Lift Asia 09 took place in Jeju Island, Korea, on September 17 and 18, 2009.

Serious fun!

Social networks, online games, robots, communicating objects: these technologies and services were originally designed for entertainment purposes. They are now giving birth to a whole new range of opportunities and challenges. Games are used for education. Robots are linking patients and doctors. Social networks are the playground of marketers and recruiters.

Are these "fun" technologies changing as they become more and more "serious"? What new opportunities and challenges are arising from this ecosystem in the making?

Lift Asia 09 explored these questions, and focused on the examples provided by communicating objects, social networks, design, architecture, storytelling and community engagement. The conference also featured an open program where members of the audience presented their ideas and projects.
Check the conference program!

Speakers

Chul Shin Robot Movies Producer	Ida Daussy TV anchor and writer	Hyungjin Kim Legendary game designer	Minsuk Cho New Generation Architect
Jin Ho Hur Neowiz CEO	Kohei Nishiyama Design visionnaire	Tae Hwan Kim Governor of Jeju	Julian Bleecker Near Future Scout

See the full speakers roster. At Lift you also have an opportunity to speak in the open program.

Pictures

Best-Of pictures tagged #liftasia09 on Flickr.

Quotes about Lift Asia

LIFT Asia [...] was a fantastic event that did for me what all good conferences should do: connect people with their tribe, provide interesting and thought-provoking content, and leave attendees with a sense of hope and inspiration that we can carry with us out into the world. -- Rachel Hinman

"the conference is a definite first in South Korea, in terms of its emphasis on spurring open, collaborative, and values-driven discussions about the relationship between technology and society" -- Hanna Cho

"Anyone who's been part of LIFT will instantly fall in love with it. In an unexplainable way, the conference carries European flair. [...] I was genuinely impressed by the event. -- Chang Kim

"Thank you so much for having me at Lift Asia - I had a wonderful time. I really enjoyed the event, overall. The programming was great, I met some very interesting people, and once, at dinner, my food crawled across my plate." -- Jason Wishnow