by Sören Stamer November 29, 2006 at 02:38 PM

Do you hate these boring conferences full of impertinent product pitches instead of inspiring presentations, like I do? Well, then, you should have been in Dresden at the Future Forum two weeks ago. It was a great conference about global trends, innovations, web 2.0 and other aspects of our future.

9 reasons why:

1. Richard Scase’s great talk about the future shape of our global society and the rise of China and India. He made me think.

2. Dr. Curtis R. Carlson’s insights regarding innovations – and how to manage them. I was inspired by his ideas and instinctively decided to introduce “Champions” and “Waterhole Meetings” at CoreMedia as well.

3. Jaron Lanier’s controversial talk about the potential evil of the digital society. He has changed our future already by making the whole blogosphere think about the threat of Digital Maoism.

4. Tim O’Reilly’s personal perspective on Web 2.0. It is always good to know the source.

5. The digital art of Zachary Lieberman. Really nice!

6. A lot of spare time to meet and greet with a lot of interesting people.

7. The beautiful city of Dresden. It was sunny and warm.

8. The charming conference organization. Thanks for the lovely reception at the airport.

9. And most fascinating, the unexpected opportunity to talk to Jaron Lanier for hours when we met the day before at the Sarasani Tracadero Show.
Great thanks to Peter Klingenburg and Dr. Klaus Radermacher from T-Systems Multimedia Solutions for hosting such a great event.