DLD: Europe's Leading Digital Conference to be Held in Munich


MUNICH, Germany, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --     Europe's leading digital innovation conference, DLD (Digital Life
Design), is taking place from 25 to 27 January 2009 in Munich for the fifth
year. Around 800 selected entrepreneurs, thinkers and creative leaders from a
variety of sectors will gather at this synergy exchange at the invitation of
Hubert Burda Media. All panels at the English speaking conference will also
be broadcast on the DLD video portal (http://www.dld-conference.com).

The DLD conference title is "New Realities", and it is calling on
its international participants to formulate perspectives for the future of
their markets and sectors after an eventful year. Main topics will be among
others new business models, philanthrocapitalism, cloud computing, video
networks, internet politics, sustainability and diversity. The group of 80
speakers will include successful entrepreneurs such as RenÃ© Obermann
(Deutsche Telekom), Martin Halusa (Apax) and Abigail Disney (Daphne
Foundation); thought leaders such as Daniel Kahnemann (Nobel laureate for
economics), Nassim Taleb (author of "The Black Swan"), Arianna Huffington
(Huffington Post) and Matthew Bishop (author of "Philanthrocapitalism"), and
creative stars such as Rem Koolhaas (architect), Ross Lovegrove (designer),
Fernando Sulichin (film producer) and Michael Schindhelm (cultural manager).

DLD co-founder Steffi Czerny explains the conference's approach: "DLD is
interdisciplinary, creating interfaces and networks catalysing people from
the most different worlds." Three days before the World Economic Forum in
Davos, DLD will effectively set the agenda for 2009, and it is attracting
numerous international guests to Europe. DLD co-founder Dr Marcel Reichart
says: "DLD offers an intensive networking platform for developing new models
of thinking and of business."

All further information, the complete programme, videos of all the
discussions and the DLD documentary from last year can be found on
http://www.dld-conference.com.

Hubert Burda Media
    Jonas Grashey
    jonas.grashey@burda.com
    Phone: +49-89-92502575

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