Digital Life Design

Digital Life Design (DLD) is a global conference network, organized by Munich-based DLD Media, a company of Hubert Burda Media.

In 2005, Stephanie Czerny founded DLD as an annual conference scheme. The main purpose of DLD is to bring together business, creative and social leaders, as well as investors and opinion formers, to exchange ideas and get inspired. Since its first gathering, DLD hosted events in New York City, Beijing, San Francisco, London, Moscow, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv and Munich.[1]

DLD Conference is referred to by the Economist as one of Europe's leading conferences on innovation.[2][3] New-media site Sifted, backed by the Financial Times, recently ranked the event platform as one of "Europe's best tech conferences".[4]

The company's flagship conference, DLD Munich, hosts over 1000 guests from more than 50 countries.[5] The three-day event always takes place in January, right before the World Economic Forum in Davos. DLD's motto, Connect the Unexpected, brings people together from various fields and interests, addressing a wide range of topics such as technology, arts, science and politics, and talking about the future and its implications on today's life.

Past speakers include Mark Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga, Yoko Ono, Jimmy Wales, Maria Ressa, Kai-Fu Lee, Francis Kéré, Satya Nadella, Zaha Hadid, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Scott Galloway, Sheryl Sandberg, Margrethe Vestager, Emmanuel Macron and many more.[6]

  1. ^ "DLD Conference" Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. DLD-conference.com.
  2. ^ David Rowan (2 February 2011). "Why DLD is Europe’s hottest conference invitation" Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Wired.co.uk
  3. ^ "Europe's tech entrepreneurs - Blooming" Archived 16 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Economist.com. 10 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Tech conferences 2022/23 — the events you need to know about | Sifted". sifted.eu. 9 August 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  5. ^ "DLD Munich: Amazon, Meta, BMW: Stars of the digital and tech scene are guests at the Burda digital conference - KXAN36 - Austin Daily News". 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ "DLD Conference: Digital-Life-Design". dld-conference.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.