Lift talks in video

2008 timelapse - the afternoon break

Laurent Haug — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:31:14 +0100

Michael Scholl made an amazing series of timelapse videos. Here is what happens during the last day break inside the main room.

2008 timelapse - the breaks

Laurent Haug — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:27:49 +0100

Michael Scholl made an amazing series of timelapse videos. Here is what happens during the breaks!

A look at 2008, the "boring" year ahead

Laurent Haug — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:19:31 +0100

In the LIFT08 opening keynote, science fiction writer Bruce Sterling looked in his rear mirror to see the near future, and predicts a boring 2008.

Architecture for a denser world (Korean presentation)

Laurent Haug — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:36:55 +0100

Yoo Suk Yeon is showing what she is doing as both an architect and a researcher, trying to build physical spaces for a population that is getting more and more connected and virtual everyday. She had the most beautiful and intriguing slides we have seen in a while!

Yoo Suk talks in both Korean and English.

Bankers can be bloggers too...

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Colin Henderson is a Banker at Bankwatch Consulting. He presents about "Bankers can be bloggers too..." on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Beyond robotics

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Frederic Kaplan is a researcher at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). He presents about "Beyond robotics" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Blowing the Web apart

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Ivan Pope is the founder of Sniperoo. He speaks about "Blowing the Web apart".

Building online worlds (Korean presentation)

Laurent Haug — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:30:34 +0100

Jake Song - a superstar yet down to earth and open Korean programmer - shared his long experience of building online worlds, first in 2D (Lineage, Ultima Online) then in 3D (Lineage 2, World of Warcraft). His talk resembled a how-to build the perfect virtual world, and my favorite slide was the one that said "try to build a weird enough world so users feel like they are somewhere else, but simple enough that people can still use common sense".

This talk was given in Korean and translated live in English for the conference participants. Unfortunately we could not record the English audio.

Casual gaming

Laurent Haug — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:45:55 +0200

Guy Vardi from Oberon Media talks about casual games, an emerging part of the gaming industry that widely differs from the cliche we usually have on gamers and games.

CERN's 27km Big Bang machine

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Brian Cox is Physicist at University of Manchester / CERN. He presents about "CERN's 27km Big Bang machine" at the LIFT07 conference on Friday, February 9, 2007.

Co-creation

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Chris Lawer, founder and CEO of the OMC Group, talks about co-creation.

Collective Intelligence and creativity

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Jaewoong Lee is Founder and CEO at Daum Communications Corp. He presents about "Collective Intelligence and Collaborative Creativity : What do we need more?" at the LIFT07 conference on Friday, February 9, 2007.

Collective Intelligence inside the enterprise

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Lee Bryant is Director at Headshift. He presents about "Collective Intelligence inside the enterprise" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Communication technologies and new forms of social interaction

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Lara Srivastava is a Senior Policy Analyst at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). She presents about "Communication technologies and new forms of social interaction" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Consumerism vs. Activism

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

David Galipeau has been involved with the internet since it's inception. Having worked on DARPA and the EU Commission Framework IV projects, he has developed an interested in learning behaviors, knowledge management and communication channel strategy and integration models. He is interested in how information and communication technology (ICTs) can be used to modify society and organizational behavior. David speaks about "Consumerism vs. Activism" at the LIFT06 conference.

Contemporary space(s)

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Christophe Guignard is Architect at fabric | ch. He presents about "Contemporary space(s)" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Converting visitors into buyers

Laurent Haug — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:10:30 +0100

David Sadigh, founder of the Geneva-based IC-Agency, shows us how organizations can focus on user retention rather than user acquisition to boost traffic.

Digital Rights Management

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Cory Doctorow is an activist, a writer, a blogger, a public speaker, and a technology person. He speaks about "Digital Rights Management" at LIFT06.

Do biologists dream of robotic art?

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Régine Debatty (we-make-money-not-art.com) and France Cadet discuss about "do biologists dream of robotic art?" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Embracing the real world's messiness

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Fabien Girardin, Researcher at the Pompeu Fabra University, talks about "Embracing the real world's messiness".

Enabling Emergent Innovation

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:34:21 +0100

The fascinating aspect of “real” radical innovations does not primarily lie in their manifestations as entirely new services or products; what is of interest are rather the new forms and processes of knowledge creation having led to these manifestations.

Enjoy the chaos

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:16:44 +0100

Henriette is a specialist of online communities. She talks about how we should all enjoy the chaos.

