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Conférence TechnoArk 2012, Internet+Mobiles = Fiabilité des informations?

TechnoArk is organizing the 7th edition of their conference, traditionally a few days before Lift12. If you are interested in Mobile, this is the place to be at the end of January. I will host the day (in French) curated by the Institut Icare.

La septième édition de la Conférence TechnoArk aura lieu le 27 janvier prochain au Techno-Pôle de Sierre. Le thème de ce rendez-vous incontournable sera « Internet et Mobiles : Fiabilité des informations ? ».

D’un geste du doigt, le consommateur accède à une myriade d’informations depuis son téléphone portable. Mais comment peut-il s’assurer de la fiabilité des informations? Comment peut-il faire confiance aux nombreuses sources de données? La fiabilité, l’exactitude et l’authenticité des données constituent le nouvel enjeu de l’internet mobile.

Des conférenciers issus par exemple du MIT de Boston ou du GS1 de Bruxelles vous permettront d’approfondir ce thème d’actualité. Vous trouverez le programme complet de la manifestation sur la page www.technoark.ch/technoark2012.

TechnoArk 2012 conference

The speakers of the TechnoArk conference have been announced. Event happens on January 27, 2012 and I will be presenting the speakers as usual. Find out more here.

  •  Prof. Federico Casalegno, MIT, Boston, Mobile Experience Lab Director.  Technology
    His new book at MIT Press « Research on Forms and Flows of Communication with Mobile Media».
  • Jan Horsager, Alexandra Institute, Aarhus, Denmark, Head of communication
    The new Internet of things comic book  and  a model for Innovation : the Alexandra Institute
  • Guy Weiss, AndVista Consulting, Genève,  Supply chain traceability expert
    Nature de la traçabilité, éthique et prérequis.
  • GS1 worldwide, Global Office, Brussels
    The new report “Beyond the label : providing Digital Information Consumers Can Trust”.
  • Prof. Laurent Sciboz, Instituts de recherche du TechnoArk
    De l’internet des objets vers les services, illustration de Print-To-Mobile
  • Philippe Cloux, Importexa, Lutry, Directeur
    Smartphones et  services mobiles, gestion de la traçabilité dans le domaine du Textile
  • Prof. Schumacher et David Werlen, Institut d’informatique HES-SO // Valais, Institut de recherche Icare
    Fairtrace, les technologies mobiles au service de la fiabilité des données, exemple d’un projet de recherche.
  • Bastien Sachet et Julien Troussie, The Forrest Trust, swiss office, Crassier
    Chaines de traçabilité et mise en œuvre de la fiabilité des données à l’aide de services mobiles.
  • Renaud Francou, Fondation Internet nouvelle génération, FING, co-animateur de l “Expédition” Nouvelles approches de la Confiance numérique
    Lancement du projet européen MesInfos, axé sur le partage de données personnelles et les applications pour les usagers et les entreprises.
  • Henri Barthel, GS1 Global Office, Bruxelles, Technical Director EPCglobal
    L’internet des objets état des lieux en Europe, présentation de la nouvelle plateforme IOTStandards.org.

Get your Lift12 ticket!

As the Lift12 early bird sale comes to a close in the coming days, here come a few more information on Lift12 that I will curate with Nicolas Nova. This year, we decided to develop the formula that made Lift11 our most successful event ever, and propose a program divided into three distinct moments:

Day 1: The big picture

We will discuss big questions, and explore how technology is affecting our lives. What is the role of technologies in recent political movements? How is technology really reshaping the way we live? Is technology generating crises, or is it a way to respond to emergency situations?

Day 2: The actionable ideas

Day two is more concrete, exploring current technologies and their impact on our immediate environment. We will discuss mobile but with a fresh perspective, the recent changes forcing reinventions in the luxury industry, the next steps in finance, and explore the new face of gaming, a field that is moving out of screens and closer to our daily lives. Our partner AlpICT’s traditional Venture Night will close the day, with startups introducing their products and services to the audience.

