Program

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Wednesday September 10, Power Station of Art, Shanghai

Lift China Conference - Download the printable program!

09:30 - Doors open!

Come in, have some tea/coffee and meet your fellow lifters

10:00 - Opening Session

Intro: Abir Oreibi (Lift) and Pascal Marmier (swissnex China)
Keynote speech: Thomas Landrain (La Paillasse), DiY Biology
Keynote speech: David Li (XinCheJian, Hacked Matter), State of Shanzhai

11:00 - Networking Break

Have a refreshing drink, visit the Interactive Design Exhibition, network with your fellow lifters

11:30 - Workshops and Masterclasses

Bo Gao (Tongji University), Francesca Valsecchi (DESIS), masterclass: Moveable Feasts, Flexible Communication
Matthieu Chérubini (Royal College of Art, London), masterclass: Designing Ethics in Future Autonomous Products
Dongli Zhang (Transi.st), masterclass by Transi.st: Visual Communication Super Powers
Emilie Tappolet, Maria Beltran, Sylvain Joly, Michael Martin, workshop by apelab: Challenging Body and Mind in Virtual Reality (design of an interactive concept)

Guided Exhibition Tour

Presentation of the Interactive Design Exhibition by Lei Yang (Curator)

13:00 - Lunch

Have some food, recharge your batteries, go get a quick tan in the sun

14:30 - Interactive Design Exhibition Presentation

Presentation: Lei Yang (Curator)
Roundtable: Claudio Colucci (CC Design), Emilie Tappolet (apelab). Moderated by Yang Lei (Curator).

Workshops and Masterclasses

David Ben Kay (Yuanfen Flow), masterclass: Chinese Startup Scene; Ingredients for Success
Feng Gao (Open Data China), TH Schee (Code for Tomorrow), workshop: Open Data for Business (note: this workshop lasts until 17:15)
Thomas Landrain (La Paillasse), masterclass: Biohacking to Change the World
Arthur Lok (CII), workshop: Designing Smart Cities in Asia

16:00 - Workshops and Masterclasses

Claudio Colucci (CC Design), workshop: Green Energy in Urban Spaces
Emilie Tappolet, Maria Beltran, Sylvain Joly, Michael Martin, workshop by apelab: Challenging Body and Mind in Virtual Reality (presentation of the concept developed in the morning session

Guided Exhibition Tour

Presentation of the Interactive Design Exhibition by Lei Yang (Curator)

17:30 - Closing Session

Wrap-up of the day: Abir Oreibi (Lift)
Summary of masterclasses and workshops: All speakers and leaders

18:30 - Break + Startup Pitch Registration

Have a drink with your fellow lifters, sign-up and get your seat for the Venture Leaders pitchfest!

19:00 - Venture Leaders Startup Pitch Competition

7 startups from China, featuring:
10 startups from Switzerland, featuring:
- irewind
- greenTEG
- Plus MAT
- Space3D solutions
- Qnective
- LESS
- primequal
- Dacuda
- Von Arkel
- esmart

20:30 - Cocktail

End this beautiful day with a drink, some music and a last look at the Interactive Design Exhibition

Lift Interactive Design Exhibition

Exhibition of the work from shiny representatives of the emerging digital creative scene in Switzerland who have already won international awards, in partnership with HEAD Geneva. More information on our blog.

Works:

China:

Double Life by Yan Zhou
Traces by Yi Liu
City Slang Collection by Guanxu Chen, Jixing Chen, Zekai Zheng
Aftertaste by Yiqing Guo

Switzerland:

Binary Land «Hello World!!!» by Transmïi (Baptiste Milési) - Excellence award 2012 from Fondation Hans Wilsdorf
OKO by Nadezda Suvorova - Swisscom Best iOS App 2012 award
IDNA by Apelab (Sylvain Joly, Emilie Tappolet, Maria Beltràn) - Best in Play award, GDC 2014
Magnetics by Fabien Duperrex
Foxx Keedz by Yulia Garcia-Skrebneva
Once Upon a Tale by Benjamin Ben Kemoun with Praiya Chinagarn, Andrea Rovescalli and Guillaume Vautier
Onirigami by Marion Bareil and Camille Attard

September 11-13, Shanghai + Shenzhen

Lift Makers Tour

Discovery tour with Swiss and European makers in Shanghai and Shenzhen, led by David Li, co-founder of Hacked Matter and XinCheJian, Shanghai’s first maker space.

Visits of:

Shanghai

Shenzhen

Find more information on the Lift Makers Tour on our blog!