Entrepreneur - a messy mind

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Bernino Lind is a Danish entrepreneur, most recently at a company called Aresa which produces a grass that changes color when it grows on landmines. He presents about "Entrepreneur - a messy mind" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Everyware: Further down the rabbit hole

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Adam Greenfield is Principal at Studies and Observations NYC. He presents about "Everyware: Further down the rabbit hole" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Evolution of the mobile communication ecosystem

Laurent Haug — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:24:21 +0100

Francesco Cara, a design strategist at Nokia with a psychology background, looks at the evolution of mobile communication ecosystems.

Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Nathan Eagle is Research Scientist at MIT. He presents about "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Foresight and Innovation

Laurent Haug — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:14:55 +0100

William Cockayne's ongoing research dissolves the socially constructed membrane used to separate "real" and "virtual" lives. His findings indicate that the concepts we hold about our relationship with mediated social environments may need to be re-evaluated.

Foresight tools and perspectives

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:41:35 +0100

Scott Smith, founder of foresight firm Changeist, explains that his job is about "helping people see change clearly" and offers seven tips of foresight like "understanding the role of values" or "having a view, not an ideology".

From distributed computing to distributed thinking

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:54:54 +0100

François Grey is the head of IT Communications at the CERN, the web's birthplace. In his talk, he discusses the profound implications of citizen cyberscience for the public understanding of science, and for scientists' understanding of the public.

From Nespresso to Monodor, the story of an inventor

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:31:59 +0100

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.

Getting from here to there: ethnography, design, privacy, and location

Laurent Haug — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:23:38 +0100

Ethnographic research is increasingly figured as a foundation for design practice, but the questions of just how these two approaches should be combined remain largely unanswered. In particular, designers often turn to ethnographic work more for marketing data than for cultural understandings. Drawing on some recent studies of mobility and privacy, I will outline an alternative approach that attempts to take ethnography seriously.

Paul Dourish has worked at Apple and at Xerox PARC, and is currently a Professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Anthropology. His primary research interests lie at the intersection of computer science and social science, and he is known particularly for his research in the areas of Ubiquitous Computing, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and Human-Computer Interaction.

His book, "Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction" was published by MIT Press in 2001; it explores how phenomenological accounts of action can provide an alternative to traditional cognitive analysis for understanding the embodied experience of interactive and computational systems. He is currently on sabbatical at Stanford, working on book projects on social informatics and cultural aspects of ubiquitous computing.

Global Microbrands

lift — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Hugh Macleod is a european guru of online, viral and blog based marketing. He speaks on "Global Microbrands" at LIFT06.

Going virtual in proportion to being actual

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Sister Judith Zoebelein is Editorial director at Internet Office of the Holy See. She presents about "Community on the Net: Going virtual in proportion to being actual" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Google Open Social

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:56:14 +0100

Kevin Marks of Google talks about Open Social, a framework to build cross-site social apps and fight against social network fatigue and incompatibilities.

Hardcore nonsense, the story of a Serbian blogger

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:42:34 +0100

Back in the nineties, during the darkest moments of the Milosevic regime, when every freedom of expression was suffocated by blaring nationalist propaganda, the dissident founders of the legendary B92 radio, driven to bold desperation, decided that their line of work would have to become "hardcore nonsense."

How innovative projects can transform education

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:18:14 +0100

Kushtrim Xhakli works at the IPKO Institute in Kosovo. He speaks about how innovative projects can transform education.

How social networks changed everyday life

Laurent Haug — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:43:29 +0100

Heewon Kim addresses the trends in web usage in South Korea, and focuses in particular on how teenagers use social software in the world's most wired country.

How to make Innovation a sustained reality?

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Catherine Simon is a consulting Partner at Business Resonance. A former Atari and Electronic Arts exec, she explains "How to make Innovation a sustained reality in your firm" at the LIFT07 conference on Friday, February 9, 2007.

Implant technology to enhance human abilities

Laurent Haug — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:41:15 +0100

In this presentation Kevin Warwick takes a look at four different mergers involving the use of implant technology and micro electrode arrays, like technology for identifying and tracking humans, robots with biological brains, deep brain stimulation for therapeutic purposes and neural implants to enhance human abilities.

Industrial Ecology - the future of hyperindustrial economy

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Suren Erkman is the director of the Institute for Communication and Analysis of Science and Technology. He presents about "Industrial Ecology - the future of hyperindustrial economy" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Industrial Products And Ubiquity

lift — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Bruce Sterling's presentation at LIFT evening Korea on Industrial Products And Ubiquity. Bruce talks about sustainable design, recycling, total life-cycle management, tags, radio-frequency identity, search engines, locative media, computer fabricators, industrial design, user records, metadata. web commerce and ubiquitous computing in the service of sustainability.

