Welcome Back, Steve: Apple CEO Jobs to Appear Onstage at D8

Apple (AAPL) CEO and Co-founder Steve Jobs will appear at the eighth D: All Things Digital, in an interview on the opening night, kicking off our tech and media conference that will also include famed Hollywood director James Cameron, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, among others.

(Jobs is pictured above at D5 in 2007.)

Jobs has been onstage many times at D, including in a famous joint session with Microsoft (MSFT) Co-founder Bill Gates. In the interview, which was conducted by Walt Mossberg and me, the pair of tech legends talked about their long history in the industry (you can see the video of that interview below).

There is much to talk to Jobs about, obviously, including the new iPad, the mobile market and the iPhone, its tense relationship with Google (GOOG) and the next innovations from the Silicon Valley computer icon.

It should be a news-filled year at D. Also onstage: Ballmer, who is appearing with the software giant’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie. In addition, Cameron will discuss the impact of tech on the film industry and his mega-hit movie “Avatar.”

Also onstage: Steve Burke, COO of Comcast (CMCSK), which recently purchased NBC Universal; Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski; former AOL (AOL) leaders Steve Case and Ted Leonsis; Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, which is embroiled in an ugly legal fight with Apple; John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay (EBAY); former Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Carly Fiorina, who is now a candidate for U.S. Senate in California; Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm (QCOM); Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG; Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford (F); Richard Rosenblatt, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Demand Media, in a session with Editor-in-Chief, President and CEO Paul Steiger of ProPublica; Vivian Schiller, president and CEO of National Public Radio; and, last but hardly least, Zuckerberg of Facebook (yes, Mark, there will be a question about competition you’ll need to answer–and not via a question about the question either–be prepared!).

We also have a few more speakers to announce, so stay tuned.

Here is the Jobs-Gates video from 2007:

And here’s our official press release:

STEVE JOBS, JAMES CAMERON AND STEVE BALLMER TO SPEAK AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL “D: ALL THINGS DIGITAL” CONFERENCE

NEW YORK (April 27, 2010)–All Things Digital today announced the speaker lineup for the eighth D: All Things Digital, The Wall Street Journal executive conference that will be held from June 1-3, 2010 near Los Angeles, Calif.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be this year’s opening-night speaker, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will make his fourth appearance and “Avatar” director James Cameron will appear onstage at D for the first time on the annual event’s second night.

Founded by co-producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher in 2003, the D conference is a gathering of the most influential figures in media and technology. Each year, Mossberg and Swisher put these top players to the test onstage during unrehearsed, unscripted conversations. The results are candid, entertaining sessions that provide glimpses into the strategies of the industry’s most creative thinkers.

D8 will also showcase leading executives from the mobile, digital, media, automotive and political arenas including:

• Steve Burke, COO of Comcast
• 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
• Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC
• Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm
• Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG
• Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman Emeritus of AOL, Chairman of Revolution Money and Owner of Washington Capitals
• 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 National Public Radio
• Paul Steiger, Editor-in-Chief, President and CEO of ProPublica
• Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook

Live blogs and photos from each session will be available on AllThingsD.com during each interview, with video highlights posted shortly afterwards.

The D conference has been sold out since January. For more information, full D coverage and video of past conferences including the historic joint appearance by Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at D5, see http://allthingsd.com/d/.

D8 is sponsored by AMD, Houlihan Lokey, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, NYSE Euronext, Qualcomm and Thomson Reuters.

Bruce Evans

poor Zuck, he didn't make the official press release headline.

You might regret that one day Kara! :D
JohnDoey

Zuckerberg easily takes a back seat to Jobs and Cameron. Not sure who this Ballmer guy is, though.
http://allthingsd.com/boomtown Kara Swisher

He has been at D before and he was RIGHT up top in my post.

BTW, je ne regrette rien.
http://allthingsd.com/boomtown Kara Swisher

Some rich dude.
jerrymerrill

Jobs will use this platform and the media frenzy leading up to it to optimize exposure for the new Apple Search Engine.
Anonymous

Also, you should ask Steve if itunes.com will become a cloudware store to better compete against amazon.com’s online offerings.
pablofaja

You should ask Steve if Apple will buy Yahoo.
http://www.technovia.co.uk ianbetteridge

Kara, if you can get Jobs and Ballmer together on stage for a cost fireside chat, I'll buy you a bottle of champagne :)
http://thinkers.tv/ RodChristiansen

Kara,
Will there be a stream of the interview?
Or will it later be posted on YouTube?
ceomarkj

Steve and Bill did a good job on the platform that bill shod come back to Microsoft and give a return perfurmess.
jakeshapiro

Please ask Steve why Apple won't let accredited nonprofits and charities solicit or receive donations through iPhone apps and iTunes – a major roadblock for many worthy causes ripe for innovative uses on the iPhone/iPad and iTunes itself. Apple rejects apps that encourage users to donate (documented repeatedly by developers). Ideally Apple would encourage this, drop its 30% fee for transactions it processes, and help channel millions for good. The recent Haiti iTunes button was the first exception.
floatingbones

Hi, Kara. I'd like to know why the iTunes store won't let authors publish DRM-free versions of their audio books — even if they want them to be DRM-free. Cory Doctorow has run into this; see http://craphound.com/?p=2470 .

There may be more prominent issues out there, but Apple's policy on this one has me puzzled. I'd love to hear Steve's response. Thanks!

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