The Lift:Lab is a unique open innovation program designed to allow individuals and organizations to tackle business and societal challenges using collaborative innovation. Through a curated program of inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, rapid prototyping infrastructure, social events, the Lift:Lab brings together innovators from across sectors and industries to a 2,5 days intense and fast-paced experiment.

The Prototyping Lab at Lift16 was a gathering of innovators from around the world! During 3 memorable days, teams of participants collaborated to build the future of your products, services and business models!

Lift16 gathered more than 1,000 participants coming from 35 countries around the world. Spread over three days of workshops, masterclasses, interactive exhibitions, startup pitches and networking in social events, it explored the latest technology trends such as the blockchain, anti-disciplinarity or sustainable ICT.More info on our website:http://liftconference.com/lift16Recorded on Feb 10-12, 2016, in Geneva.

On Thursday, February 11, a team of scientists from theLIGO Scientific Collaboration, short for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, announcedthat they had heard and recorded the sound of two black holes colliding a billion light-years away, a fleeting chirp that fulfilled the last prediction ofEinstein’s general theory of relativity. (source: New York Times)At the very same time, our "own" particle physicistSubodh Patilwas on stage, talking about how to achieve breakthrough based on years of scientific research.We thought the coincidence was too beautiful not to invite him back on stage, along with another researcher and long-time lifter Anaïs Rassat, and tell us more about this groundbreaking discovery!Don't hesitate to also check out the official Einstein 100 website mentioned by Anaïs during the interview.Recorded on February 11, 2016, in Geneva.

Joël Vacheron, journalist, sociologist, editor of VERITIES, interested in the impact of innovative projects on the production of recurrent narratives and aesthetics in everyday technologies.In this final talk of the closing sessionMaking Sense of Technologyat Lift16,Joël Vacheron considers how 1983 introduced a paradigm shift into our relationship with technology, reflected through the work of many artists.From visual art to music, video games to 3D printing, discover how the virtual world manifests in our collective unconscious!Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva.

Natalie Kane,CP officer at FutureEverything and researcher at Changeist, co-founder of Haunted Machines, a project which reflects on narratives of magic pervading technology.In this second talk of the sessionMaking Sense of Technologyat Lift16,Natalie Kane looks into the ghosts that live at the intersection between the digital and physical worlds and how technology can haunt us when sufficiently badly designed.Dive into the ethereal world of technology!Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva. See timecodes and reference hyperlinks here.

Tobias Revell, artist, designer, co-founder of Haunted Machines, exploring myth, magic and hauntings in our relationship with technology.In this first talk of the closing sessionMaking Sense of Technologyat Lift16, Tobias Revell looks into our emotional relationship with technology, what we expect of it and how realistic (or not) it is.From magic to horror, take a journey through the history of technology and humankind!Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva.

Nicolas Nova, principal at Near Future Laboratory and professor at HEAD Geneva, was the moderator of the closing session of Lift16:Making Sense of Technology.In this short introduction, Nicolas Nova invites us to take a step back from technology and look at the hidden effect it has on us, from amazement to, sometimes,horror.Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva.

Silviu Andrica, co-founder at Nowy, using AI to help you network smarter, works on getting people to look up from their phones without missing opportunities to connect with one another.In this final Open Stage talk of the sessionArtificial Intelligence, Technology without Alternative?at Lift16,Silviu Andrica tells us the story of how a software engineer with zero specific knowledge in artificial intelligence integrated IBM Watson into an app, allowing users to find each other through their LinkedIn profiles.From smart design to AI powered search capabilities, discover how Nowy Connect is changing the very way we network.Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva.

FeaturingAlex Lebrun, head of Wit.ai at Facebook,Henri Bergius,VP engineering at The Grid andMin Li Marti, member of the Swiss Parliament, this panel moderated byHannes Gassertgoes deeper into the subject of Artificial Intelligence and the burning questions that it evokes.Recorded on February 12, 2016, in Geneva as part of the sessionArtificial Intelligence, Technology without Alternative?