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February 14, 2003
D: All Things Digital
A tech conference that actually sounds worthwhile. Wall Street Journal columnists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher are going to host the conference at the end of May. It is already drawing big-name tech industry guests like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Case, Meg Whitman, and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Also on the schedule is a copyright debate with MPAA and RIAA chiefs Jack “Boston Strangler” Valenti and Hilary Rosen (good interview with her in February’s issue of Wired — not available online yet).
The best part about this conference: PowerPoint is banned from the premises. All those folks are actually going to have to think about what they’re talking about. Here’s Walt’s take on it:
Despite Wall Street’s whims, technology is unstoppable. It will affect all economies, all countries, all politics, all society. We’ve created this conference to wrestle with the benefits, distortions and challenges this will create, for people both in and outside the technology industry.
Posted by paullheureux at February 14, 2003 10:54 AM