Trying to understand the factors that will shape the future of interactive media? Scott Smith will be unfolding his view of these factors and explore what a cross-platform future looks like with fellow panelists at ICE08 in Toronto, held March 26-28.

Speakers from major media players such as the BBC, Australia's ABC and Microsoft will also address attendees, as well as new entrants such as P2P TV platform Joost and controversial online game Scrabulous. More information on the event will be announced shortly.

Scott Smith was selected to speak at the recent LIFT08 conference in Geneva, Switzerland for the event's module on foresight, and its relation to technology and society. Scott's 20 minute presentation introduced the idea of Human Foresight to the audience of 600-plus attendees from around the world who gathered at the CIGC near the United Nations complex in Geneva to learn and experience new insights about technology's impact on society. His talk began by describing the role of foresight, how it relates to identifying and refining a strategy, and the necessity of bringing it closer to the disciplines of design research and innovation to keep it people-centered. He also spoke briefly about Generation Y as a trip wire to the future, some emerging themes in Gen Y's use of technology, and left the audience with important words of advice to apply foresight in their work.

LIFT08 featured reknowned speakers, thinkers and creators such as anthropologists Genevieve Bell of Intel and Paul Dourish of UC Irvine, author Bruce Sterling, and robotics pioneer Kevin Warwick.  

See the video of the presentation below. If the Shockwave player doesn't load, or for other presentations from LIFT08, check out the conference Web site or the special site created by Swiss broadcaster TSR for Scott's presentation and additional videos.