Un nouveau projet que j’ai lancé avec le soutien de World Radio Switzerland: une émission bi-mensuelle qui explore notre société ultra connectée: 3615!
A découvrir sur le site de 3615, iTunes et SoundCloud, avec comme premiers invités Alessandra Roversi (présidente de slow food Léman), Mathieu Besson (Edificom), Michel Jaccard (Avocat spécialiste des nouvelles technologies) et Nicholas Wolff (Programmeur indépendant).
Important note: this blog will no longer be updated! Please follow me on Google+.
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I really like Google+. I noticed that, over the past months, I spent much more time sharing content over there than anywhere else. I like the convenience of the system, the fact it is an extremely fast and powerful way to push content to the world. And the 3000+ followers are also a nice audience :)
I therefore decided to stop updating this blog. Please change your bookmarks to my Google+ page, and see you there to continue a discussion that started on January 29th, 2001, the day I wrote my first blog post on blogger.com!
PS: I will remain a little bit active on Twitter too, even if it is definitely not a channel I like.
PS2: I will start a bi-monthly talk show later this week. It will be in French and about 21st century society. Stay tuned!
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.
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.
One of the best idea I have seen in a while, coming out of a Volkswagen contest organized last year: The Speed Camera Lottery.
Speed cameras snap pictures of ALL cars.
People going over the limit get a fine, the money goes to a pot.
People going below the limit enter a lottery, and win money from the pot.
The result: reduction in speed of 22%!
One of the inventors of the Web told me, back at the 20 years celebration we hosted at CERN in 2009, that “the Web gave a voice to a lot of socially challenged people”.
Seeing this documentary on Trip Advisor reminded me of that. It shows two kinds of extremists going head to head. One one side, the reviewers who enjoy the newfound powers the web gave them. One the other, business owners who think customers should all be quieted unless they have something positive to say.
Of course these two words collide abruptly on the web, and the documentary is quite interesting and even a bit disturbing, when you understand that one of the reviewers is actually using his reviews as a way to rebuild his ego after going through a bullied childhood. He is the guy you see being so picky about things, creating a sense of usefulness through more-than-reasonable attention to details.
Catch Attack of the Trip Advisors if you can, it is running on channel 4 these days, and in VOD if you live in the UK here (YouTube preview here).
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!
My work for Lift conference is featured on CoolEntrepreneurs.com, a new visual blog by Frank Boermeester. I really like the concept :)
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Laurent Haug is the founder and CEO of the Lift Conference (three days events in Europe and Asia to discuss the social implications of technologies) and the co-founder and CEO of Lift Lab (a boutique consulting practice doing research projects). Laurent is passionate about understanding how technological innovation is reshaping society and culture. His work is about identifying and understanding upcoming shifts, spreading the word via conferences and social media, and ultimately helping turn changes into opportunities.
Iterating on the concept of citizen journalism (that never really took of completely despite countless efforts), the Winnipeg Free Press is rethinking the boundaries between journalists and their readers, opening a café where the public can get a hot drink and engage in conversations with the writers who will work from there. Fantastic experiment, I can’t wait to see how this influences the news coverage.
Ever wanted to have a cup of coffee with your favourite journalist? Now’s your chance. The Winnipeg Free Press has signed an agreement with a local restaurant operator to open Canada’s first “News Cafe.”
Situated at the corner of McDermot Avenue and Arthur Street in the Exchange District, the News Cafe will be a community hub where people can get something to eat or drink and interact with journalists working there.
I would be lying if I was telling you I am not proud ;)
Das sind die Gewinner der Swiss ICT Awards 2011
Joiz TV, Noser Engineering, Professor Markus Gross und Laurent Haug gewinnen die diesjährigen Schweizer ICT-Preise.
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Les «Swiss ICT Awards 2011» priment Laurent Haug de Lift et d’autres…Les «Oscars de l’industrie TIC» ont été décernés. Les noms des lauréats des «Swiss ICT Awards 2011» ont été proclamés ce mardi 18 octobre 2011 au KKL de Lucerne. Thomas Flatt, président de SwissICT, a eu le plaisir d’y accueillir plus de 400 participants issus des milieux de l’économie, de la politique et des associations. La cérémonie de remise des distinctions de cette année a été ouverte par une allocution intitulée «Chancen des ICT-Standortes Schweiz» («les chances qu’offre la Suisse en tant que site pour les TIC»), prononcée par Peter Fischer, délégué à la stratégie informatique de la Confédération. Cette manifestation animée par Reto Brennwald a été agrémentée par la participation de Simon Libsig, le «Poète des planches».
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