Internet and the ordinary people's revolution

lift — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Xavier Comtesse is the director of the Swiss Think Tank Avenir Suisse. He talks about "Internet and the ordinary people's revolution".

Internet in society

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Bruno Giussani opens the LIFT06 conference with a keynote speech about the current state of the impact of the Internet on our society. Bruno is a writer and commentator and the Producer of the TEDGLOBAL conference.

Introducing Going-solo

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:16:22 +0100

Stephanie Booth presents Going Solo, a conference for independent professionals happening on May 16th, 2008 in Lausanne.

Jumping jack flash - New forms of interactions

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Jan-Christoph Zoels is Director of User Experience Design at Experientia. He presents about "Jumping jack flash - new forms of interactions" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Knowledge ownership

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Dannie Jost is a writer. She speaks about "knowledge ownership".

Let ALL things be connected

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:25:54 +0100

Why, after 20 years spent building online virtual worlds on the French minitel, then the Internet, Rafi Haladjan realized in 2003 that time had come to jump out of the screen and take the physical world as the new frontier. How Violet, the company he co-founded decided to start connecting everything, to get out of the lab and make actual products with a Darwinian view of the advent of ubicomp...and why among all things he is convinced that the Internet of Things should start with a Rabbit.

LIFT Evening Seoul 2007 press release

lift — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200

Lan Kyoung Hong reads the Korean press release announcing the LIFT events in Seoul. Free Korean lessons in video!

LIFT Experience 2008

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:24:23 +0100

Discover the LIFT experience, a series of activities inviting LIFTers to get together, create and share.

LIFT07 conference wrap-up

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Daniel Kaplan is the CEO of the FING (Next-Generation Internet Foundation), a French think tank. He wraps up the LIFT07 conference on Friday, February 9, 2007.

LIFT07 overview

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A six minutes clip that captures the ambiance of the two days of conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

LIFT08 venture night: Clipperz

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:08:20 +0200

Clipperz's presentation at the LIFT08 venture night.

LIFT08 venture night: CoComment

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:06:54 +0200

Cocomment presents at the LIFT08 venture night.

LIFT08 venture night: Holistis

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:02:20 +0200

Cyril Lamblard presents Holistis at the LIFT08 venture night.

LIFT08 venture night: iO

lift — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:35:42 +0200

Presentation of iO at the LIFT08 venture night.

LIFT08 Venture Night: Mixin

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:00:06 +0200

Nicolas Dengler presents Mixin at the LIFT08 venture night.

LIFT08 venture night: Pixelux

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:57:46 +0200

Raphaël Arrigoni presents Pixelux Entertainment at the LIFT08 Venture Night.

LIFT08 venture night: Viewdle

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:54:50 +0200

Presentation of Viewdle at the LIFT venture night.

LIFT08 venture night: Wuala

Laurent Haug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:52:09 +0200

Wuala presents at the LIFT08 venture night in Geneva on February 6, 2008.

LIFT08 wrap up

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:37:10 +0100

Bill Cockayne wraps up the 2008 edition of LIFT, offering his observations and insights on a rich edition.

Literacy, Communication & Design

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Jan Chipchase is Principal Scientist at Nokia Research Center. He presents about "Literacy, Communication & Design" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Massaging the medium

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Ellen Wallace is the Editor of GenevaLunch. She speaks about "Massaging the medium".

Media 2.0

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Pierre Chappaz is co-CEO of Netvibes and chairman of Wikio. He presents about "Media 2.0" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Media art: making it or faking it?

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Regine is the lady behind we-make-money-not-art.com. She speaks about "Media art: making it or faking it?"

MMO's, movies, las vegas, and golf

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:08:10 +0100

What we are doing, why we do it and what I think about that? Paul Barnett, creative director at Electronic Arts, talks about Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) games and the movies, MMO's and Vegas, MMO's and golf, with a lot of hand waving in the process.

Mobile in Asia

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:38:34 +0100

Marc spends his time between academic work (China and technology), consulting (telecommunication) and pro bono activities. He talks about "Mobile In Asia" and explains how, for the first time in history, a technology is more used in the developing world than in the developed world.

Monetization of the mobile Internet

Laurent Haug — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:20:26 +0100

David Marcus, serial entrepreneur now founder and CEO of Zong, talks about the new business models created by mobile channels.

Open-ended play in Habbo Hotel

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Sampo Karjalainen is Chief Creative Officer at Sulake Corporation. He presents about "Open-ended play in Habbo" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Open-source in Asia

Laurent Haug — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:38:42 +0100

Gen Kanai is the head of Mozilla in Japan. He talks about open source in Asia, and the perception that Asia is contributing less to open source projects than other parts of the world.

