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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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    Open Data: How We Got Here and Where We're Going by Rufus Pollock

    Over the past few years, there has an explosive growth ...

    Over the past few years, there has an explosive growth in open data with significant uptake in government, research and elsewhere. Open data has the potential to transform society, government and the economy, from how we travel to work to how we decide to vote. But we have only just begun down this road, and the going, even so far, has not always been easy. In his talk, Rufus Pollock introduces the idea of open data, explains how, and why, we are where we are today, and, finally, looks to the future of the rapidly evolving open data ecoystem.

    Mar 15, 2012 Read more
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    Technologies vs people

    JP Rangaswami discusses the following interrogations: did technology make our ...

    JP Rangaswami discusses the following interrogations: did technology make our lives easier or worse? What are the things that got better, beyond the obvious and utopian views? Did technologies make our jobs easier or worse? Are we collaborating better?

    Mar 14, 2012 Read more
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    Level vs. Level Are in the future all games gamified?

    In this short presentation about gamification, Niklaus Moor focuses on ...

    In this short presentation about gamification, Niklaus Moor focuses on the psychological mechanisms of video games and the role of motivation in game design. He describes how applying game mechanisms beyond entertainment is quite challenging and tricky.

    Mar 13, 2012 Read more
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    The future of mobile phone applications

    Nick Heller addresses the future of mobile phone application, using ...

    Nick Heller addresses the future of mobile phone application, using technologies such artificial intelligence, sensors or voice recognition and how they relate to developed and developing countries. More specifically, he addresses what could we the western learn from other developing markets that have access to new technologies. With examples such as the use of internet of things and real-time language translation (from English to Zulu, Afrikaan to Zulu).

    Mar 12, 2012 Read more
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    The Open Source Satellite Initiative

    Space programs so far have been the domain of governments ...

    Space programs so far have been the domain of governments and the military-industrial complex - rarely ever have individuals ventured into outer space. But after years of research Korean artist and independent satellite engineer Hojun Song has found that it is indeed possible to launch and operate a personal satellite at a fairly reasonable price. For the past six years he has been exploring ways to integrate the concept of a personal satellite project into cultural contexts and into his artistic practice. As his first satellite will take off from Kazakhstan this August he came to Lift to share his story, his struggles and his plans.

    Mar 9, 2012 Read more
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    Peer-to-Peer Currencies: The Amazing (And True!) Story of Bitcoin

    The story of Bitcoin: how the world's most famous peer ...

    The story of Bitcoin: how the world's most famous peer to peer currency went through a gold rush, a bubble, and a crash in only a few months.

    Mar 9, 2012 Read more
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    Democratizing Innovation - Grandma likes that by Fabian Hemmert

    In his talk, Fabian Hemmert talks about the democratization of ...

    In his talk, Fabian Hemmert talks about the democratization of technological innovation. He shows a series of projects conducted at the Design Research Lab in Berlin, which, rather than serving the average user, embraced niches and extremes.

    Mar 2, 2012 Read more
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    Perspective on information overload by Anaïs Saint-Jude

    Is information overload really new? Anais Saint Jude will provide ...

    Is information overload really new? Anais Saint Jude will provide a bit of perspective by looking at another great period of innovation: the 17th century.

    Feb 29, 2012 Read more
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    Reinventing finance, one startup at the time

    Sean Park believes finance will change radically in the coming ...

    Sean Park believes finance will change radically in the coming months. He will show us some of the startups he believes in, from people reinventing banks to new payment systems. Here are the links Sean mentions in his talk: Personal finance Simple* – Worry-free alternative to traditional banking Fidor Bank* – Banking with friends Movenbank – Spend, save and live smarter Zopa – A marketplace for money Wonga – Payday loans alternative Billguard – People-powered antivirus for bills Holvi – Smart Banking for Group Activities ArchiveMe – Invoices and expenses in a minute Payoff.com* – Money made simple, social and fun Markets and trading eToro – Your investment network StockTwits – The financial communications network AlphaClone – Follow the smart money Trefis – What’s driving the stock Estimize – Uncover the real consensus Risk management / insurance The Climate Corporation* – Total weather insurance OpenGamma – Unified financial analytics Wealth management Betterment* – A better investment Blueleaf* – Simple, personal financial tracking Covestor – Find and follow investing leaders Nutmeg – Smarter saving and investing Business banking FeeFighters – Comparison shopping for SMB finance Kabbage – Green to help you grow FundingCircle – Online lending marketplace AxialMarket – Online network for MA professionals Bilbus – Locate your liquidity Payments Square – Mobile payments system Stripe – Payments for developers The Currency Cloud* – FX payments automation service Dwolla – The cash inspired payment network Ixaris – Open payments solutions Leetchi – Group payment application And just in case you are interested/curious, here are the other companies currently in the Anthemis ecosystem: FinanceACar – World’s first car finance comparison site MileSense – Turning data into intelligent risk analysis Metamarkets – Fast insight for big data BluFin – Look at finance in a new way MoBank – Cutting edge mCommerce solutions PayPerks – Powering innovative solutions for the financially underserved PeerIndex – Understand your social capital Hooplo – Social games publishing platform Visual.ly – Data visualization platform for big data

    Feb 28, 2012 Read more
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    David Rowan "Startup entrepreneurs should move to Africa now"

    David Rowan thinks featured Africa is the next place where ...

    David Rowan thinks featured Africa is the next place where great technological innovations will happen. He will explain how startup entrepreneurs should move there.

    Feb 27, 2012 Read more
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