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LIFT08 open stage

Last year we put 8 people on stage who were chosen by the community. This is your chance to hit the big stage, so give it a try! This year we changed the format - presentations will be high impact and short - and decided to allow demos and product launches. Submit a three to five minutes presentation and you might end up on stage!

Number: 8 spots available on Thursday and Friday 7 and 8.
Duration: 3-5 minutes.
Voting system: two weeks before the event, voting opens and the 8 most popular talks are scheduled in the official program
Deadline for submission: Jan. 20
Logistics: you give a talks at on the main stage like other speakers. Your talk is taped and put on LIFT videos.
Location: CICG, rue Varembé 7 (map)

Submissions are now closed. It's time to vote for the following suggestions.

Final propositions


Title (click on link to vote)Talk typeSpeakerVotessort icon
"The importance of social networking and "conversations" are having for companies and bloggers"DemoKristina Serafim 33
Going Online: How innovative projects can transform education and ICT opportunities [Special Premiere Demo]DemoKushtrim Xhakli 28
Enabling Emergent Innovation. From cognitive to emergent innovationShare an ideaMarkus Peschl 28
Going Solo: being a freelancer in a connected world.Launch a projectStephanie Booth 28
on the luck of seven, a 21st century anthropological view of open sourceExtravaganzaNoel Hidalgo 26
Rapid Business Model PrototypingDemoAlexander Osterwalder 25
enjoy the chaosSomething elseHenriette Weber Andersen 25
We're adopting! How social media creates open educationShare an ideaEwan McIntosh 23
The end of textShare an ideaJurriaan Mous 18
Managing Creative teams and individuals with Emotional IntelligenceShare an ideaCatherine Simon 16
Magic number seven: Designing according to the laws of the universeShare an ideaMartin Kuipers 15
Enitiatives.org or Direct Democracy 2.0Share an ideaNicolas Durand 13
"Who has no knife may not eat pineapples." An off-topic tour d'horizon on the literacy of cutting.Something elseFabian Kalker 12
How social networks can be used to get people informed and involved in the global issues of climate, peace, poverty and wildlifeShare an ideaGreg Tallent 10
Just boost it! Free space for poor people with great projects!Launch a projectRoman Bourquin 9
Visualizing Data with InterlocsDemoPhilipp Egli 9
InterlocksSomething elseNicolas Mayencourt 9
Those Who want to See must Close their EyesExtravaganzaFabian Hemmert 5
There and Back Again (abrigded)Something elseSimon Wardley 5