Day 3: Foresight and inspiration

The final day of the conference is about discovering technologies that will be part of our lives in the next 3-5 years (“Near futures” session), hear the stories of pioneers who do extraordinary things (“Stories”) and, finally, meet the extreme amateurs, those people who are taking the concept to a whole new level, building rockets or making nuclear physics experiments in their garage.

We are in the process of confirming most speakers, but a few names have already been announced. We will have people developing the mobile phones of the future, a researcher who creates therapeutic robots, a hacker who builds a nuclear reactor in his basement, the inventor of the “web 2.0 suicide machine” that deletes your social media accounts, a designer of pervasive games, and many more. Check the first confirmed speakers below:



I hope to see you at Lift12, get your ticket before the price goes up!

Upcoming events (Oct-Nov 2011)

Upcoming events I will attend/speak at:

Wired Conference (Oct 13-14)
Looking forward to attend the first edition (firsts are always special) of the Wired UK conference, curated by the great Monique Van Dusseldorp.

Swiss ICT Awards (Oct 18)
I will attend Switzerland’s largest ICT prize in Luzern, hoping to maybe bring a trophy back home :)

HEG Genève (Nov. 3)
I will teach a 3 hours course on managing innovation at the HEG Genève. This is part of the (many) teaching assignments the Lift team took for 2011/2012.

Forum économique de Glion (Nov. 11)
I will attending the forum for the first time, participating on a panel about entrepreneurship.

Solvaxis Userday 2011 (Nov. 24)
I will keynote at the Userday, presenting the latest technological developments and trends. Join me at the Stade de Suisse in Bern on November 24.

If you would like me to speak at your event, please contact me.
 

Développer sa créativité tous les jours

I gave a short talk (in French) at the Rendez-vous des entrepreneurs in June about creativity, and the tension I see between technologies that keep our minds busy, and the need for quiet moments that lead to creativity.

You can also check a short text recap here.

Robolift11, the present and future of robotics

Lyon, March 23-25, 2012

After years of hype and crazy expectations, robots are ready to become an integral part of our life. Whether they are intended for care, education, or war, they can not be ignored anymore. Although robots did not show up under the humanoid form most of us expected, they represent a market estimated to 25b$ in 2010, 66b$ in 2025! The Googles and Microsofts of robotics are currently emerging, small startups scattered all around the globe in Europe, Asia and America.

Robolift is your chance to catch this revolution early, while opportunities are still open and up for grab. The conference will explore two key aspects of robotics. First, today’s reality. What are the best projects emerging in the different fields of robotics? What is the legal and ethical framework? How can we interact with robots, and how can we have them convey emotions? What is the place of robots in society, will they help us or put us out of work?

The second part of the program will be more prospective, exploring the big questions to be answered in the years ahead. What shape will robots take in the future? Can you teach a robot to learn and become independent? Can robots be hacked and repurposed? Should machines have a moral sense? Will we one day see a robot able to talk to humans?

A lot of big questions that will be addressed by today’s most prominent researchers, entrepreneurs and designers of the industry. Among them

Wendell Wallach


A consultant and scholar at Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Wendell Wallach is interested in the prospects for implementing moral decision making capabilities in computers and robots.

Cynthia Breazeal


Cynthia Breazeal is an Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she founded and directs the Personal Robots Group at the Media Lab.

Tandy Trower


The original Project Manager for Microsoft Windows, Tandy Trower has moved to robotics and recently started Hoaloha Robotics a new venture focused on robotic solutions for assistive care.

Patrizia Marti


Patrizia Marti is Assistant Professor and senior researcher at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Siena where she teaches Human Computer Interaction and Design of Learning Technologies

The conference will be organized inside the Innorobo salon, so Robolift participants can not only listen to great ideas and meet the people behind them, but also play with hundreds of robots presented by the key players of the industry.

The full information on the conference can be found on the event’s website located on liftconference.com/robolift11.

Conférence TechnoArk 2011: Internet + Mobiles = Nouveaux Consommateurs?

La Conférence TechnoArk revient le 28 janvier 2011 à Sierre pour une sixième édition consacrée à l’équation: Internet+Mobiles = Nouveaux Consommateurs?

