Lift Conference Podcast
About the Lift conference series Lift is a series of events built around a community of pioneers who get together in Europe and Asia to explore the social implications of new technologies. Each conference is a chance to turn changes into opportunities by anticipating the ...
About the Lift conference series Lift is a series of events built around a community of pioneers who get together in Europe and Asia to explore the social implications of new technologies. Each conference is a chance to turn changes into opportunities by anticipating the major shifts ahead, and meeting the people who drive them.
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Juval Dietziger and Mario Husten - The Holzmarkt
The Holzmarkt adventure started with Bar 25, one of Berlin’s ...
The Holzmarkt adventure started with Bar 25, one of Berlin’s most famous underground clubs Juval and his partners in crime founded in 2003. It quickly became a legendary venue, attracting movie director Quentin Tarantino and the likes to host their private parties there. Located in the midst of an urban redevelopment area Bar 25 had to close in 2010 to make way for the construction of exclusive penthouse apartments overlooking the river Spree. Quickly resistance to the dense and lifeless development of the riverbank organized itself, having its temporary peak in 2008 when 87% of the population of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg demanded a “Spree riverbank for all” in a citizen-intiated referendum. Juval and his team aimed high and developed an alternative concept for the area: With the cooperative project for urban creativity Holzmarkt they managed to convince the Swiss pension fund Abendrot to provide the necessary funds to acquire the lot and in May 2013 the construction work officially kicked-off. We are excited to hear more about Juval’s captivating story, about how he went all the way from running underground clubs to lobbying city councils, negotiating with real estate agents, pitching to investors and finally running a multi-million cooperative in Berlin’s most exciting urban area. At Lift14 he will speak in the session “counter culture inspiring industries".
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Thomas Landrain - Biohacking: when biotech breaks free
The future of biotech is maybe not where we expect ...
The future of biotech is maybe not where we expect it. The cost of innovation in traditional and institutional biotech is too high. Amateurs around the world self-claimed the right to explore what biology has to offer outside institutional settings. This is the world of biohacking. In his talk, Thomas Landrain presents how and why biohacking has emerged; he explains what is a biohackerspace by taking La Paillasse as an exemple. Among several exemples of biohacking projects, he talks a bit more extensively about the interest of bioproduction by presenting the first home application of biotech: growing your own biological ink.
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Alexa Clay - Misfit Subculture: Learning from Hermits, Gangsters, and Occupiers
What can we learn about corporate governance from occupiers? What ...
What can we learn about corporate governance from occupiers? What can entrepreneurs learn from hermits? What can the pharmaceutical industry learn from its patent robbers? In this talk, Alexa Clay explores the role of misfits in driving innovation and asks how can we foster greater collaboration and understanding between society and its misfit subcultures.
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Dan Williams - Walking With Algorithms
Dan W is a software developer interested in how software ...
Dan W is a software developer interested in how software shapes our culture. He makes things to playfully explore technology, such as determining the happiness of British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg using emotion recognition algorithms (19% happy) or running treasure hunts across Amazon's network of delivery lockers in London. Previously he has collaborated with artists and academics as a creative technologist at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, creating projects such as musical instruments powered by solar wind or stories told trough sent. He is currently a hacker at Makeshift in London.
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David Pescovitz - Just Say Know: A Cyberdelic History of the Future
David Pescovitz is co-editor/managing partner of Boing Boing and a ...
