D8: All Things Digital Conference | The Wall Street Journal

February 17, 2010

Welcome to D, an executive conference unlike any other. Since its debut in 2003, The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital Conference has been breaking news, highlighting innovation, and bringing you straight-up, unvarnished conversations with the most influential figures in technology.

D is different from other conferences: no canned speeches, no marketing pitches, and no bull. Instead, creators and executive producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher put the industry’s top players to the test during unscripted conversations about the impact digital technology will have on our lives now and in the future.The results are unprecedented glimpses into the ideas and strategies of the industry’s most creative thinkers. From June 1-3, 2010, the top annual gathering of the digital world will convene at a new destination, the beautiful Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, California, for the eighth edition of D. We have SOLD OUT for the eighth year running. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, you may do so by clicking here.

Below are the initial speakers for D8; additional speakers will be announced shortly on our D8 speaker page.

Steve Ballmer | CEO of Microsoft
Steve Burke | COO of Comcast
James Cameron | Director, Producer, Writer
Steve Case | Chairman and CEO of Revolution
Peter Chou | CEO of HTC
John Donahoe | President and CEO of eBay
Carly Fiorina | Candidate for U.S. Senate, California
Paul Jacobs | CEO of Qualcomm
Jeffrey Katzenberg | CEO of Dreamworks Animation SKG
Alan Mulally | CEO of Ford
Ray Ozzie | Chief Software Architect of Microsoft
Richard Rosenblatt | Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Demand Media
Vivian Schiller | President and CEO of NPR
Paul Steiger | Editor-in-Chief, President and Chief Executive of ProPublica

 

Each year, producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher invite an eclectic mix of the most creative, forward-thinking, insightful people in the digital world to be speakers at D. From founders to CEOs, from industry legends to brash young innovators, D brings together the people who are shaping the way we work, play, communicate and live.

Yet D offers no place for cookie-cutter presentations or canned speeches. Walt and Kara interview the speakers live, onstage, eliciting insights and candor you won’t find anywhere else. D attendees are privy to the unguarded moments and frank observations the interviews bring out, and are invited to ask their own questions at the end of each session. The combination of no-nonsense interviews and intimate setting results in a conference experience like no other.

Below is the initial speaker list for D8; additional speakers will be announced shortly