Origine des produits, informations nutritionnelles, comparaison de prix, achat par mobile, partage d’avis ou d’expérience au sein de ses différentes communautés, consommation de médias, chacun de ces nouveaux services innovants fait naitre chez les consommateurs de nouvelles questions, de nouvelles exigences, voir de nouveaux arbitrages et donc autant de nouveaux défis pour les fabricants et distributeurs de produits de grande consommation, comme de contenus médias.

INTERVENANTS

Venez résoudre cette équation avec les acteurs les plus avancés de l’Internet Mobile:

Stéphane Hugon, sociologue, professeur à l’Université Descartes Paris V (Sorbonne)
Diane Taillard, solution director – GS1 Global (Bruxelles)
Georges Edouard Dias, digital corporate – groupe L’Oréal (Paris)
Philippe Azan, innovation manager – The Nielsen Company (Cincinnati)
Laurent Sciboz, responsable des instituts de recherche IT du TechnoArk
René Le Caignec, CEO MoWo Technology (Sierre)
Jean Christophe Hermann (TBC), directeur marketing digital – Groupe CARREFOUR (Paris)
Scott Poynton, directeur de l’ONG TFT- Genève
Xavier Comtesse, directeur romand d’Avenir Suisse
Laurent Haug, fondateur des conférences Lift, assurera la modération de l’événement

More information and registration.

Conférence TechnoArk 2011: Internet + Mobiles = Nouveaux Consommateurs?

La Conférence TechnoArk revient le 28 janvier 2011 à Sierre pour une sixième édition consacrée à l’équation: Internet+Mobiles = Nouveaux Consommateurs?

Origine des produits, informations nutritionnelles, comparaison de prix, achat par mobile, partage d’avis ou d’expérience au sein de ses différentes communautés, consommation de médias, chacun de ces nouveaux services innovants fait naitre chez les consommateurs de nouvelles questions, de nouvelles exigences, voir de nouveaux arbitrages et donc autant de nouveaux défis pour les fabricants et distributeurs de produits de grande consommation, comme de contenus médias.

INTERVENANTS

Venez résoudre cette équation avec les acteurs les plus avancés de l’Internet Mobile:

Stéphane Hugon, sociologue, professeur à l’Université Descartes Paris V (Sorbonne)
Diane Taillard, solution director – GS1 Global (Bruxelles)
Georges Edouard Dias, digital corporate – groupe L’Oréal (Paris)
Philippe Azan, innovation manager – The Nielsen Company (Cincinnati)
Laurent Sciboz, responsable des instituts de recherche IT du TechnoArk
René Le Caignec, CEO MoWo Technology (Sierre)
Jean Christophe Hermann (TBC), directeur marketing digital – Groupe CARREFOUR (Paris)
Scott Poynton, directeur de l’ONG TFT- Genève
Xavier Comtesse, directeur romand d’Avenir Suisse
Laurent Haug, fondateur des conférences Lift, assurera la modération de l’événement

More information and registration.

Events this week – with Oscar winners and air guitar champions

Three events I will be moderating are happening this week. See you in Geneva or Montreux, and don’t miss the free comedy awards with the world champions of air guitar!

Tuesday: Co-création: nouvel outil d’innovation pour les organisations

Le concept de co-création a pris une ampleur considérable sous l’impulsion des médias sociaux. Elle est définie par Wikipédia (en soi un magnifique exemple de co-création) comme “l’activité de conception de produit ou de service où le client consommateur joue un rôle actif dans l’activité de conception”. La co-création est désormais utilisée par les plus grandes entreprises du monde pour développer de nouveaux produits, identifier de nouveaux besoins, communiquer ou vendre. A la base de toute co-création, on trouve les communautés (de clients, d’influenceurs, de partenaires) et les nouvelles technologies.

Comment innover en intégrant les pratiques de co-création? Quels en sont les opportunités et les défis? Avec quels résultats sur le potentiel d’innovation des organisations ?

Ce First est organisé avec Lift11, la conférence sur les nouvelles technologies qui se tiendra à Genève du 2 au 4 février 2011, et dont la co-création sera l’un des thèmes majeurs. Les membres Premium de Rezonance bénéficient d’une réduction spéciale de 25% sur leur entrée à Lift11. En savoir plus

More information.