David Pescovitz is co-editor/managing partner of Boing Boing and a research director at Institute for the Future, a not-for-profit thinktank in Silicon Valley. For more than two decades, Pescovitz has been at the forefront of tech/culture -- as a journalist, publisher, researcher, and technology futurist. Launched as a print 'zine in 1989 and a blog in 2000, Boing Boing now has more than 5 million monthly readers and publishes a daily mix of short articles, long features, and videos about technology, science, art, culture, and social issues. Fast Company has called it "one of the most popular blogs on the planet" and the New Yorker said that Boing Boing is "read by geeks the world over." As a forecaster, Pescovitz frequently speaks to leaders of Fortune 500 companies about the future of technology and how tomorrow's innovations will transform the way we live. Pescovitz co-wrote the book Reality Check, based on his long-running futurist column in Wired magazine. He has also written for Scientific American, MAKE, Popular Science, New York Times, Washington Post, IEEE Spectrum, Salon, and New Scientist, among many other publications. In 2002, he won the Foresight Prize in Communication, recognizing excellence in educating the public and research community about nanotechnology and other emerging technologies. His writings on technology and culture are featured in the books What Are You Optimistic About?, The Happy Mutant Handbook, and The 'Zine Reader. Pescovitz holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Media from the University of Cincinnati and a Master's in Journalism from UC Berkeley.
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Alexis Lloyd - Designing Conversations with Algorithms
Alexis Lloyd is the Creative Director of The New York ...
Alexis Lloyd is the Creative Director of The New York Times RD Lab, where she investigates technology trends and prototypes future concepts for content delivery. Her work is focused on creating immersive and exploratory experiences through innovative physical-to-digital interactions, data visualization, and screen-based interfaces. In addition to her work at The New York Times, she has designed award-winning projects for clients such as FOX, Columbia University, American Express, The New York Historical Society, PBS, and others. Her media art and design work has been shown internationally, in such venues as the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, SIGGRAPH, and the Chelsea Art Museum. Alexis holds a BA in Theater from Vassar College and an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Design.
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Interview with 16 year-old hacker and maker Sean Goff
At the age of 9 Sean D. Goffwas admitted to ...
At the age of 9 Sean D. Goffwas admitted to the advanced electronics workshop at "Jugend Elektronik- und Technikzentrum Regio Basel JETZ" as the youngest participant ever. With his project "The Freezer" (a fast ice maker using a Peltier element) 2012 he won the Gold Juniors Award and the Community Award ofbugnplay, a Swiss media and robotic contest.With his robot "TurboTwist" he won in 2013 the highly endowed first prize of the Swiss Twistygame Awards. In the same year he was regocnized with the Coup de Coeur Award for "The Evil" (a computer/joystick/smartphone controlled firework launcher).Sean Dylan Goff is Honorary member and also the youngest member of theSwiss Mechatronic Art SocietySMAS.
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LEGO® Serious Play® Workshop
We all loved tinkering when were kids… but have you ...
We all loved tinkering when were kids… but have you ever considered using colourful bricks as a serious business tool?http://liftconference.com/lift14/workshops/you-can%E2%80%99t-be-serious-solution-crafting-kids-aged-...
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Meet the Blabroids reporters
Lift is partnering with the CineGlobe Film Festival at CERN ...
Lift is partnering with the CineGlobe Film Festival at CERN and the Tribeca Film Institute for the upcoming “Story Matter” Hackathon, taking place March 15-19 2014 at CERN. To get the word out about this exciting initiative the Blabdroids are invading the Lift Conference! http://liftconference.com/news/2014/01/28/robots-residence-lift14
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New York Times R&D Lab Workshop / Lift14
Impulse Response: A strategic approach to algorithmic encounters:“Impulse response” refers ...
Impulse Response: A strategic approach to algorithmic encounters:“Impulse response” refers to a means of sounding out the properties of an unknown system by sending a known signal into it. In this workshop, participants will design strategies, products, or other interventions that apply this idea to the systems around them. As increasing aspects of our lives are mediated by algorithmic systems, we adapt our behavior according to our understanding of how these systems sense, track, and analyze what we do. As algorithmic systems become more ubiquitous and impactful, what behaviors and strategies emerge to optimize, control, obscure, or otherwise manipulate the data that we emit? How do those new behaviors change relationships amongst individuals, groups, and institutions? http://liftconference.com/lift14/workshops/impulse-response-strategic-approach-algorithmic-encounters
