Promoting open innovation as a positive change driver for business & society

New business and social models emerge. This gives people a chance to play a more active role in society and businesses to turn challenges into opportunities. This unstoppable transformation raises worries, hopes and questions. That is why Lift was created. To give meaning and context to the changes around us. And to find ways to co-create a future in which innovation drives positive changes in business and society.

To make it happen, we bring together a community of entrepreneurs, artists, business leaders, researchers and students. In this transdisciplinary and collaborative ecosystem, ideas can emerge and blossom into reality.

From San Francisco to Shanghai,  we run open innovation events and programs to inform and engage businesses, governments and citizens around emerging topics that shape our future. To date, more than 50'000 people have participated in our events, and we have collaborated with more than 100 companies on their innovation challenges. What started in 2006 as the Lift Conference, is today a global independent organization with an international network of partners.