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Kushtrim Xhakli "How innovative projects can transform education" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:00:03 GMT

Kushtrim Xhakli "How innovative projects can transform education" (Lift 08 EN) Kushtrim Xhakli works at the IPKO Institute in Kosovo. He speaks about how innovative projects can transform education. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, education, ideas, innovation, inspiration, kosovo, lift, lift08, liftconference, open, pioneers, stage

Kevin Warwick "Implant technology" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:05:01 GMT

Kevin Warwick "Implant technology to enhance human abilities" (Lift 08 EN) In this presentation Kevin Warwick takes a look at four different mergers involving the use of implant technology and micro electrode arrays, like technology for identifying and tracking humans, robots with biological brains, deep brain stimulation for therapeutic purposes and neural implants to enhance human abilities. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, cybernetic, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers

Guy Vardi "Casual gaming" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:45:01 GMT

Guy Vardi from Oberon Media talks about casual games, an emerging part of the gaming industry that widely differs from the cliche we usually have on gamers and games. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, gaming, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers

Scott Smith "Foresight tools and perspectives" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:48:02 GMT

Scott Smith, founder of foresight firm Changeist, explains that his job is about "helping people see change clearly" and offers seven tips of foresight like "understanding the role of values" or "having a view, not an ideology". Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, foresight, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers

Kevin Marks "Google Open Social" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:48:01 GMT

Kevin Marks of Google talks about Open Social, a framework to build cross-site social apps and fight against social network fatigue and incompatibilities. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, open, pioneers, social, software

David Sadigh "Converting visitors into buyers" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:32:03 GMT

David Sadigh, founder of the Geneva-based IC-Agency, shows us how organizations can focus on user retention rather than user acquisition to boost traffic. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, eCommerce, ideas, innovation, inspiration, internet, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, seo

David Marcus "Monetization of the mobile Internet" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:36:01 GMT

David Marcus "Monetization of the mobile Internet" (Lift 08 EN) David Marcus, serial entrepreneur now founder and CEO of Zong, talks about the new business models created by mobile channels. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : business, conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, internet, lift, lift08, liftconference, mobile, monetization, pioneers, zong

Francois Grey "From distributed computing to distributed thinking" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:37:01 GMT

Francois Grey "From distributed computing to distributed thinking" (Lift 08 EN) François Grey is the head of IT Communications at the CERN, the web's birthplace. In his talk, he discusses the profound implications of citizen cyberscience for the public understanding of science, and for scientists' understanding of the public. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : CERN, computing, conference, grid, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers

Robin Hunicke "The Modern Age of Gaming" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:37:01 GMT

Robin is a researcher (studying artificial intelligence) now working for Electonic Arts. She is designing games for the Nintendo Wii - she worked on My Sims - and tells us about user-generated content and the importance of social software in gaming. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, games, gaming, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, wii

Mieke Gerritzen "The Next Nature" (LIft 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:33:01 GMT

Mobile phone cell antennas are being camouflaged as trees and tomatoes are turning square. Technology wants to look like nature, and nature like technology. Mieke Gerritzen is a dutch artist talking about how culture becomes nature. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : art, conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, nature, nextnature, pioneers

Holm Friebe "The Hedonistic Company" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:38:04 GMT

How to be a socialistic-capitalist firm and turn your company into a "hedonistic company": the seven rules of working together professionally and still stay friends. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : Agentur, Intelligenz, Zentrale, company, conference, hedonistic, ideas, innovation, inspiration, life, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, work

Francesco Cara "Evolution of the mobile comm." (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:21:01 GMT

Francesco Cara "Evolution of the mobile communication ecosystem" (Lift 08 EN) Francesco Cara, a design strategist at Nokia with a psychology background, looks at the evolution of mobile communication ecosystems. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : communication, conference, foresight, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, mobile, nokia, pioneers

Bruno Bonnell "Robotics in the leisure industry" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:04:01 GMT

Bruno Bonnell "Robotics in the leisure industry" (Lift 08 EN) Bruno Bonnell, founder and former CEO of Infogrames, discusses the implications and opportunities of robotics in the leisure industry. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, gaming, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, robotics

Paul Barnett "movies, las vegas, and golf" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:44:00 GMT

Paul Barnett "MMO's, movies, las vegas, and golf" In one of Lift's most legendary talk, Paul Barnett - creative director at Electronic Arts - explains that the conventional thinking which goes into designing an existing product and simply make it bigger, louder, taller, and crazier doesn't work in the world of online games. There has to be room for new ideas, and it's the person with the ideas who is going to be walking away with the money. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, gaming, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, mmo, pioneers

Bill Thompson & Philippa Martin-King "WattWatt" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:25:04 GMT

Bill Thomson and Philippa Martin-King introduce WattWatt, an online community for individuals interested in electrical energy efficiency. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, wattwatt

Jasmina Tessanovic "Hardcore nonsense" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Jasmina Tessanovic "Hardcore nonsense, the story of a Serbian blogger" (Lift 08 EN) Back in the nineties, during the darkest moments of the Milosevic regime, when every freedom of expression was suffocated by blaring nationalist propaganda, the dissident founders of the legendary B92 radio, driven to bold desperation, decided that their line of work would have to become "hardcore nonsense." Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : b92, blogging, conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, serbia

Tom Taylor "Using social software" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:27:00 GMT

Tom Taylor "Using social software to encourage sustainable development" (Lift 08 EN) Tom Taylor works as a developer/tech consultant for Headshift, a London based company who build and consult on social software applications. He presents on the subject of using social software to encourage sustainable development. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers

Andy Reisinger " the climate of the 21st century" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:33:01 GMT

Andy Reisinger " What is the climate of the 21st century going to be like?" (Lift 08 EN) I'm moderating the session and introduce him as a "co-laureate of the Nobel Prize for Peace". Before starting his talk, he stresses that he's expressing only his personal views and is not representing the IPCC in a formal capacity. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : IPCC, LIFT08, conference, global, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, warming

Marc Laperrouza "Mobile in Asia" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:34:03 GMT

Marc spends his time between academic work (China and technology), consulting (telecommunication) and pro bono activities. He talks about "Mobile In Asia" and explains how, for the first time in history, a technology is more used in the developing world than in the developed world. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : asia, china, conference, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, mobile, pioneers

Guy Pignolet "Space Solar Power" (Lift 08 EN)

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:37:01 GMT

Capturing Solar Energy in orbit and beaming it down to Earth in a 24 hours a day controlled process, in combination with hydrogen technology, apppears as one of the global, clean and sustainable solutions to replace fossil fuels. The application is expected to be operational in 30 years from now, and technological development is already underway. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Tags : conference, development, electricity, energy, ideas, innovation, inspiration, lift, lift08, liftconference, pioneers, space, sustainable, wattwatt