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Here is the conference program as of February 8. If you are looking for the list of speakers head to the speakers page.
Wednesday 7
Wednesday is a day for workshops at Unimail. We provide the rooms, you create the exchanges and the discussions. More information.
18:00
Pre-conference drinks sponsored by Geneva Lunch!
Café l'insomnia

Thursday 8
  Both days happen at the CICG, Geneva's international convention center.
8:00
Doors opening
Coffee and croissants offered by the Banque Cantonale de Genève
9:00
Keynote
  • Florence Devouard
    Chair of the board, Wikipedia
  • 9:25
    Keynote CANCELLED
    Jacques Attali is unfortunatly stuck in Paris and can not come this year.
    9:45
    Whisher - Wifi reloaded
  • Ferran Moreno
    CEO, Whisher
  • 9:50
      ROOM 2   ROOM 3
      The social web   Beyond conventional interactions
    10:30
  • Open-ended play in Habbo
    Sampo Karjalainen
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  • Do biologists dream of robotic art?
    R. Debatty & F. Cadet
  • 10:55
  • Collective Intelligence inside the enterprise
    Lee Bryant
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  • Jumping jack flash - new forms of interactions
    Jan-Christoph Zoels
  • 11:20
  • Social = Me First
    Stowe Boyd
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  • Contemporary space(s)
    Christophe Guignard
  •   Post-industrial worlds   From robots to cyborgs
    11:45
  • What kind of Humanity do we want?
    Paola Ghillani
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  • Beyond robotics
    Frederic Kaplan
  • 12:10
  • Industrial Ecology - the future of hyperindustrial economy
    Suren Erkman
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  • Towards a society of cyborgs?
    Daniela Cerqui
  • 12:30 offered by Swisscom
      Technological opportunities for society   Mobile technology practices
    14:30
  • Outdoctrination: Society, Children, Technology and Self Organisation in Education
    Sugata Mitra
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  • Literacy, Communication & Design
    Jan Chipchase
  • 15:00
  • Community on the Net: Going virtual in proportion to being actual
    Sister Judith Zoebelein
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  • Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
    Nathan Eagle
  • 15:30
  • Communication technologies and new forms of social interaction
    Lara Srivastava
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  • Sensor Networks: from the lab to the supermarket?
    Jacques Panchard
  • 16:00
      Perspectives on Ubiquitous Computing   New technologies: impact and opportunities
    17:00
  • When 1st Life Meets 2nd Life
    Julian Bleecker
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  • Bankers can be bloggers too...
    Colin Henderson
  • 17:30
  • The Luminous Bath: our new volumetric medium
    Ben Cerveny
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  • Entrepreneur - a messy mind
    Bernino Lind
  • 18:00
  • Everyware: Further down the rabbit hole
    Adam Greenfield
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  • Media 2.0
    Pierre Chappaz
  • 19:00
    Friday 9
     
    8:00
    Doors opening
    Coffee and croissants offered by Zurich Assurance
    9:00
    Keynote
  • Collective Intelligence and Collaborative Creativity : What do we need more?
    Jaewoong Lee
  • 9:30
    Panel: The new economics of creation

    How to make a living from creative work in the peer to peer and Youtube era?

  • John Buckman
    Founder, Magnatune and BookMooch, Creative Commons Board Member
  • Zhang Ga
    Artistic Director / Curator, China International New Media Arts Exhibition 2008
  • Patrick Chappatte
    Cartoonist
  • Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz
    CEO, vpod.tv
  • Moderated by Philippe Mottaz
  • 10:30
    11:00
    The open stage is the opportunity for each LIFTer to give a presentation. Propose a speech and you might end up presenting on the big stage! More information.
    11:00
    Knowledge Ownership
  • Dannie Jost
    Writer, tensoriana.org
  •   Massaging the medium
  • Ellen Wallace
    Editor, GenevaLunch
  • 11:20
    Understanding users, their needs and motivations
  • Jean-Francis Balaguer
    User experience senior consultant, ELCA
  •   Blowing the Web apart
  • Ivan Pope
    founder ceo, Snipperoo
  • 11:40
    Work Environments for the Knowledge Age
  • Clark Elliott
    Workplace Strategist, CLARK ELLIOTT CONSULTING
  •   Trying to implement enterprise collaboration?
  • Stephane Cheikh
    Manager, Online Tools and Knowledge Management, SITA
  • 12:00
    Embracing the real world's messiness
  • Fabien Girardin
    Researcher, Pompeu Fabra University
  •   How to make Innovation a sustained reality in your firm?
  • Catherine SIMON
    Consulting Partner, Business Resonance
  • 12:30
      ROOM 2   ROOM 3
    14:00
    Panel: Dealing with technological overload
    Is too much technology good for you? What are the consequences of our increasingly over-connected lifestyle?
  • Stefana Broadbent
    Head of User Adoption Lab, Swisscom
  • Fred Mast
    Professor, University of Lausanne
  • Nada Kakabadse
    Professor, Northampton Business School
  • Moderated by Matthias Luefkens
  •   Panel: Facing the digital divide - Bringing it home
    One billion users on the Internet. It's changing the world, but six billion people are left behind!
  • Sugata Mitra
    Professor of Educational Technology, Newcastle University
  • Nathan Eagle
    Research Scientist, MIT
  • Pukul Rana
    reachout-project Manager / Communications Officer, British Council
  • Lara Srivastava
    Senior Policy Analyst, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • Moderated by David Galipeau
  • 15:00
    15:30
    Panel: The user/citizen centered society

    Will new technologies give power back to the individual? What are the implications for our society?

  • Robert Scoble
    Vice President of Media Development, Podtech
  • Beth Krasna
    Independent Board Member
  • Thierry Crouzet
    Writer, bonWeb.com
  • Moderated by Bruno Giussani

    16:30
    Special presentation
  • CERN's 27km Big Bang machine
    Brian Cox
  • 17:00
    Wrap up
  • Daniel Kaplan
    Fédération Internet Nouvelle Génération
  • 17:30 End of the conference
    22:00 The LIFT party Le Box
    Place de l’Octroi 15
    1227 Carouge
    Tél: +41 22 343 61 61

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