Lift conference is an opportunity to discuss the social implications of technology. It is not the usual conference but something more diverse, communitarian and bottom-up. Half of its program is managed by the community, the so called open program that lets the audience speak. Lift conference was started by Laurent Haug in 2006 and is now attended by more than 700 people from around the world - not only techies but also artists, students, researchers, designers, editors and investors. The theme of the Marseille conference this year was "A Hands On Future“.
„We want to inspire people to create new ideas by confronting them to the unexpected and to people outside their domain. We ask both known and established people like Gunter Pauli to do something slightly different and invite unknown people with highly interesting ideas“ explains CEO of Lift conference Laurent. „We have lots of concrete things starting through the connections we make between people from different backgrounds and I know that many startups have been created after Lift.“
Lift Asia 09 will happen in Jeju Island, Korea, on September 17 and 18, 2009: „ Korea is a fabulous country with a strange mix – they are five years ahead of us and also a bit behind us in some sense“ Laurent says. At the beginning of next year the rhythm of the Lift events will be changed: Marseille will move to February, Geneva to May and the conference in Korea will take place in October 2010. According to Laurent they are also working on a fourth new kind of event...
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09.07.2009 at 01:07
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10.07.2009 at 12:07
[...] and Bottom-Up If you are a frequent visitor to our blog, you’ve probably already watched Viktoria’s interview with the founder and CEO of Lift Conference Laurent Haug. Laurent started Lift in 2006 and turned it into a sucess story: A diverse, communitarian and [...]