I hope to see you at Lift! We have an amazing program (20 keynotes, 30 workshops, 10 open stages), an amazing Lift experience (organized by the Geneva University of Art and Design) and a startups zone prepared with the cluster Alp ICT.

Here are the 20 keynotes, each presented in less than 140 chars:

• Jamais Cascio, Ethical Futurist, why prospective matters and how to anticipate the future.
• Rahaf Harfoush, New Media Strategist on the Obama Campaign: using Social Media for politics in the US, Iran and elsewhere
• Yeon-ho Oh, Founder of OhmyNews: the story and future of citizen journalism.
• Neil Rimer, Investor: Entrepreneurship and investment in today’s world.
• Olivier Glassey, Social and Political Sciences researcher: myths and realities of online behaviors.
• Catherine Lottier, TV program foresight specialist: how contents are influenced – or not – by technologies.
• Amelia Andersdotter, Swedish Pirate Party Representative: how to leverage collective intelligence in politics
• Mercedes Bunz, New media strategist: what opportunities for media in new technologies?
• Christian Heller, Post-privacy optimist: the upcoming social norms, and how to navigate them
• Virginia Mouseler, TV program foresight specialist: future of TV content
• Felipe Fonseca, Brasilian media activist: hacking to climb the social ladder in Brazil
• Antonio Casilli, Critical thinker: debunking the myths of the forever young users of digital technologies
• Julian Zbar, Third culture student: how twenty years old use technologies
• Richard Murton, Social Media Expert: social media for businesses
• Russell Davies, Really Interesting Group: printing the internet out and into things
• Basile Zimmermann, Chinese studies researcher: how china adapts and reinvents western web services
• Aubrey de Grey, Eternal life advocate: aging as a disease, and how to curate it
• Katrin Verclas, Mobile services activist: what does and does not work in mobile participation
• Alice Taylor, Playful experiences builder: using games beyond gaming
• Jean Burgess, Media studies researcher: the evolution of YouTube usage