Outdoctrination: Society, Children, Technology and Self Organisation in Education

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Sugata Mitra is a Professor of Educational Technology at the Newcastle University. He presents about "Outdoctrination: Society, Children, Technology and Self Organisation in Education" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 20007.

Panel discussion: Facing the digital divide - Bringing it home

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

One billion users on the Internet. It's changing the world, but six billion people are left behind! A panel discussion with Sugata Mitra (Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University), Nathan Eagle (Research Scientist, MIT), Pukul Rana (British Council) and Lara Srivastava (Senior Policy Analyst at International Telecommunication Union), moderated by David Galipeau.

Panel discussion: Technological overload

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A panel discussion on Technological overload, with Stefana Broadbent (Swisscom Innovations), Fred Mast (University of Lausanne) and Nada Kakabadse (Professor at Northampton Business School), moderated by Matthias Luefkens.

Panel discussion: The Economics of creation

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

How to make a living from creative work in the peer to peer and Youtube era? A discussion with Zhang Ga, Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz, John Buckman and Chappatte, moderated by Philippe Mottaz.

Panel: User/Citizen centered society

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Will new technologies give power back to the individual? What are the implications for our society? A panel discussion with Robert Scoble (Vice President of Media Development, Podtech), Beth Krasna (Independent Board Member), Thierry Crouzet (Writer, bonWeb), Derek Powazek (founder, JPG Magazine), moderated by Bruno Giussani.

Participating in the new business conversation

lift — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Robert Scoble is a famous blogger and podcaster on scobleizer.com. He speaks about "Participating in the new business conversation", one of the best ever LIFT presentations. Presentation Zen called this talk "a good example of a more human, more engaging approach to a presentation".

Robotics in the leisure industry

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:37:49 +0100

Bruno Bonnell, founder and former CEO of Infogrames, discusses the implications and opportunities of robotics in the leisure industry.

Secrets, lies & the possible perils of truthful technology

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:23:39 +0100

Genevieve Bell grew up in Australia, moving between the working class suburbs of Melbourne and Canberra and the Aboriginal communities of Central and Northern Australia. She has a PhD in anthropology and works as Director of User Experience within Intel’s Digital Home Group. There she manages an inter-disciplinary team of social scientists, interaction designers and human factors engineers.

Sensor Networks: from the lab to the supermarket?

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Jacques Panchard is Researcher at EPFL. He presents about "Sensor Networks: from the lab to the supermarket?" at the LIFT07 conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Social = Me First

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Stowe Boyd is CEO at Blue Whale Labs. He presents about "Social = Me First" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Social media creates open education

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:18:14 +0100

Ewan McIntosh is the National Adviser for Learning and Teaching Scotland, the education agency responsible for curriculum development. He talks about how social media creates open education.

Space Solar Power

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:34:24 +0100

Capturing Solar Energy in orbit and beaming it down to Earth in a 24 hours a day controlled process, in combination with hydrogen technology, apppears as one of the global, clean and sustainable solutions to replace fossil fuels. The application is expected to be operational in 30 years from now, and technological development is already underway.

Spimes and the future of artifacts

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Bruce Sterling is a writer and visionary. He speaks about "Spimes and the future of artifacts" at the LIFT06 conference.

The Estonian Cyberwar

lift — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200

American journalist and writer Bruce Sterling talks about the Estonian Cyberwar, sharing his thoughts on who might be behind the attacks, and the potential future of a world were groups of hackery can take down entire states.

The Hedonistic Company

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:33:32 +0100

How to be a socialistic-capitalist firm and turn your company into a "hedonistic company": the seven rules of working together professionally and still stay friends.

The importance of social networking and conversations

Laurent Haug — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:20:09 +0100

During the LIFT08 open stage, Matt Colebourne of coComment talks about The importance of social networking and conversations are having for companies and bloggers.

The luck of seven

Laurent Haug — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:11:46 +0100

Noel Hidalgo talks about "the luck of seven", a tour of the world he started On 7-7-7 which took him through the 7 continents, visiting the 7 wonders of the world in 7 months.

The Luminous Bath: our new volumetric medium

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Ben Cerveny is Director at Playground Foundation. He presents about "The Luminous Bath: our new volumetric medium" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

The Modern Age of Gaming

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:47:43 +0100

Robin is a researcher (studying artificial intelligence) now working for Electonic Arts. She is designing games for the Nintendo Wii - she worked on My Sims - and tells us about user-generated content and the importance of social software in gaming.

The Next Nature

Laurent Haug — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:34:39 +0100

Mobile phone cell antennas are being camouflaged as trees and tomatoes are turning square. Technology wants to look like nature, and nature like technology. Mieke Gerritzen is a dutch artist talking about how culture becomes nature.

