partners

Lift happens thanks to partnerships with local and international organizations who support the conference. Check the full partners list, and contact us if you want to partner with the conference in Europe or Asia.

	Reflex Magazine Reflex is a scientific magazine which addresses all those who want to understand how science, technology and innovation transform their everyday life. It is published three times a year in English and in French. Reflex is co-edited by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the press agency LargeNetwork. Reflex’s french print runs are of 15,500 copies. English print runs are of 4,000 copies. Reflex is sent to all the former students of the EPFL, as well as to the teachers and to a selection of the institution’s partners (approx. 11’000 addresses). It is also sold in most of the kiosks of Romandie. » Learn more
	Rezonance Gathering more than 34’000 members, Rezonance is the leading social network for people and enterprises that wish to develop their exchanges in French-speaking Switzerland. Rezonance proposes online networking services and 25 free conferences a year on innovation, new technologies, entrepreneurship, biotech and networking called “First”. Seeking to emulate a whole region through networking and mutual enrichment, Rezonance develops professionals’ ideas and knowledge, anticipates changes and reveals trends. » Learn more
	ICT Journal ICT Journal is a new platform for business news in the IT world. The monthly magazine and website informs Swiss readers about the current events in information technology, communication, the internet, and business software. » Learn more
	L'Atelier BNP Paribas L'Atelier detects "disruptive innovation" across America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its experts detect the ideas that bring about concrete changes for companies and their employees affecting their organization, their communications, the way they do business. L'Atelier BNP Paribas helps position companies to allow them to catch on to these ideas at an early stage, and accompanies them through these transformations with its business consulting and training unit. L'Atelier also communicates these key trends through its communication channels (web, video, radio) and its events (Thema, Gallery and Springboard). » Learn more
	Techcrunch TechCrunch, founded on June 11, 2005, is a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to covering new companies, we profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the new web space. » Learn more

The IEC became LIFT's first global partner and in 2009 supported us in Switzerland, Korea and France. Here's some more about the not-for-profit, world-leading organization that makes sustainable electrotechnology work for you, today and tomorrow.

The IEC prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies — collectively known as "electrotechnology".

Standards open up frontiers by supporting global safety and performance. Standards help make systems and devices energy efficient. They help developing countries make sure low-quality products don't enter their markets, help counter climate change in providing a basis to regulate the use of chemicals and dangerous substances and provide methods for dealing with recycling and waste management.

Wherever you find electricity or electronics, you find the International Electrotechnical Commission.

Lift happens thanks to a great community of people, among them our partners who make the conference possible with their support. Meet the supporters of the conference: blue-infinity, LeShop.ch, Agence Virtuelle, Migros Pour-cent Culturel, BCCC Attorneys-at-Law, Creapole, The Ark, CTI, G2 Group, Naxoo

blue-infinity	LeShop.ch	Agence Virtuelle	Migros Pour-cent Culturel
blue-infinity combines technology and marketing expertise to address the challenges of leading organizations.	LeShop.ch is Switzerland's number one online supermarket, celebrating ten years of success and serving thousands of customers across the country.	Agence Virtuelle, the leading Search Marketing Agency from Search Engine Optimization to Cost Per Click marketing. 13 years of expertise in Design & Search & Branding.	The Pour-cent culturel is a voluntary engagement by Migros in domains like culture, society, education, leisure and economy.
BCCC Attorneys-at-Law	Creapole	The Ark	CTI
BCCC is an independent Swiss law firm with offices in the two major business centers of Western Switzerland: Geneva and Lausanne. BCCC brings together qualified professionals with an international background and complementary expertise.	Creapole soutient l'innovation et la création de start-up, en apportant du coaching, des infrastructures immobilières adaptées (technopoles) et du financement.	The Ark is a project of economic development launched by Switzerland's canton of the Valais. Of a resolutely international scope, it combines several technology sites into one and the same entity.	Swiss Confederation’s innovation promotion agency.
G2 Group	Naxoo
Generation Group (G2) offers services in principal investing, assets management and brokerage, with offices in London, Geneva and Moscow.	022 Télégenève SA est une société genevoise fondée en 1986 pour permettre à tous les habitants du canton d’accéder à la richesse de la télévision par câble. Elle est le 2ème câblo-opérateur suisse et diffuse son signal TV dans toutes les communes raccordées du canton de Genève et également en Valais.