Friday: Montreux Comedy Forum

The Montreux Comedy Forum will explore new forms of content creation and distribution. We will host speakers like academy award winner Hervé de Crecy (Logorama), star blogger Vinvin, Paper.li’s Edouard Lambelet, Michel Beaudet creator of the “têtes à claques”, and many more. Some tickets are still available, check the program and full list of speakers.

More information

Friday: Montreux Comedy Awards

Les victoires de l’humour 2.0! Venez célébrer la remise des Montreux Comedy Awards, les MCA, le vendredi 3 décembre sur la scène du Comedy Club au 2M2C !

Ces victoires de l’humour 2.0 seront remis en présence du Comité de la Claque et en compagnie des Airnadette, groupe champion du monde incontesté de Air Guitar.

More information

Let’s meet

I will be attending the following events in the next two months:

Lift10, 5-7 May, Geneva

Of course :) This promises to be our most ambitious event ever. I said after Lift09 that the next Lift would be different, it was time for a change. And we did just that: we have completely revamped the pace of the conference (workshops every morning, more interactivity, improved open stage and social events), created a startup corner, partnered with the Geneva school of Art and Design to create a scenography and an improved Lift experience. The response has been amazing: new partners like Google, Frog Design, Canal+, Ricard , IMD or Red Bull joined us, and the roster of participants is simply incredible. Entrepreneurs, designers, CEOs, artists, investors, researchers, students, journalists, bloggers, some of the world’s best minds will gather in Geneva in four weeks. A little less than 300 tickets remain as I write this.

Switch conference, 15-16 May, Coimbra

A new conference starting in Portugal. I will speak on entrepreneurship alongside the likes of Charles Spence, Michel Bauwens or Stephanie Booth. I look forward to spending a bit of time in a country I have a soft spot for, and maybe see the old Portuguese gang.

PINC, 18 May, Zeist (Holland)

Founded 11 years by Peter van Lindonk, PINC is constantly cited among the top conferences in Europe. I will gladly attend for the first time, and look forward to hear a co-founder of Kiva, a winner Ig Nobel Prize, a Micronaut, a Neuro-Psychologist and more intriguing (in the Nicolas Nova sense of the word) speaker. 

Frontiers of Interaction, 3-4 June, Rome

I will be animating the balcony interviews where my job will be to keep the audience entertain between talks by making interesting people talk. Should not be too hard: the team has assembled a great line up of speakers, and a conference that happens at a city like Rome has already done half the job right. This will also be an occasion to catch up with Lift07 speaker Sister Judith Zoebelein, who moved on from being the webmaster of the Vatican to new duties.

Transatlantic Network 2020 Summit, 20-25 June, Chicago

I will try to offset the carbon footprint of all those trips by a positive contribution to the Transatlantic Network, an ambitious British Council initiative that aims to “build innovative collaborations between young North Americans and Europeans to address challenges that will define their generation”. The event “will have the overarching theme of Using Technology to Create Social Change and feature programmatic elements that fall under the three TN2020 focus areas of sustainable living, building community resilience and creativity and innovation”.

Lift France 10, with Fing, 5-7 July, Marseille

“Webify the real world!” After gathering 560 people in 2009 around the likes of serial entrepreneur Gunter Pauli, philosopher Dominique Pestre, writer Bruce Sterling and minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Lift France is back in Marseille in the heat of summer: July 5-7, again in the beautiful setting of Le Palais du Pharo. This year Lift France with Fing will explore how the technologies and concepts of the web are changing the real world today and in the future. For the last 20 years, networked technologies have redistributed the power of imagining, evaluating, and acting. No frontier has remained fixed. No longer the world’s factory, Asia has become a major source of innovation. Consumers have also become producers. The divisions between industries or disciplines are being redefined. This change extends far beyond the digital. It transforms manufacturing, learning, cities, public policy, perhaps even our own minds… The Web changes the world – But to what extent? With what limitations? How can it reach its full potential?