We decided to postpone this year's Lift Asia for several reasons explained below. We are committed Korea, and will continue exchanging ideas with the world's most dynamic continent. We just need a bit of time to take a break after the marathon we just finished (both Lift10 and Lift France 10 happened in the past 9 weeks) and refine the nature of our presence in Asia.

Why we postpone

Several reasons have come into play, among them:

^{Dan Dubno on the Lift Asia stage in 2008. Photo by echo4ngel.}

• Calendar
Because the CICG was already booked in February, we had to move Lift10 to May, which meant we ran two conferences (Geneva, Marseille) in a short period of time. Korea is the most demanding event of all as it requires long trips. We push the date to give ourselves a breather, and take time to deliver a high quality event to our community.

• Reformat
We have a feeling that what we can bring is a spotlight on great ideas and people, but also more bridges between Asia and the rest of the world. Several directions are being thought of right now: making smaller events based on organized trips (we would take 50 people to visit Korea's coolest startups, buildings, etc), a livecast between our different locations where each continent shows off it's cool ideas. Something will emerge, and you will be the first to know.

• Involve our Global community
We need to find a better way to involve our global community. Traveling to Korea takes a while, and not everybody can afford the ride. A few courageous Lifters have made the trips (kudos to guys like Jan Ondrus, Xavier Bertschy or Grégoire Furrer), but we have to develop more ways to keep those who can not travel involved.

What is next?

We are committed to Asia and Korea, and will continue developing our presence on that continent. Until we schedule a major event again (very likely in the Autumn of 2011), you will see our Asian connections materialize in talks (latest: Mr. Oh at Lift10), our support to local Lift@homes, and a continuous monitoring of the trends and innovation of Korea.

Our next major event will therefore be Lift11 in Geneva.

For ticket holders

We will refund all tickets. Sorry about the inconvenience this might cause you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us for questions and support.

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