Laurent is an entrepreneur, event designer and researcher passionate about understanding how technological innovation is reshaping society and culture. He works to identify and understanding upcoming shifts, spread the word via conferences and social media, and ultimately help turn changes into opportunities.

He is the founder of the Lift Conference (three day events in Europe and Asia to discuss the social implications of technologies), the co-founder and CEO of Lift Lab (a boutique consulting practice doing research projects), also a blogger, start-up adviser, and way-too-frequent-flyer attending conferences around the globe as a speaker or moderator.

He was named one of the top 20 young leaders by the magazine Bilan, one of Switzerland’s top 100 personalities by l’Hebdo in 2006, and one of the 300 most influential people in Switzerland by Bilan in 2011.

After growing up in France and graduating from the university of Lausanne, he spent most of his early career developing and implementing technological solutions to solve business problems, first at a start-up, then at Arthur Andersen and Pictet. A complete list of his current activities can be found over at his disclosure page.

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