored by Telono

Cost
Training (course materials included):
* Regular price: CHF 240
* Student price: CHF 100
Guest Speaker Presentations & Apéro: FREE

More Information & Registration

Lift09 speaker Dan Hill (video) wrote a blog post an essay following a walk in Geneva, touching on the story of the city through its architecture. A very nice way to rediscover the city I live in, and see it with fresh eyes.

Notes on Geneva. A Walk.

As noted previously, I managed to escape for a brisk walk around Geneva during the Lift09 conference, heading from the conference venue down towards the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCO) and back. This was the first time I’d done such a drift aided by the iPhone’s GPS+Google-driven 'certainties', and it worked well, enabling me to embark in broadly the right direction, veering off aimlessly onto the most interesting-looking streets whilst reacquainting myself with the optimum route every now and then; a kind of waggle dance back and forth, following invisible satellites.