The D Conference, a fascinating seminar
If you’re reading this blog, then you are a participant in the rapidly changing and expanding digital world. I would like to tell you about a fascinating seminar I recently attended called The D Conference – The Wall Street Journal’s 6th annual meeting about all things digital, held at The Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, CA. This is a truly remarkable gathering of many of the world’s most innovative technological thinkers and creators. It was riveting listening to their talks and conversations. There was much to glean about the effects of technology on our lives today and in the future. Frankly, I left with my head spinning!
Come and see some of the guest speakers.
These are the co-producers and co-hosts of the Wall Street Journal “D†conference held for the past 6 years in Carlsbad, California.
Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg always try a humorous approach - tongue in cheek perhaps - somewhat obtuse at times.
This is what the conference could be perceived as.
The conference could also be perceived as thus....
or thus.....
or thus....
Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, was an excellent interview - Unfortunately, I was called out during his “performance†to appear on CNBC.
Here I am being interviewed on the terrace of the hotel by CNBC.
The famous stippled portraits of famous American business figures - Jerry Yang, Co-founder and CEO of Yahoo and Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft.
Robert Kotick was very funny - he runs Activision, the computer game company.
Paula Abdul made a brief appearance to choose the winner of a musical competition with Guitar Hero.
This is Walt Mossberg - a technology columnist and a very good interviewer.
Sir Howard Stringer - the Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation.
The musician who invented Guitar Hero.
Everyone was taking hundreds of digital photos - what else would one expect at the 'D' CONFERENCE??
Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO of IAC, made some excellent comments about his company and about the future of the digital world.
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell, was impressive.
Jerry Yang was pretty forthright about Microsoft's 'walking away from' their purchase of Yahoo.
Sue Decker is the new president of Yahoo - formerly the CFO.
Jeffrey Bewkes, President and CEO of Time Warner, had lots to say about Time and its future.
Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Venture - a company that works with inventors, buys their inventions and patents them for future development
Thomas Glocer was very well-spoken about the International News Agency, Thomson Reuters, of which he is CEO.
This is 24-year-old, Mark Zuckerberg - founder and CEO of Facebook.
For nearly 2 hours, Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation, kept us interested in the future of media, politics, and the world, as we know it.
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