At Lift, half of the presentations (more than 50 hours of program) are managed by the community. You make the propositions, participants vote, and the most successful propositions are inserted in the programme. This is called the open program and consists of 3 different formats: Workshops, Open Stage and Discussions. Make a proposition, vote for the ones you like, and hit the Lift stage!

Workshops

Explore a topic in detail in a two hour workshop. Past workshops include "Civil Rights 2.0", "Balkan blogging", "Where is the Future Hiding?" and "Why we (still) need Art in a media rich environment".

Open Stage ^{Now open!}

Feel like hitting the main stage in front of 800 people to share an idea or thought? Then Open Stage is for you. Past talks include "How innovative projects can transform education and ICT opportunities", "Rapid Business Model Prototyping", "The end of text" and "Those Who want to See must Close their Eyes".

Birds of a Feather^Cancelled

We canceled the birds of a feather, replaced by more workshops spread over the conference.
Want to informally discuss a subject you are interested in with Lifters ? Gather during the breaks in a cozy environment for a discussion. Past discussions include "Academia + social media is not a zero sum game", "Bridging Use and Innovation", "Developing Creativity" and "For-profit social entrepreneurship".