The read/write city

Laurent Haug — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:06:26 +0100

Adam opening opened the conference with a great talk about how cities are now becoming read/write environments rather than de-socialized zones with everybody isolated in a tech bubble (iPod, mobile phone).

An energetic, visual journey in tomorrow's urban environments.

The social network of the future

Laurent Haug — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:32:57 +0100

Pierre Bellanger talks about the future of social networks. As the founder and owner of Europe's largest site of such a kind (and the 17th most visited site on earth), he has a very interesting vision on what directions these tools will take, and hints at a future made of instant communication and mobile.

Towards a society of cyborgs?

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Daniela Cerqui is an anthropologist at University of Lausanne. She presents about "Towards a society of cyborgs?" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Trying to implement enterprise collaboration?

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Stéphane Cheikh is the Manager of Online Tools and Knowledge Management at SITA. He speaks about "trying to implement enterprise collaboration?".

Using social software to encourage sustainable development

Laurent Haug — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:38 +0100

Tom Taylor works as a developer/tech consultant for Headshift, a London based company who build and consult on social software applications. He presents on the subject of using social software to encourage sustainable development.

Virtual environments and social justice

Laurent Haug — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:49:32 +0100

Jonathan Cabiria talks about relationships in virtual environments and social justice. He explores how platforms such as Second Life can be a recommended activity for marginalized people, especially if they suffer from issues such as loneliness, depression, isolation, pessimism and/or low self-esteem.

WattWatt

Laurent Haug — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:20:35 +0100

Bill Thomson and Philippa Martin-King introduce WattWatt, an online community for individuals interested in electrical energy efficiency.

Web2.0 mashups and human rights

lift — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Helena Suarez and Daniel McQuillan of Amnesty International present about "Web2.0 mashups and human rights" at the LIFT06 conference.

What can we learn by inviting people to be designers?

Laurent Haug — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:21:30 +0100

Younghee Jung talks about how Nokia explores the different usages of their mobile phones by customers to gain valuable insight on future products design.

What is the climate of the 21st century going to be like?

Laurent Haug — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:42:21 +0100

Notes from Bruno Giussani's LunchOverIP

Andy Reisinger is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - wikipedia page) that won -- collectively -- the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Al Gore for their work on scientifically assessing the state of the Earth's climate. He's actually a very important member of the group, because he has coordinated the small group writing and editing the summaries of the reports -- the documents that you've read about in the press and that have landed on governmental desks all over the world.
I'm moderating the session and introduce him as a "co-laureate of the Nobel Prize for Peace". Before starting his talk, he stresses that he's expressing only his personal views and is not representing the IPCC in a formal capacity.
He shares five key messages:

• Climate change is unequivocally happening. There is an increasing confidence among scientists that the change over the last 50 years is very likely due to greenhouse gas emissions produced by human activities.
• Changes in climate of 21st century will be unilke everyting that human civilization has experienced previously. "The world has not been that warm, nor has the global climate changed that rapidly, at any time over the past 10'000 years (ie. The span of human civilization)". Some key impacts of climate change if warming keeps going as it is going: Water stress for more than 1 billion people; 20-30% of species at increasing risk of extintion; Reduced crop yield at lower latitudes; Costal flooding in megadeltas of Africa/Asia; Health risks from heath, malnurition and diarrhea; Long-term (centuries) risks of meters of sea level rise

What kind of Humanity do we want?

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Paola Ghillani is Founder & President at Paola Ghillani & Friends Ltd.. She presents about "What kind of Humanity do we want?" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

When 1st Life Meets 2nd Life

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Julian Bleecker is Professor at the University of Southern California and Researcher at the Near Future Laboratory. He presents about "When 1st Life Meets 2nd Life" at the LIFT07 conference on Thursday, February 8, 2007.

Whisher

lift — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Ferran Moreno introduces Wisher (www.whisher.com), a software application that helps you get free WiFi access all around the world and offers a range of tools and social services that will take your wireless experience to a new level.

Wikipedia: a social innovation?

Laurent Haug — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:12:13 +0100

Florence Devouard is the chairwoman of Wikimedia, the foundation behind Wikipedia. She speaks on "Wikipedia: a social innovation?" at the LIFT07 conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 8, 2007.

Work environments for the knowledge age

lift — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Presentation on the "Work Environments for the Knowledge Age" during the Open Stage sessions during LIFT07.

Working in a wired world

lift — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Euan Semple is one of the most respected specialist of social software. He speaks about "working in a wired world" at LIFT06.