Speakers
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.
Steve Ballmer | CEO of Microsoft
Steve Burke | COO of Comcast
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
