Lifted Up! Participants of Lift Conference 2011 pour into the main auditorium at the CICG in Geneva. Photography by Ivo Näpflin; Music by Loveshadow ft. Snowflake Alex Beroza.

"What an amazing time in human history. Among other things, there is a revolution in revolutions. Up until three weeks ago [during the events in Tunisia], all revolutions throughout history had leaders..."

Don Tapscott talks about the new age of networked economy, and how collaborative innovation is deeply transforming our society as well as our institutions. Why not open source government, education, science, energy production or even health care as new models of collaboration?

In one of Lift's most entertaining 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.

Dorian Selz's companies are great examples of what could be deemed virtual organizations. Flat hierarchies, less management, geographically dispersed teams are all part of his daily life with local.ch and now Memonic. He will share his experience on how new technologies are reshaping the way our organizations function.

With the advent of gamification, we've seen a recent proliferation of points, badges and other game mechanics in lots of on-line services. Based on various projects, Steffen offers an insightful and critical perspective on how game design is not just about forcing users to earn points…

Artist Yuri Suzuki talks about his experience with dyslexia, approaching music for dyslexics and presents his "Color Chaser 2010" project.

What happens if we stop trying to understand consumers’ needs, and start cultivating empty spaces where people can innovate for themselves? In other words, letting go of the dream of a perfect, scientific innovation process by which products or services could "fulfill unmet needs".

If you're interested in how designing old fashion paper book can be transformed by video game mechanics and computing technologies, you'll be intrigued by Etienne's talk. The work he show is about creating “Paper Video Games”, mixing paper in either books or board games with the digital world.

Honor Harger is working on broadcasting what Pythagoras and Johannes Kepler called "the music of the spheres", the "sounds" that extra-celestial bodies like the sun or planets produce. Her project Radio Astronomy allowed thousands of people to emotionally connect with space in a new way.

In this 5 minutes talk, Caecilia Charbonnier presents her research on studying the potential damages on joints created by extreme sports activities. In collaboration with the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the University Hospital of Geneva, she captures the movements of dancer Cécile Robin-Prévallée to recreate a 3D model that allows a fine analysis of which parts of the body are put to contribution.