While it’s hot, post your comments/suggestions/ideas here. We will come later with a more structured approach to prepare for 07, but as it seems many people have things to say let’s keep that in one place and not into hundreds of emails.
I talk that I would love to hear (or give) is on the intersection of art, new media, and innovation/R&D — looking at creative practices as a kind of R&D practice that has potential to be both aesthetic work, but also ways of shaping more quotidian experiences (new devices, new ways of communicating, new ways of visualizing/interpreting the world, etc., etc.) It’s a topic that’s relevant and recognized, but rarely presented for discussion.
* From Pascal Betz:
Here are some things from the top of my head, no particular ordering:
the friday “convince the audience to have lunch with you” talks were uhm… bad. i mean really bad. No product, no features, no facts in the first one and no structure, no plan, no working product in the second one thursday was too packed. After a 9-18:00 schedule my brain is mashed less talks more discussion ? I see that this is difficult to handle but some discussions were just about to take off when the next speaker had to start a limitation on the word “blog” in the talks
As an organizer of conference myself I know how much work goes into preparing a two days event. So first and foremost Laurent and C. congratulations for a great job.
Great idea and overall concept
Excellent site
Delightful registration, professional, corteous and friendly
Nice tags, nice free parking
Great Venue
Good food
Nice chill out space
Some outstanding speakers
What could we improve for next year?
Sound system, you know that
Description of the topic on the brochure, somewhat hard to remember who was going to talk about what without the laptop
If you develop tracks create a stronger fil rouge
A stronger wrap up. Great to give credit and thanks, but would be nice to reflect on what we have learned, would have been nice if Bruno did a wrap up.
Overall excellent work.
Let me know if I can help you out, I live just outside Geneva.
Ilaria Vilkelis
From Eric Jain:
Some ideas:
1. As a follow up to Cory Doctorow’s talk, invite someone from Creative Commons.
2. Get someone from Google to talk about Google Base. This may be one of their services with the highest potential for mixing up the established order in the next few years.
3. I’d like to see more science to balance the more arty topics: Perhaps try to find some anthropologists or psychologists
Gia says:
Please. Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease. If you feel a need to tip your hat to the little ladies and have another ‘Women in Technology’ discussion can you pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease try and find speakers who actually have something to say that isn’t going to make every woman in the audience cringe (*ahem*anina*ahem*)? Can you pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease not have it be another completely pathetic ‘men don’t ask us to do stuff with them’ whine-fest and instead concentrate on women who are doing kickass things in tech?!
Thanks.
From Florence Druhen
Yes, some women market great inventions that are good business AND ethical. Just to mention one woman I heard of today on radio: Adeline Lescanne from Nutriset. This company created a high-protein paste which could replace milk powder that is a problem in refugee camps and famine-stricken areas. The company only sells to “social health, aid organizations, and hospitals”. See this article: http://www.worldmag.com/articles/10765 and maybe also this page: http://www.nutriset.fr/en_index.php
From Victor Abellon
I think LIFT 06 was a succes story because it focused more in attitude than in technologies.
I think it should further explore this avenue
Ok That’s it for he time being. I liked the idea of the “Invite me to your table”.
The party should be a must!!