Mémoires Informatiques is a foundation gathering "old" computers from the 20th century, an amazing collection you can see at the EPFL in Lausanne. At Lift09, Bruno Bonnell (founder of former world number one video games company Infogrames) and Mémoires Informatiques Foundation's president Yves Bolognini met in Geneva. The result? A partner event at Lift10 to celebrate the donation by Bruno Bonnell of his exceptional collection of video games and computers to the Musée Bolo. There will be short talks followed by an exhibition of rare video games, including working old micro-computers. Refreshments will be served.

^{The Musée Bolo in Lausanne.}

^{Yves Bolognini and Bruno Bonnell at Lift09.}

When: Friday 7 May, 16:00
Language: Event in French
Registrations:: 60 seats available. Click here to register.

Lift happens thanks to a great community of people, among them our partners who make the conference possible with their support. Meet five of our Main Partners for Lift10: TSR, Ville de Genève, frog design, 1875 and L'Hebdo.

	TSR The Télévision Suisse Romande (TSR) is the french speaking channel of the Swiss public television. TSR.ch is their website, providing up to the minute information and videos to the Swiss population around the world. » Learn more
	Ville de Genève Situated at the heart of Europe, at the crossroads of every commercial, cultural and spiritual route, Geneva was the cradle of some of the greatest humanitarian ideas. Calvin, Rousseau, Dunant and many others contributed to its distinction. Similarly, international et multinational organisations established their head offices there, contributing further to its renown. » Learn more
	frog design frog design, inc. is a global innovation firm. We work with the world’s leading companies, helping them create and bring to market meaningful products, services, and experiences. » Learn more
	1875 Finance 1875 Is one of Geneva's major independent financial institutions specialized in private wealth management and multi-family office services. 1875 offers the following services: • coordination of clients' banking matters efficiently through a single contact point • proper management of private assets without conflict of interest thanks to an open architecture strategies and network. » Learn more
	L'Hebdo L’Hebdo, le magazine de référence en Suisse Romande, a été fondé il y a plus de 25 ans sur l’idée qu’il existait une place dans le paysage médiatique pour un magazine d’actualités de qualité, il en est devenu un acteur incontournable. » Learn more

Lift happens thanks to a great community of people, among them our partners who make the conference possible with their support. Meet four of our Main Partners for Lift10: Google, Canton de Genève, LABEL and Accenture.

	Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin named the search engine they built "Google," a play on the word "googol," the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The name reflects the immense volume of information that exists, and the scope of Google's mission: to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. » Learn more
	Canton de Genève In every category, of any international assessment of business locations, Geneva shines. For the international, European and EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa) headquarters of global companies, Geneva offers a perfect mix of advantages: an attractive tax structure, a location in the heart of Europe, easy access, a full set of services, a highly-skilled, multilingual, stable workforce and a business-friendly government. And, in terms of a previously “soft factor” that is increasingly taken into consideration when choosing a business base, Geneva ranks – for the second year in a row – as the world’s leader in terms of quality of life, according to William Mercer HR Consulting. » Learn more
	LABEL What Does LABEL Do? We connect the virtual world to the real world. From advertising and brand management to business intelligence, via web, multimedia and social media, LABEL delivers a fully integrated services offer. Why Do We Get Up Each Morning? Because we love to share. Whether it’s ideas, energy, information, or knowledge, we love to share with each other, and our clients. We share in order to see a bigger picture. » Learn more
	Accenture Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 181,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. Its home page is www.accenture.ch. » Learn more

Alp ICT have been longtime partners of Lift, following us around the world since 2008. Meet one of the organizations that make the conference possible:

Created in 2009 by the seven cantons of Western Switzerland, the Alp ICT hub has a mandate to foster synergies between national and international economical actors, thus developing and promoting Swiss excellence in information and communication technologies. The cluster's main mission is to promote Western Switzerland as a key player in the digital world and to create business opportunities.

Lift10 startups program
At Lift10, Alp ICT and Lift have partnered to bring 15 startups to the conference. Two operations are organized:

• A startup corner will be built outside of the conference rooms, a place where you will see the products and services of these young companies from Western Switzerland.
• A venture night (a repeat of the Lift08 event) will see eight young companies share the stage with legendary Venture Capitalist Neil Rimer of Index Ventures.

We are proud to announce the re-signing of a partnership with Alp ICT and the Geneva Economic Development Office for Lift10. Faithful partners since 2007, both organization will be alongside us for next year :)

Beside giving local entrepreneurs a chance to attend Lift, Alp ICT and the Geneva Economic Development Office will also organize a public showcase on Wednesday evening where Lift attendees will be given the possibility to discover the products and services developed in Western Switzerland, in a similar spirit to the Lift08 Venture Night.