Having survived today's field trip to CERN and now preparing for the trip home, I took a moment to reflect on the last few days. Thinking back to fondue night and knowing that a picture is worth (at least) a thousand words, I've found that this simplicity (via schickr's photostream) does more justice than a written description ever could.

In fact, viewing the growing number of photos from this week in Geneva, I began to think of my first LIFT experience in terms of numbers and images. Diving into my notes, I found this sampling of statistics presented (from "A Glimpse of Asia"):

- An estimated 80-100 million mobile users connect to the internet in China each month (Marc Laperrouza)

- 98% of 20-somethings in Korea are members of Cyworld (Heewon Kim)

- Bhutan developed its Dzongkha Linux in 13 months for $80,000 (Gen Kanai)

When it comes to images of this year's LIFT, the army of photographers on Flickr have it covered. But consider LIFT08 by the numbers: how many kilos of cheese, how many liters of coffee, etc... Once the dust settles, perhaps a few more "behind-the-scenes" statistical factoids might emerge?