The 8th edition of the
Lift Conference has started today February 6 at the Centre for International
Conferences Geneva (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. With over 1000 participants from 30
countries, Lift Conference brings together people to share, connect and create new opportunities in technological innovation.
In a session of the conference dubbed “Democracy
in Distress – Re-engineering Participation”, Sami Kanaan, City of Geneva
Counselor, in his welcoming address expressed his happiness for Geneva being
the host of this all-important conference. He mentioned that Geneva has been
host to important global debates on human rights and trade.
In a session of the conference dubbed “Democracy
in Distress – Re-engineering Participation”, Sami Kanaan, City of Geneva
Counselor, in his welcoming address expressed his happiness for Geneva being
the host of this all-important conference. He mentioned that Geneva has been
host to important global debates on human rights and trade.
He indicated that Lift Conference,
a hub for minds on technological innovation, is obviously crucial for
supporting transparency and participation. Mr. Kanaan stated that technology
has immense potentials in various aspects especially how to support democracy
and participation adding that democracy needs a lot of things to work properly.
“It [democracy] needs freedom of speech, informed citizens, participation in
many aspects, balance of power and time”, Kanaan stated.
Other speakers included
Maximilian Stern, Political Scientist and Managing Director of foraus; Micah
Daigle, Founder of Collective Agency; and Gudrun Pétursdóttir, Director, Institute for
Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Iceland.
Lift Conference 2013 continues on
Thursday, February 7 with groundbreaking and innovative sessions and workshops.
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